
Cairo: Soldiers stormed an anti-military protest camp outside Egypt's Cabinet building on Friday, beating women with sticks and hurling chunks of concrete and glass onto protesters from the roof of the parliament in a resurgence of turmoil only a day after millions voted in parliamentary elections. At least seven protesters were shot to death in the clashes, including a prominent Muslim cleric, activists said. The heavy-handed assault was apparently an...

11:32 AM, Dec 17, 2011

Cairo: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is reportedly "ailing and bedridden" and cannot walk without help, local media reports confirming that the toppled leader was still in a holiday villa in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh. Egyptian daily 'Al-Masry Al-Youm' reported that soon after moving to the resort, the 82-year-old Mubarak who ruled Egypt for 30 years was gravely ill and slipped into a coma. But an pro-government...

06:21 PM, Feb 15, 2011

Cairo: A day after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military today banned top officials from traveling outside the country to ensure that former presidential loyalists don't flee. The ban comes into force immediately, an official announcement from the new regime said, as army removed barricades and barbed wires from around the Tahrir Square and the Egyptian capital limped back to normalcy after 18-days of turmoil. An official statement...

09:11 PM, Feb 12, 2011

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced on Thursday he would hand over his powers over to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, and ordered constitutional amendments. But the move means he retains his title of president and ensures regime control over the reform process, falling short of protester demands. Protesters in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, hoping he would announce his resignation outright, watched in stunned silence to his speech, slapping their...

03:07 AM, Feb 11, 2011

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly cornered on saturday amid reports that his deputy Omar Suleiman and top military leaders were discussing steps to nudge him from power, a day after tens of thousands of protesters rallied here demanding his immediate ouster. Despite mounting global clamour for him to step down immediately, 82-year-old Mubarak, who has been in power since 1981, refused to bow to the pressure. Seeking immediate...

10:36 AM, Feb 05, 2011

Cairo: Pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei was on Friday night placed under house arrest amid mounting opposition to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police in several cities in Egypt. ElBaradei, Nobel peace laureate and former IAEA chief, was confined to his residence as unprecedented countrywide protests turned violent forcing police to fire rubber bullets, tear gas and use water cannons. Egyptian state...

10:11 PM, Jan 28, 2011
New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tops
Newsweek magazine's list of 10 world leaders who have won respect and is described as "the leader other leaders love" though India figures at 78th place in the list of 100 best countries. The Indian Prime Minister was described as a sophisticated former economist, who has played a key role in the country's emergence as one of the rising powers of the 21st...

09:20 AM, Aug 19, 2010

Ahmadinejad said Iran has respect for IAEA's international regulations. ...

12:05 PM, Oct 05, 2009

Mohamed ElBaradei spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN in New Delhi. ...

07:56 AM, Sep 30, 2009

IAEA Governors endorse safeguards agreement by consensus. ...

07:30 PM, Aug 01, 2008

ElBaradei's speech is expected to ensure smooth sail for India at IAEA. ...

04:59 PM, Aug 01, 2008

IAEA says Tehran withholds info on secret attempts to make N-weapons. ...

06:14 PM, Jun 03, 2008

The head of the UN nuclear agency warned that 30 countries could soon have technology to produce atomic weapons. ...

09:01 AM, Oct 17, 2006