Gabrielle Giffords had her eye on a Senate seat before she was wounded in last month’s shooting, the Washington Post reports. She had told confidantes that she’d enter the race if Sen. Jon Kyl retired—a prospect she didn’t think likely, an insider said. Now that Kyl has announced his…
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In a televised address to the nation, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak hands some power to his deputy, but says he will stay on
Continue reading …Michael Bloomberg was jeered by a throng of angry Irish-Americans after making a quip about Irish fondness for booze. The New York City mayor, speaking to the American Irish Historical Society, said he used to live near the society and was used to seeing a “bunch of people totally inebriated…
Continue reading …There’s nothing relative about it: Albert Einstein’s granddaughter is sick and tired of being cut out of the profits from postcards, Halloween masks and crazy-haired bobblehead dolls of the famous genius. Einstein left the literary rights to more than 75,000 papers and other items to the Hebrew University of…
Continue reading …A Bronx vigilante ordered a man on the street to stop beating his girlfriend—then shot him dead in the face when the attacker refused to comply. “What are you hitting her for?” the vigilante asked David Williams as he punched the 19-year-old mother of his toddler son. “Why don’t…
Continue reading …Bangkok authorities have busted a man who attempted to board a plane carrying enough creatures to start a small zoo. The Indonesian smuggler’s three suitcases contained dozens of snakes—including two boa constrictors and 34 ball pythons—26 lizards of assorted kinds, six Argentine horned frogs, 18 baboon spiders, 22…
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• Mubarak’s defiance enrages protesters • Mass demonstrations beginning • Military believed to be considering its position • US criticises Mubarak ترجم هذه الصفحة إلى العربية 8.49am: Here is some video of Hosni Mubarak’s speech last night. ____ 8.32am: President Hosni Mubarak’s announcement last night that he would not stand down after a day of fevered speculation has enraged protesters . In a televised address he stunned crowds massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and elsewhere by saying he would hand power to his vice-president, Omar Suleiman, but stay on as president until elections in September. Mass demonstrations are expected once more today as opponents of Mubarak’s regime show their anger at his refusal to step down. Protesters are already gathering in Tahrir Square, outside the state TV building in Cairo and the presidential palace. The president’s statement not only angered the Egyptian protesters but also the US , as Barack Obama issued his strongest criticism of Mubarak so far, criticising the Egyptian government’s failure to put forward a “credible, concrete and unequivocal path to democracy”. The military is expected to issue a statement in the next two hours, before Friday prayers, amid continued speculation of a military takeover. There are hopes among some protesters that the military will oversee the transition to democracy. Egypt Middle East Hosni Mubarak Protest Live video Haroon Siddique guardian.co.uk
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