Thousands of demonstrators barricaded themselves in Cairo’s main square Saturday, demanding the removal of the military council ruling Egypt. It happened after soldiers stormed their protest camp in a deadly raid. The move is an apparent concession to protesters who want Mr. Mubarak and his allies tried for corruption. It follows an army move on [...]
Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, demanding the resignation of the military’s chief Saturday hours after troops violently dispersed a protest there, killing at least one and injuring 71. In the pre-dawn raid on the square, hundreds of soldiers beat protesters with clubs and fired into the [...]
Happy 5th Birthday, Twitter. The wildly popular microblogging service has come a long way since co-founder Jack Dorsey first tweeted, “just setting up my twttr,” back on March 21, 2006. How far? It took more than 38 months to reach 1illion tweets. Now, Twitter’s 190 million users create 1 billion of the 140 character-or-less posts [...]
In other news Wednesday, at least 13 people were killed and 140 wounded in new sectarian violence in Egypt as Muslims attacked Christian demonstrators. The Christians were protesting the burning of a church. A suicide bomber killed at least 36 people at a funeral in northwest Pakistan. Clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims have killed [...]
Anti-government protests spread to Libya, thousands fill Bahrain’s Pearl Roundabout to demand political reform, President Saleh loyalists clash with demonstrators in Yemen, and more. Mosaic is a Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Iran. U.S. officials, while declining to [...]
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin said they are working to make some changes to Governor Walker’s Budget Bill, but they are not dropping a plan to remove union bargaining rights. Intense protests continued for a third straight day, as thousands flooded Wisconsin’s State Capitol over Governor Scott Walker’s budget plan. That plan would take away union [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the Internet has become the public square of the 21st century and maintaining barriers on the Internet impose moral, political and economic costs. Blogging and tweeting are now part of every diplomat’s job description. At any given moment you can find someone like the top official on [...]
Egypt’s new military rulers tried to contain growing labor unrest Monday and to reach out to youthful revolutionaries as the formidable task of governing the politically unstable and impoverished country became apparent. Police officers, ambulance drivers, bankers, journalists and archaeologists marched through the streets of Cairo in separate protests Monday. Emboldened by a sudden burst [...]
In Yemen, armed police beat back thousands of protesters as marches continued in the capital Sanaa for a third day. Demonstrators were calling for political reform, and an end to president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 23 year rule on Sunday. Demonstrators took to the streets in Iran, Yemen and Bahrain on Monday, inspired by the anti-government [...]
In Algeria, demonstrators have tried to force their way through a police cordon meant to stop them gathering for a protest. Thousands of officers have been deployed onto the streets of Algiers to prevent a repeat of the unrest seen in Egypt. No one knows if, where and when the flame of unrest will ignite [...]