Skip to content
Advertisement

War_Conflict

Latest Stories

20110203-225153-pic-473535529.jpg

20110203-225153-pic-473535529.jpg

BURNED OUT: The remains of a vehicle in Cairo is a temporary resting place for anti-government protesters on Thursday. Looting, arson and beatings have become the norm in demonstrations that started peacefully last week, but activists still hope for a massive turnout on "Departure Friday." (Associated Press)

20110203-204411-pic-618014628.jpg

20110203-204411-pic-618014628.jpg

REPORT: Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins say that the Fort Hood massacre should have been prevented. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan_Lea.jpg

Afghanistan_Lea.jpg

** FILE ** Afghan policemen march during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. U.S. and NATO troops are trying to speed up the training of Afghan policemen and soldiers so they can take the lead in providing security. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

egypt_4325

egypt_4325

Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

egypt_4324

egypt_4324

Egypt's recently appointed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq speaks to the media at the Ministry of the Interior in Cairo Thursday Feb.3, 2011. Mr. Shafiq apologized for the attack by regime supporters on anti-government protesters in central Cairo, vowing to investigate who was behind it. The protesters accuse the regime of sending a force of paid thugs and policemen in civilian clothes to attack them with rocks, sticks and firebombs to crush their movement to oust President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou)

egypt_4323

egypt_4323

Anti-government protesters, right, clash with pro-government supporters near Cairo's main square Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

egypt_4322

egypt_4322

Egyptian anti-government protesters throw stones and firebombs during clashes in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4321

egypt_4321

Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted Thursday around dusk in the Cairo square at the center of Egypt's anti-government chaos, while new looting and arson spread around the capital. Gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners, and human rights workers and the army rounded up foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

egypt_4319

egypt_4319

Egyptian anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4318

egypt_4318

Egyptian army soldiers patrol through anti- government protesters in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4315

egypt_4315

Egyptian army soldiers patrol through anti-government protesters in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4314

egypt_4314

Pro-government supporters are restrained by soldiers just outside Cairo's main square Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

egypt_4313

egypt_4313

A Egyptian pro-government protester is prevented from throwing stones by soldiers in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4312

egypt_4312

An Egyptian pro-government protester shouts as he is held back by army soldiers in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

egypt_4309

egypt_4309

Egyptian anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. New clashes are heating up again and shots are being fired in the air around Cairo's central Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters push back regime supporters. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

egypt_4308

egypt_4308

A wounded anti-government protester is tended during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

egypt_4306

egypt_4306

An Egyptian woman sits by a military tank in Cairo's main square Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, when new clashes heated up again and shots were being fired in the air around Cairo's central Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters pushed back regime supporters. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

egypt_4304

egypt_4304

An anti-government protester waves the national flag in Cairo's main square Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Egyptian army tanks and soldiers moved to end violence between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's central square on Thursday after standing by for nearly a day as the two sides battled with rocks, sticks, bottles and firebombs. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

egypt_4302

egypt_4302

Anti-government protesters display a collection of police ID cards and a knife they claim were taken from pro-government supporters, in Cairo's main square on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Anti-government protesters claim police in plain clothes joined demonstrations by government supporters. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

egypt_4300

egypt_4300

A man suspected of being a plain-clothed policeman is escorted by anti-government protesters during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Egypt's prime minister apologized for an attack by government supporters on protesters in a surprising show of contrition Thursday, and the government offered more concessions to try to calm the wave of demonstrations demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)