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Army Corps Preps to Blast Levee to Save Town; Legal Tussle Looms
By not in system - AOL NewsEAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- As ominous as a floating hearse, twin barges creep up the Mississippi River carrying a payload of explosives bound for southeast Missouri and a levee facing the prospect of being sacrificed to spare a flood-threatened Illinois town just upriver. The Army Corps of Engineers' tugboat-shoved shipments were to arrive Thursday, the same day Missouri stood poised to press a federal judge to block the corps from possibly blasting a gaping hole in the earthen berm to ease waters rising around Cairo, Ill., nestled where the swollen Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet. Cairo's mayor, ...
Army Corps Delays Decision on Breaking Mo. Levee
By not in system - AOL NewsMEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put off making a final decision on a controversial plan to intentionally breach a levee protecting valuable farmland from the rising Mississippi River. The agency made the announcement Tuesday in Memphis following a teleconference and decided to put off a formal decision on the plan until at least Wednesday, when it was scheduled to meet again on the issue. The corps wants to intentionally break the levee at Birds Point in Mississippi County in order to relieve upstream pressure on a different levee protecting the Illinois town of ...
Enormous Statue of Powerful Pharaoh Unearthed in Egypt
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday. The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile that is currently the focus of a major excavation. Supreme Council of Antiquities / AP Archaeologists unearth a 42-foot-tall statue of the powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III at his ...
Egypt: At Least 846 People Killed in Protests, Uprising
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- An Egyptian government fact-finding mission says at least 846 people were killed during the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak. The mission, consisting of a panel of judges, detailed in its Tuesday report what it described as the excessive use of force by security forces in the face of growing mass protests, which kicked off on Jan. 25. The report said that security forces fired live ammunition, placed snipers on rooftops and used vehicles to run over protesters. It added that more than 6,400 people were injured. ...
Egypt's Ex-President Mubarak Detained for Investigation
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO - Egypt's prosecutor general announced Wednesday the 15-day detention of the country's former president, pending inquiries into accusations of corruption and abuse of authority in an unprecedented investigation of a former ruler in the Arab world. The announcement was the latest in a dramatic series of events surrounding the probes against top former regime officials, and came just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitalized with heart problems in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Since Mubarak's ouster on Feb. 11 on a wave of popular protests, Egyptians have ...
Anger Flares at Egypt Army for Brutal Protest Raid
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO - Thousands of demonstrators barricaded themselves in Cairo's central square with burned-out troop carriers and barbed wire Saturday and demanded the removal of the military council ruling Egypt, infuriated after soldiers stormed their protest camp overnight, killing at least one person and injuring 71 others. In a sign the confrontation could escalate, the military warned Saturday evening that it will clear Tahrir Square of protesters "with all force and decisiveness" for life to get back to normal. Mohammed Abu Zaid, AP A protester chants slogans while riding on another ...
Egyptian Protesters Demand Mubarak Prosecution
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians waved flags and shouted slogans Friday in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, demanding that Hosni Mubarak and his family be put on trial over allegations of corruption in one of the biggest protests since the longtime president was ousted two months ago. The massive turnout reflected growing frustration with what activists see as the slowness of Egypt's new military rulers to punish top former figures in Mubarak's regime seen as using their power to amass personal fortunes. Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP / Getty Images Egyptians demonstrate against ...
Lack of Police Blamed for Crime Wave Gripping Egypt
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Gunmen kidnapped a grandniece of Anwar Sadat and demanded a ransom. In one southern city, robbers didn't bother to wait until dark to target pedestrians. In another, a brawl between two school children led to a gunbattle that killed five. A police state barely three months ago, Egypt has seen crime soar 200 percent since Hosni Mubarak's ouster from the presidency. Murder, violent theft and kidnapping are leading the surge, security officials said. In many ways, this country of more than 80 million has become a free-for-all for criminals taking advantage of a weakened police force ...
Report: Female Detainees in Egypt Forced to Take 'Virginity Tests'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsWeeks after Egypt's vibrant, youth-led revolution, disturbing details are emerging about the treatment of some young female protesters briefly detained by Egyptian soldiers. Some of the women say they were strip-searched, photographed naked, beaten and forced to undergo "virginity tests" on threat of prostitution charges. At least 18 women were captured and held in military detention after army officers violently cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square on March 9, nearly a month after pro-democracy protesters ousted President Hosni Mubarak from power. After their release days later, several of them ...
Egypt: Constitution Changes Pass in Referendum
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announced today. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of the former ruling party. The Brotherhood had campaigned heavily for a "yes" vote in the referendum. Critics say that since it and the former ruling party are the best organized political forces in the country, they stand to gain the most in an early election -- which will ...
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