Egypt's Mubarak gets 3 years for graft
A Cairo court convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement on Wednesday, sentencing him to three years in prison.
Libyan nuclear agents controlled by NTC:NATO
2011-09-27 23:05A NATO spokesman said on Tuesday that Libya's remaining stockpile of chemical and nuclear materials were controlled by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces, who are working with the international community for their proper disposal.
Gadhafi loyalists in Sirte seek truce
2011-09-27 22:14A local military commander with Libya's interim government said on Tuesday he was in talks about a truce with an elder from Muammar Gadhafi's tribe inside the besieged city of Sirte
Court to review demand to drop Mubarak judge
2011-09-27 22:07An Egyptian court said on Tuesday it would review proceedings of the trial of Hosni Mubarak to rule on a request to change the panel presiding over the case of the ousted president, who is charged with conspiring to kill protesters.
Gadhafi says still in Libya
2011-09-27 20:57Fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he is still fighting on the ground and ready to die a martyr, the website of Allibiya state-run TV quoted Gaddafi as saying in a speech broadcast on local radio in Bani Walid, one of his last strongholds.
Blast destroys Egypt gas pipeline
2011-09-27 10:12An explosion destroyed an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai on Tuesday that supplies Israel and Jordan with gas, security sources and witnesses said.
China backs UN's role in Libya
2011-09-27 06:42Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here on Monday that China supports the United Nations in playing a leading role in Libya's post-conflict reconstruction.
Latest developments in the Libya
2011-09-27 06:30Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Egypt denies arrival of Gadhafi's family members
2011-09-26 22:24Egyptian airport authorities denied Monday reports that members of fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's family have arrived in Cairo from Algeria.
8 Gadhafi family members left Algeria for Egypt
2011-09-26 20:26Eight members of Muammar Gadhafi's family, probably including his daughter Aisha, would have left Algeria and reached Cairo, the capital of Egypt, Algeria's Arabic- language daily El Khabar reported Monday.
Africa's first female Nobel Peace laureate dies
2011-09-26 16:26Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has died in hospital after a long struggle with cancer, her environmental organisation the Green Belt Movement said on Monday.
Yemeni president calls for early elections
2011-09-26 09:59Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made no pledge on Sunday to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home, calling for early elections in a move that is unlikely to appease protesters demanding his immediate departure.
WB ups food aid in horn of Africa
2011-09-26 09:31The World Bank has increased its support from more than 500 million dollars to $1.88 billion to countries in the Horn of Africa and its neighboring regions.
