Allies Urge U.S. to Go Slow in Urging Egypt to Make Changes
By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER
WASHINGTON — Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have pressed the United States not to cut Egypt’s president loose too hastily.
WASHINGTON — Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have pressed the United States not to cut Egypt’s president loose too hastily.
CAIRO — An interview with the Google executive and activist Wael Ghonim injected vigor into Egypt’s protests.
SEOUL — A South Korean official said the talks ended when the North Koreans “unilaterally walked away from the table and out of the meeting room.”
LAHORE, Pakistan — The case of Raymond A. Davis touches on Pakistani resentments that American security operatives in Pakistan are not answerable to local authorities.
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Drug violence and recession in Ciudad Juárez have changed the city’s character and demographics, leaving more multigenerational families led by women.
ROME — Prosecutors filed a request to try Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on criminal charges related to prostitution and abuse of office.
YENAGOA, Nigeria — Oil money has brought more questions than calm to the Niger Delta.
HONG KONG — China’s wheat crop is threatened, and some people face shortages of drinking water, the agency warned.
MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry offered a peculiar explanation Tuesday for what led to the decision to detain and then deport Luke Harding of The Guardian.
Mehdi Karoubi said on Tuesday that a demonstration planned in Tehran next week in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia is a test of both the Iranian regime and its opponents.
PARIS — Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia, and his defense lawyer boycotted the final stage of a war crimes trial for the second day in a row, dampening expectations that it would be concluded this week.
MEXICO CITY — A lawyer for Jean-Bertrand Aristide said that the deposed leader “wants to come home as soon as he can” after seven years of exile.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Roofs are collapsing under record snow loads that are not melting, gathering until the structures can no longer bear the weight.
"If Obama were to push for democracy to succeed in Egypt, people in the US might start believing in change again,"writes Matthew in Vancouver.
"This is the critical moment that the people of the Middle East will remember for generations,"writes Alan in Spain.
More than fashion, clothing signals the ascendancy of religious values in Iraq.
After contracting malaria in Sudan, George Clooney joined Nicholas Kristof in answering reader questions about the disease.
Many designers, inspired by Tom Ford’s fall show, appear to be scaling back.
An artist’s impression of the clashes and the following peacemaking.
Sitting down to lunch with the ayurvedic guru Cameron Alborzian.
The U.S. and the E.U. badly miscalculated when they endorsed Egypt’s vice president to lead the transition to democracy.
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