Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak has been in office for 28 years. With a 2011 election looming, many say his son Gamal is being groomed for an uncontested handover despite his unpopularity.
Japan is host to more than a dozen US bases in Okinawa. Some residents of the island's small port of Henoko, where the US wants to build a controversial military base, say they could use the boost to business.
Japan may try again to relocate the Futenma US base in Okinawa to the fishing village of Henoko, ahead of a May deadline to resolve the issue. But both antibase activists and the US have voiced objections to that plan.
The system would be meant to prevent acceleration episodes like those that have led to the recall of millions of Toyotas, the Transportation secretary said on Tuesday.
In the fallout from a huge recall by Toyota, Ford’s sales rose 43 percent in February and G.M.’s rose 12 percent, while Toyota’s declined 9 percent.
AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was open to four new Republican proposals on health care legislation, in a gesture of bipartisanship meant to jump-start his stalled drive to overhaul the system.
AP - The Supreme Court appeared willing Tuesday to say that the Constitution's right to possess guns limits state and local regulation of firearms. But the justices also suggested that some gun control measures might not be affected.
In some parts of Afghanistan, neither the Afghan security forces nor the international ISAF troops have been able to protect ordinary people. Now the Americans are arming local militias so they can take on the Taliban. But some observers worry the move could lead to rivalries between different armed groups.
'China's grand goal in the 21st century is to become the world's No. 1 power.' These words were written by Liu Mingfu, a senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army in a new book titled "China's Dream." For those watching the phenomenal economic rise of China and seeking to divine its future direction, this 303-page book offers some bold ideas on the country's quest for its global role.
Senator Jim Bunning, who has been holding up jobless benefits for millions of Americans, says he wants to end the stalemate. Bunning wants Congress to first find funding.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Tuesday morning in Chile, bringing with her more than two dozen satellite phones and a pledge of U.S. commitment to the earthquake-damaged nation.
Chile wants to stop looters in areas hit hard by the earthquake. "We want to make it clear that it won't be accepted," President Michelle Bachelet said.
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