Clinging to his political life, Hosni Mubarak appointed well-respected intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as the first man to serve as vice president since taking power three decades ago. Mubarak then appointed outgoing aviation minister Ahmed Shafiq as his new prime minister, reports the AP. Suleiman’s appointment appears to anoint him…
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Hundreds of mourners and protesters gathered in Cairo on Saturday for the funeral of those killed in recent violence in the Egyptian capital. The bereaved families were joined by throngs of demonstrators calling for an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Al Jazeera’s Dan Nolan reports from Cairo. Viewer discretion advised: This package contains images that may disturb or offend some.
Continue reading …Kim Clijsters finally won her first Australian Open and the fourth major of her career, wiping tears from her eyes after she beat Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 today. The loss ended an outstanding tournament run by Li, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles…
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Coverage of the revolution in Tunisia was lapped up by Arab audiences and in Yemen, Algeria and Egypt demonstrators took to the streets. State-controlled media tried desperately to spin the coverage of the unrest, but no amount of spinning could hide the reality of the events in Egypt. On this episode of Listening Post, we look at how the events in Tunisia have had a knock-on effect that has rocked the Arab world.
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The story of the week has been the release, by Al Jazeera, of leaked documents showing the inside story of the Middle East negotiations. Sir David is joined by Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, to discuss the Palestine Papers. Plus, John Gormley, the leader of Ireland’s Green Party, discusses the future of Irish politics.
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Egyptian blogger and pro-democracy activist offers his insight into the current situation in Egypt.
Continue reading …Funny how the hours between 9am and 5pm just fly by when Facebook is involved. Unfortunately, our bosses are on to us. A study by OpenDNS reports which websites were most blocked by companies in 2010. The Huffington Post has the top 10, noting the proportion of business networks that…
Continue reading …Julie Schenecker’s kids “talked back, they were mouthy and she was tired of it,” Tampa Bay police say, so the 50-year-old Army wife shot son Beau, 13, twice in the head on the way home from soccer practice. With her dead son in the car, Schenecker says she drove home,…
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Last week, Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, warned that the country faced a “bloodbath” if Robert Mugabe, the president, presses ahead with elections this year, as he has threatened to do. So what does the new year have in store for Zimbabwe? Sir David asks Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean prime minister. Plus, more on the release of The Palestine Papers with Aaron Miller, a former US Middle East negotiator, and Hanan Ashrawi, a former Palestinian negotiator.
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