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 Yahoo! News - Top Stories Updated : 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 Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests  The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:21:39Z 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 Oil slips to near $92 as dollar gains on euro, yen The price of oil slipped to near $92 a barrel Tuesday, on concerns about global economic growth and news that that Iran will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a probe into its nuclear program. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:18:35Z Italy frees up to ?30BN to pay overdue bills The Italian government is to free up to €30 billion ($38.25 billion) to make overdue payments to businesses that have supplied goods or services to state institutions. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:12:30Z 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 Where are Facebook's friends? Stock down after IPO  Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:23Z Eurozone warned 'severe recession' looming  The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday, as it called on governments and Europe's central bank to act quickly to keep the slowdown from dragging down the global economy.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:53Z Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed  Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:31:32Z Opening statements set in Fort Hood bomb plot case  Opening statements are set to be delivered in the trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a restaurant frequented by Fort Hood troops in Texas.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:25:58Z |