Egypt

Longtime president’s son once seen as likely successor

‘Day of revolt’ brings thousands out onto streets of Cairo

Margaret Thatcher beats out Oprah, Ozzy Osbourne’s Neanderthal roots, and a very special seeing-eye dog

Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s intelligence chief, to be the next president

Mohamed ElBaradei has lit a fire under President Hosni Mubarak’s stagnant rubber-stamp government

Anger over Khaled Said’s death

It turns out the iconic last queen of Egypt was noticeably less beautiful but a lot smarter than we thought

This week’s newsmakers

BRITISH MP George Galloway is welcomed by Palestinians in the town of Rafah on Jan. 6

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