Russian authorities say the deadly Moscow airport blast was masterminded from Dagestan—as terror continues within Dagestan itself, winning few international headlines.
The Afghanistan Rights Monitor finds that 2010 was the deadliest year for civilians in the country since the US-led invasion of 2001, with more than 2,400 non-combatants killed.
Government supporters—some on horses and camels and armed with whips—charged into the ranks of opposition protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, sparking hours of street battles.
Several hundred thousand filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the biggest outpouring yet demanding the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Protesters have given Mubarak until Friday to leave the country.
Initial media reports that protesters had burned down an ancient synagogue in the Tunisian city of Gabes were later refuted, with accusations of provocation by ex-regime members.
Authorities in both the West Bank and Gaza shut down Egypt solidarity rallies, as Jordan announced a new government and “day of rage” protests are called for Yemen and Syria.
Israel’s Netanyahu raised the specter of an Islamist take-over and Obama called for an “orderly transition” as a “march of a million” and indefinite general strike are declared in Egypt.
Palestinian security forces shut down a demonstration in front of the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah, and called in one of the organizers for questioning.
Haifa-based human rights activist Ameer Makhoul was sentenced to nine years in prison on “espionage” charges—despite the fact that his “confession” was made under torture.
As angry protesters again filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a sixth day of defiance of authorities, a banner in English read: “USA, why do you support the tyrant and not the people?”
Students clashed with police in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities as protesters demanded that President Omar al-Bashir turn himself in to the International Criminal Court.
Protesters clashed with riot police in Gabon, following contested elections and WikiLeaks revelations of corruption in President Ali Bongo Odimba’s ruling dynasty.
