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 Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:33:39Z Egypt's struggle will go on after vote: activists CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power. Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanised last year's demonstrations that in just 18 days snuffed out President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Like many of them, he feels the struggle is unfinished. "Any president who comes with Egypt's military dictatorship still in place means nothing. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:32:12Z Mauritius: Murder trial of Irish woman to begin Court officials in Mauritius say the trial of two men charged with murdering a honeymooning Irish woman is set to begin Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:35:27Z UAE gives 10 life sentences in piracy case A federal court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted 10 people captured during a raid to retake a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and sentenced them to life behind bars. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:40:24Z Images show more NKorean work at nuclear test site  North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day after a senior U.S. envoy warned the North that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:22:22Z Egypt court convicts police over protest deaths CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced five policemen on Tuesday to 10 years each in prison for their role in killing protesters in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, the first such convictions against a force that was blamed for hundreds of deaths. One of the driving forces behind demonstrations that have erupted since Mubarak was ousted in February last year has been anger that no officials or police have been held accountable for the deaths of more than 850 people during the uprising. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:45:29Z Security beefed up at German magazine after threat Security has been stepped up for employees of a German magazine and for members of a small far-right party after a known terrorist called for them to be killed in a video online, officials said Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:13Z Six Somalis go on trial in Paris for yacht attack Six Somalis have gone on trial in a Paris court for their alleged roles in a 2008 attack on the luxury yacht "Le Ponant" that ended with the release of 30 hostages and payment of a $2.5 million ransom. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:24:30Z |