VIDEO: 'Pharaoh has let his people go'

VIDEO: 'Pharaoh has let his people go'

VIDEO: 'Pharaoh has let his people go'

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protests by anti-government demonstrators in Cairo and other cities.


VIDEO: Egypt: How people power won the day

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:05 PM PST

After more than two weeks of mass demonstrations Vice-President Oman Suleiman announced Hosni Mubarak had handed over power to the military.


Canada in EU seal ban challenge

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

The Canadian government launches a formal challenge against the EU over its ban on Canadian seal products.


Hosni Mubarak steps down: The Egyptian president's tenure started abruptly, ends abruptly

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:35 PM PST

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from power and resigned the office of the Egyptian Presidency:


Algeria moves to stave off unrest

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:35 PM PST

Opposition groups say thousands of police drafted in to surround capital a day ahead of planned pro-democracy protests.


Quiet Worries as Israel Watches an Ally Depart

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:26 PM PST

The expectation was that whoever followed Hosni Mubarak in Egypt would be less friendly to Israel.

Salvadoran Sentenced to 60 Years in Chandra Levy Murder

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:25 PM PST

A 29-year-old immigrant received twice the minimum sentence for killing an intern whose relationship with Gary A. Condit made the case a national sensation.

Obama - Egypt's transition begins

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:45 PM PST

US President Barack Obama says the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is the beginning of Egypt's transition to democracy, not the end.


London's Egyptians hail 'freedom'

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST

Egyptian people in London describe their jubilation at the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, with about 200 gathering at the country's embassy and in Edgware Road.


7.0 quake shakes Chile capital Santiago: USGS

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattled central Chile on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, striking close to a zone hit by a devastating quake a year ago and shaking buildings in the capital Santiago.

Wave of Tunisian migrant arrivals alarms Italy

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people escaping turmoil in Tunisia have landed on an Italian island in rickety boats this week, raising fears of a new, uncontrolled wave of illegal immigration from North Africa.

Cuba releases another political prisoner

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:07 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba released a political prisoner on Friday and told another he could go free as the government continued to clear dissidents from its prisons.

White House Senses Advantage in Debate Over Debt Limit

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:27 PM PST

The Obama administration is confident that it can fend off attempts by House Republicans to force deep spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit.

A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST

A look at the opera "Nixon in China" by Max Frankel, a former executive editor of The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Nixon's trip to China.

Jubilation in Tahrir at resignation

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:43 AM PST

Crowds in central Cairo reacted with celebration to Omar Suleiman's announcement of Hosni Mubarak's resignation.


What next for Egypt?

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

Analysts, politicians and pro-democracy campaigners outline how they see the future of Egypt developing post-Mubarak.


Mubarak Ends 30-Year Reign

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:48 PM PST

Mubarak's resignation ends a reign of nearly three decades atop the Arab world's most populous country and could come to stand as the high-water mark in the wave of Arab discontent now rolling across the Middle East.


Mubarak's Swiss Assets Frozen

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:46 AM PST

The Swiss government froze assets possibly belonging to departed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his entourage. It was unclear how much money is involved.


Police arrests in Rio gang purge

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST

More than 20 police officers are arrested in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in an operation to purge the force of links to criminal gangs.


VIDEO: Hosni Mubarak's fall from power

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:56 AM PST

The BBC's Caroline Hawley looks back at the regime of Hosni Mubarak, who has dominated Egypt and played a key role in the Middle East region for 30 years.


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