Topic: Tom Perry

Egyptian court frees US students

0 . A court in Egypt has ordered the release of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo, a lawyer in Philadelphia confirmed ...

PLO official accuses Syria of crimes against humanity

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - An assault by Syrian security forces on a Palestinian refugee camp in the coastal city of Latakia amounts to a crime against humanity, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization said."The shelling is taking place using ...

Egypt's military issues interim constitution

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday issued an interim constitution under which the transitional administration will run the country until elections allow power to be returned to an elected government.The decree, read by a member of the ruling Supreme ...

Libya rebels say U.S. appoints Benghazi envoy: report

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Libyan rebel council said the United States had appointed an envoy to the interim administration set up by the rebels in Benghazi, Al Jazeera television reported on Tuesday.It gave no further details.(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by ...

Egypt to hold legislative election in September

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hold a legislative election in September, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on Monday.Mamdouh Shaheen, a member of the military council, said in a news conference a date for a presidential election had yet ...

U.S. Gates condemns "horrific" Jerusalem attack

CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said a bomb attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday was a "horrific terrorist attack."Gates, speaking during a visit to Cairo, said he did not see the situation in Israel deteriorating, despite the attack."It ...

Arab TV stations report dead, wounded in Zawiyah

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Arabiya television reported at least 13 people were killed on Friday in violence in the Libyan city of Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. The report was sourced to a doctor.Al Jazeera quoted a witness saying more than 50 people ...

Egypt to call March referendum this week: lawyer

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military council plans to hold a snap referendum next month on constitutional amendments, a lawyer who helped draft them said on Sunday.Sobhi Saleh, a member of the drafting committee which unveiled proposed constitutional amendments on Saturday ...

Call for Egypt reform referendum expected this week

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military council is expected within the next week to call a referendum on constitutional amendments drawn up by an independent judicial committee, a member of the committee said on Sunday.Sobhi Saleh, a leading lawyer and a ...

Egypt army meets government ministers: state TV

CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the military council now running Egypt met ministers including the prime minister and the interior minister on Saturday, state media reported.Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the military council, also met the head of the constitutional court ...