Cairo, EGYPT – After more then two weeks of rioting the now former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down from power today. Hosni Mubarak made the announcement that he would step down via his days old Vice President Omar Suleiman earlier this morning EST. However, the announcement did not come until he left...
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Suez, EGYPT – The Suez Canal in Egypt will remain open for the time being and has not had any major delays as a closure of the canal seems to be unlikely. Due to raging protests in Egyptian cities like Alexandria, Cairo and Suez trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak it has been feared...
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Cairo, EGYPT – As the cost of oil is already hitting new highs and hitting our pocket books even harder, today it was given even more ammo. The violence in Egypt as well as in other oil producing countries is the main reason for surging oil prices today. Thousands of protesters rushed into the...
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Tunis, TUNISIA – The government of Tunisia, a nation once thought to be a role model for other African nations, released an international arrest warrant for Ben Ali its’ now disgraced former President. According to news organizations inside the country Ali’s wife as well as numerous other family members have arrest warrants as well....
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Oslo – China together along with eighteen additional nations currently have rejected invites to be able to the Nobel peace prize ceremony Friday. All this coming after Beijing started a brand new assault around the determination to be able to honor the now incarcerated Liu Xiaobo. Beijing also seems to have advised diplomats within...
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Geneva – The worldwide strain upon Julian Assange elevated following the financial branch of the Switzerland postal service declaring that it has shut down the WikiLeaks founder’s account. It says it did so due to the fact that he had provided “fake information.” “PostFinance has ended its business relationship with … Julian Paul Assange,”...
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