Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction May 20th, 2013 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. (Source: Associ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt, security, beefed, sinai, abduction, Top Keywords

Security beefed up in Egypt Sinai after kidnapping May 20th, 2013 - 13:00h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian officials say dozens of military and police armored vehicles have crossed into Sinai, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard ther... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : security, beefed, egypt, sinai, kidnapping, Top Keywords

7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai May 16th, 2013 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. (Sour... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egyptian, security, personnel, abducted, sinai, Top Keywords

Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead: police May 3rd, 2013 - 13:40h (CET +01.00) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen on a motorcycle on Friday shot dead a prosecutor investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, one of the most shocking events in the country's turbule... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : prosecutor, bhutto, assassination, case, shot, dead, police, Top Keywords

Major assassination attempts in Syria's conflict Apr 29th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian opposition forces have targeted government officials, army and police officers and civil servants in their campaign to topple President Bashar Assad's regime. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : major, assassination, attempts, syria's, conflict, dead, police, Top Keywords

Sina says Alibaba buys 18 percent stake in Weibo for $586 million Apr 29th, 2013 - 14:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - China's Sina Corp said e-commerce company Alibaba Group has bought an 18 percent stake in its microblogging service, Weibo, for about $586 million. Sina has also granted an option to Alibaba to increase its stake in Weibo to up to 30... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sina, says, alibaba, buys, percent, stake, weibo, $586, million, Top Keywords

Syrian state TV says prime minister has escaped assassination attempt in Damascus Apr 29th, 2013 - 10:10h (CET +01.00) DAMASCUS, Syria - State-run Syrian TV says the country's prime minister has escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb went off near his convoy. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syrian, state, says, prime, minister, escaped, assassination, attempt, damascus, Top Keywords

Israel: Gaza militants fired from Sinai last week Apr 21st, 2013 - 12:10h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is accusing Gaza militants of carrying out a rocket attack from Egypt's Sinai desert on a southern Israeli resort last week. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : israel, gaza, militants, fired, sinai, last, week, attempt, damascus, Top Keywords

Hungarian observer in Egypt's Sinai released Apr 11th, 2013 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Armed Bedouin tribesmen briefly abducted a Hungarian member of the multinational observer force in Sinai, releasing him around two hours later after tribal elders intervened, a security official said Thursday. (Source: Associat... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hungarian, observer, egypt's, sinai, released, last, week, attempt, damascus, Top Keywords

Sina fourth-quarter sales beat Street despite ad market concerns Feb 20th, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Sina Corp posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and profit amid concerns about the slowing growth of Chinese online advertising. Shares in the company, which runs China's largest online portal and the Twitter-like "... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sina, fourthquarter, sales, beat, street, despite, market, concerns, damascus, Top Keywords