November 30 - News

Wednesday 30 November, 2011.

TOP STORY Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in first phase of Egypt polls Egypt's influential Muslim Brotherhood group on Wednesday claimed that it was leading in the initial count of results from the first phase of historic Parliamentary polls in the post-Mubarak era but also acknowledged that it was facing stiff competition from more hard-line Islamic parties. HEADLINES Belarus metro bombing suspects face death penalty  A pair of childhood friends in Belarus faced the death penalty on Wednesday after being found guilty in the trial over a Minsk metro bombing that killed 15 people in the republic's worst post-Soviet attack. Five dead in attack on home of Iraq cleric  Two women were among five people killed in an attack on the home of a Muslim cleric in the central Iraqi city of Samarra, police said on Wednesday, pointing the finger at loyalists of al-Qaeda. Jackson's doctor sentenced four years for manslaughter  Michael Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray was jailed to the maximum of four years in the pop icon's 2009 death with the judge lambasting the doctor for his "money-for-madness" behaviour. US asks Pakistan to reconsider Afghan talks boycott  The US asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott an international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn next week, saying it is in Islamabad's interest and that its participation was "very important" for the future of the war-torn country. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA Egypt elections enter second day after turnout beats predictions  ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Pak nukes not safe, says Qureshi; govt rejects contention  Morocco's Arab Spring election won by Islamists Arab League agrees sweeping sanctions on Syria More ...

November 29 - News

Tuesday 29 November, 2011.

TOP STORY Egypt elections enter second day after turnout beats predictions Egyptians came out to vote in record numbers, defying widespread predictions of violence and chaos and fears that the country was yet to break free from three stagnant decades of dictatorship. HEADLINES Malaysia Parliament passes street protest bill amid opposition  Malaysian Parliament on Tuesday passed a new bill that bans street protests and lays out rules for public assemblies, amid a walkout by the entire opposition and demonstration by rights activists outside. Gilani to call joint session of parl to discuss NATO raid  Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said he will call a joint session of both houses of parliament to discuss the cross-border NATO air strike and the issue of a secret memorandum sent to the US military seeking help to prevent a possible military takeover in Pakistan. 17 killed, MP wounded in Iraq attacks  At least 17 people were killed and more than 50 wounded, among them an Iraqi member of parliament, in a wave of bloody attacks mainly in and around Baghdad, security officials and an MP said. Thousands in Syria rally against Arab sanctions  Tens of thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the capital on Monday against the Arab League decision to impose crippling sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a report said. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Pak nukes not safe, says Qureshi; govt rejects contention  Morocco's Arab Spring election won by Islamists U.S. vows full probe into Pak border incident Arab League agrees sweeping sanctions on Syria More ...

November 28 - News

Monday 28 November, 2011.

TOP STORY Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak elections Egyptian voters begin casting their ballots on Monday in the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak in February. HEADLINES 15 killed in Iraq bomb attacks  A suicide car bomber on Monday detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near a prison north of Baghdad, killing up to 13 people, while another attack cost two more lives. Pak nukes not safe, says Qureshi; govt rejects contention  Pakistan's nuclear weapons are not safe under the present PPP dispensation, country's former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said, evoking an angry response from the government, which rejected his contention as "baseless". Thousands in Syria rally against Arab sanctions  Tens of thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the capital on Monday against the Arab League decision to impose crippling sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a report said. Morocco's Arab Spring election won by Islamists The dominant showing by an Islamist Party in Morocco's parliamentary elections, according to partial results, appears to be one more sign that religious-based parties are benefiting the most from the new freedoms brought by the Arab Spring. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES U.S. vows full probe into Pak border incident UN climate change conference begins in Durban Arab League agrees sweeping sanctions on Syria Vacate Shamsi airbase within 15 days: Pak to US