CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian security official says protesters have thrown firebombs and rocks at police who tried to re-open Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, where a sit-in has brought downtown traffic to a standstill for nearly three months.
Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreigners
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) -- A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 18 foreign tourists, a security official said. Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) -- At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Activists: Dozens killed in latest Syria fighting
BEIRUT (AP) -- Dozens of rebels and government forces have been killed in fighting near a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo, anti-regime activists said Tuesday. Iranian educated in North Korea becomes minister
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran’s parliament has approved a North Korean-educated former military official for a key post in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government.
LONDON (Reuters) – Ferrari are unlikely to have the fastest car when the Formula One season starts in Australia next month but they hope to be close enough for Fernando Alonso to make the difference, according to team principal Stefano Domenicali. "The situation at the moment seems to be alright, alright with the programme that we have," the Italian told Reuters at a Motor Sport magazine Hall of Fame event in London late on Monday. "The target is to be close together with the leading cars…I would be very surprised if it was the quickest (car) at the first race. …