http://www.voanews.com Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.voanews.com/img/voa/rssLogo_VOA.gif http://www.voanews.com en-US 2012 - VOA 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:09 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA Thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square are rallying against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, hours after the president told the nation's top judges that elements of his new decree granting himself more powers and authority must stand. Morsi's promise to enforce the constitutional declaration only in certain cases has done little to lessen the anger of those who see him as a dictator in the making. Protesters chanted for his downfall Tuesday and that of the Muslim ... http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-rage-against-egyptian-presidential-decree/1553633.html http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-rage-against-egyptian-presidential-decree/1553633.html Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:28:29 -0500 Africa http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-rage-against-egyptian-presidential-decree/1553633.html#relatedInfoContainer Egypt's Coptic Christians have a new leader.  Bishop Tawadros has been chosen to succeed the late Pope Shenouda and to shepherd one of the world's oldest Christian communities during precarious times.   At Cairo's Abbasiya Cathedral, the final choice came down to a young boy, led to the altar where three names had been placed in a jar.  Blindfolded, to let what the faithful believe is the hand of God guide him, the boy reached for the paper that would reveal ... http://www.voanews.com/content/egypts-coptics-choose-new-pope/1538989.html http://www.voanews.com/content/egypts-coptics-choose-new-pope/1538989.html Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:25:21 -0500 Africa http://www.voanews.com/content/egypts-coptics-choose-new-pope/1538989.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have traded sharp barbs about their approaches to foreign policy, in particular dealings with the Middle East.  But many in the region see little prospect of change whoever wins. People across the Middle East have been roiled by political change for nearly two years,  So it's perhaps not surprising the U.S. presidential election is failing to garner much interest. Few are expressing a preference for either President ... http://www.voanews.com/content/middle-east-indifferent-about-us-presidential-election/1536806.html http://www.voanews.com/content/middle-east-indifferent-about-us-presidential-election/1536806.html Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:32:40 -0400 USA Votes 2012 The United States is said to be weighing the option of a military strike against those found responsible for the September 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya that killed four American embassy personnel dead, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. One of the first hurdles they face is identifying who carried out the attack. The main suspects in the case, the militant Ansar al Sharia, have denied responsibility, despite witness accounts of their involvement. ... http://www.voanews.com/content/possible-us-attack-in-libya-faces-opposition/1528142.html http://www.voanews.com/content/possible-us-attack-in-libya-faces-opposition/1528142.html Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:30:32 -0400 USA http://www.voanews.com/content/possible-us-attack-in-libya-faces-opposition/1528142.html#relatedInfoContainer