As the protests in Egypt continue, its neighbour Israel is keeping a close eye on developments. It’s worried about its old ally, President Hosni Mubarak – but could be eyeing up a new friend in his deputy, Omar Suleiman. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley has more from Jerusalem.
Continue reading …Even as life returned to normal in some parts of Cairo, Tahrir Square saw its largest day of protests yet as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered to call for the removal of Hosni Mubarak’s government, the BBC reports. Protesters are not satisfied despite government concessions and Mubarak’s promise to…
Continue reading …Three teenage boys have been shot and killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, authorities revealed yesterday, and at least two of them were US high school students in Texas. The boys were killed Saturday afternoon while browsing a car dealership, the AP reports. One was found inside a white Jeep Cherokee,…
Continue reading …The eating-disorder blame game has a new player: Facebook. A study has found that the more time teen girls spend on the social network, the greater their risk of developing anorexia or bulimia. The researchers asked 248 girls, ages 12 to 19, about their Internet and TV habits, and eating…
Continue reading …The story of the 23-year-old who found her birth parents after being kidnapped as a baby may not have such a happy ending. Carlina White, who was raised as Nejdra Nance, has distanced herself from her biological family, her mother said this morning on Today . When they were first reunited,…
Continue reading …Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has long leaned on the city’s police and firefighters to live inside the city limits—at least 53% commute in from the suburbs—and now he’s doing something to entice them. He’s introduced a new pilot program, dubbed “Project 14,” that will sell them renovated homes…
Continue reading …Christina Aguilera is far from the first person to have bungled the national anthem. PopEater lists a few other high-profile, and hilarious, examples: Jesse McCartney : At a 2009 NASCAR race, he managed to skip an entire verse within seconds of starting the anthem.
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William Hague, Britain’s foreign minister has paid a visit to Tunisia to support the new interim government. The UK is pledging $8 million in aid following the removal last month of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from the capital Tunis.
Continue reading …Fahrenheit 9/11 cemented Michael Moore’s reputation as a high-profile documentary filmmaker—but he claims he didn’t get enough money for the 2004 movie, and now he’s suing Harvey and Bob Weinstein over it. In the suit, Moore seeks at least $2.7 million and accuses the Weinsteins of using “financial…
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Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has been meeting the foreign minister for the United Arab Emirates and announced a roadmap for changes. Mubarak set up three different committees to tackle the changes, but for the protesters in Tahrir Square [Liberation Square] it is not enough. The protesters want the president and the government to go now, they want free elections, and a whole new beginning. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports.
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