Mursi's opponents say will boycott Egypt elections
Date : 26/02/2013 15:43

CAIRO (Reuters) - An alliance of Egyptian opposition parties decided on Tuesday to boycott parliamentary elections in protest at an election law they say favors the Muslim Brotherhood, increasing the chance that Islamists will sweep the vote. The boycott by liberal and leftist parties opposed to President Mohamed Mursi aims to undermine the legitimacy of the vote and shows the polarization that has defined Egyptian politics since Hosni Mubarak was toppled two years ago. ...

Is a third Palestinian intifada coming?
Date : 26/02/2013 15:42

The status quo between Israelis and Palestinians is, as is so frequently uttered, "intolerable." But rhetorically intolerable things are often tolerated for long periods of time.

No laughing matter: How a comedian's election is upending Italy
Date : 26/02/2013 15:24

Italian politics has long been the butt of jokes, with its revolving-door governments and larger-than-life personalities like the scandal-prone Silvio Berlusconi.

Inflation plays role in Argentine teacher strike
Date : 26/02/2013 15:20

Following a demand this month from the International Monetary Fund to improve her government's data, Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s refusal to acknowledge the soaring inflation rate has now led to a strike by teachers unions – and all this in an election year.

Egypt balloon crash kills 19, mostly foreign tourists
Date : 26/02/2013 15:17

LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) - At least 19 people, most of them Asian and European tourists, died on Tuesday when a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near the ancient Egyptian town of Luxor after a mid-air gas explosion, officials said. The balloon came down in farmland a few kilometers (miles) from the Valley of the Kings and pharaonic temples popular with tourists. Rescue workers gathered the dead from the field where the charred remains of the balloon, gas canisters and other pieces of wreckage landed. ...