EGYPT

Ben Ali left in January, but it's old tricks in Tunis, according to Tunisian politicians.

The international Egyptian community is planning to take to the streets this Friday, both in North Africa and the Tri-State area.

For Morocco's Berbers, King Mohammed VI's recent constitutional reforms are nothing but rhetoric. Literally.

Huge blast sent flames shooting into the sky when Saboteurs bombed an Egyptian natural gas pipeline on the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, an AFP report said.

The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials.

European investigators from the European Food Safety Authority are looking to Egyptian fenugreek seeds as a potential culprit in this month's E. coli pandemic.

North Africa is not a homogenous bloc of Arab societies, struggling in unison for one pan-Arab cause. U.S. media coverage of the Arab spring in Tunisia and Egypt has largely ignored the mass movement of North Africa's ethnic minorities.

American media has largely forgotten Khaled Said's face in its retelling of the Arab Spring narrative.But Said's face-- pictures of it before and after it was bashed in by Egyptian police-- spurred on the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.

Alexandria's Criminal court postponed a verdict in the murder trial of Egypt's revolutionary icon, Khaled Said, today.

China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.

China apparently lost no time denying its people access to yet another western social networking service. Hours after search giant Google unveiled ambitious social networking service Google+, the Chinese government got the service blocked in the country, according to media reports.

Clothing retailer Gap Inc will enter Africa this year, as part of an ongoing international push, with plans to open stores in Egypt and Morocco.

The number of Egyptians injured in protests today is actually more than ten times the amount reported by international media this morning.

A cartoon of Mickey and Minnie Mouse clad in Islamic dress has angered Egyptian Muslims.

The United States formally offered its backing on Tuesday for French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to take over the top job at the International Monetary Fund, ensuring a win for her over Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks set to emerge on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund's new chief, maintaining the tradition of a European heading the global lender.

The World Bank's political risk guarantee agency said on Monday it would mobilize about $1 billion for insurance coverage for countries in the Middle East and North Africa to encourage foreign direct investment.

Amnesty International said Monday that Egypt's military rulers have acknowledged carrying out so-called virginity tests on female protesters - the first time the army has admitted to the much-criticized practice, The Associated Press reported.

Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda will not run in elections next month.

Internet giant Google's tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding he feared his own colleagues faced mounting danger of occasional arrest and torture.

The World Bank said on Sunday it would have to take stock of plans to lend to Egypt after the International Monetary Fund confirmed the authorities no longer wanted an IMF-backed loan program.