Canal Street

A 25-year-old man, apparently homeless, was arrested on Wednesday for setting a fire for warmth that ended up blanketing part of the city in smoke and forcing the closure of historic Canal Street, the city's fire chief said.

A shooting in a New Orleans neighbourhood that has struggled with crime since being ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left two people dead and five others wounded, including a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, police said.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed into squares and marched along streets in Cairo on Friday to protest against the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, and the United States called for the first time for him to be freed.

With signs of a slower economy mounting, the near-term outlook for US stocks isn't rosy, but investors may find comfort next week from the world's major central banks.

Tens of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the restive Egyptian city of Port Said on Sunday for a mass funeral for most of the 37 people killed in rioting a day earlier, chanting slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

A 25-year-old man, apparently homeless, was arrested on Wednesday for setting a fire for warmth that ended up blanketing part of the city in smoke and forcing the closure of historic Canal Street, the city's fire chief said.

A shooting in a New Orleans neighbourhood that has struggled with crime since being ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left two people dead and five others wounded, including a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, police said.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed into squares and marched along streets in Cairo on Friday to protest against the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, and the United States called for the first time for him to be freed.

With signs of a slower economy mounting, the near-term outlook for US stocks isn't rosy, but investors may find comfort next week from the world's major central banks.

Tens of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the restive Egyptian city of Port Said on Sunday for a mass funeral for most of the 37 people killed in rioting a day earlier, chanting slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.