David D Kirkpatrick And Anthony Shadid New York Times

A day after routing a ragtag army in an eastern town near the rebel capital of Benghazi, forces loyal to Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi launched attacks on Wednesday on the city of Misurata, the last rebel stronghold in western Libya.Phone lines, electricity and water were cut off as government forces used tanks and heavy artillery to bombard the city ...

Rebel fighters fled this strategic refinery town on Thursday under ferocious rocket attacks and airstrikes by forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi.The retreat capped several days of fighting as bold plans of a westward drive to Tripoli by the undermanned and ill-equipped rebel army were dashed by the superior Gaddafi forces...

The Egyptian military moved to clear the last protesters from Tahrir Square on Monday as the armed forces consolidated their control over what it has called a democratic transition from nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule. A day after the military dissolved the feeble Parliament, suspended the Constitution and calle...

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt turned over all power to the military and left the Egyptian capital for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced on state television on Friday.The announcement, delivered during evening prayers in Cairo, set off a frenzy of celebration, with protesters shouting "Egypt is free!"The Eg...

The Egyptian military appeared to assert its leadership Friday amid growing indications that President Hosni Mubarak was yielding all power. A Western diplomat said that Mr. Mubarak had left the capital.As protesters were swarming into the streets Friday morning for what was expected to be the biggest and most volatile demonstrations in the three-w...

President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people on Thursday that he would delegate authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman but that he would not resign, enraging hundreds of thousands gathered to hail his departure and setting in motion a volatile new stage in the three-week uprising.  (Watch: Mubarak's full speech)The declaration by Mr. ...

Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled to hold a capital seized by fears of chaos and buoyed by euphoria that three decades of Mr. Mubarak's rule may be coming to an end.The a...

A day after routing a ragtag army in an eastern town near the rebel capital of Benghazi, forces loyal to Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi launched attacks on Wednesday on the city of Misurata, the last rebel stronghold in western Libya.Phone lines, electricity and water were cut off as government forces used tanks and heavy artillery to bombard the city ...

Rebel fighters fled this strategic refinery town on Thursday under ferocious rocket attacks and airstrikes by forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi.The retreat capped several days of fighting as bold plans of a westward drive to Tripoli by the undermanned and ill-equipped rebel army were dashed by the superior Gaddafi forces...

The Egyptian military moved to clear the last protesters from Tahrir Square on Monday as the armed forces consolidated their control over what it has called a democratic transition from nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule. A day after the military dissolved the feeble Parliament, suspended the Constitution and calle...

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt turned over all power to the military and left the Egyptian capital for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced on state television on Friday.The announcement, delivered during evening prayers in Cairo, set off a frenzy of celebration, with protesters shouting "Egypt is free!"The Eg...

The Egyptian military appeared to assert its leadership Friday amid growing indications that President Hosni Mubarak was yielding all power. A Western diplomat said that Mr. Mubarak had left the capital.As protesters were swarming into the streets Friday morning for what was expected to be the biggest and most volatile demonstrations in the three-w...

President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people on Thursday that he would delegate authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman but that he would not resign, enraging hundreds of thousands gathered to hail his departure and setting in motion a volatile new stage in the three-week uprising.  (Watch: Mubarak's full speech)The declaration by Mr. ...

Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled to hold a capital seized by fears of chaos and buoyed by euphoria that three decades of Mr. Mubarak's rule may be coming to an end.The a...