International

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 14:27 UTC

  Muslim Birth Rate Drops

  

  Decreasing birth rates will slow the world’s Muslim population growth over the next twenty years, reducing it from 2.2% a year in 1990-2010 period to 1.5% up until 2030 a new study says.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 14:22 UTC

  Euro is Not Going Through a Crisis According to European Central Bank President

  

  The euro is not going through a crisis, although in some countries if the EU there are problems which must be solved, said the President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet. “There is no euro crisis. That is absolutely clear,” he added.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Thousands Due To Protest Across Egypt

  

  Egyptian demonstrators fought security forces into the early hours of Friday in the city of Suez, and the Internet was blocked ahead of the biggest protests yet planned against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:21 UTC

  Nelson Mandela’s Health Surrounded by Secrecy

  

  Nelson Mandela is reportedly recovering from a collapsed lung at a Johannesburg hospital, cloaked by levels of secrecy that have triggered wild rumours and near panic.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  Europe Could Fall Apart Sustaining Euro Warns Soros

  

  Billionaire financier George Soros warned on Wednesday that Europe could potentially fall apart because of the “two-speed Europe” of haves and have-nots that is being perpetuated by the reform of the embattled euro.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 19:55 UTC

  France and Germany Committed to European Single Currency

  

  European leaders and business people met on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. President Sarkozy said both he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were firm in their commitment to the European single currency.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 18:26 UTC

  Two Billion Internet Users Worldwide and Mobile Phone Users Increases

  

  The number of Internet users worldwide has rocketed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the United Nation's telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure, said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:42 UTC

  BBC World Service Cuts Jobs

  

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will cut some 650 jobs, more than a quarter of the state financed entities 2,400 jobs, over the next three years.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:36 UTC

  United States Calls For Reform in Egypt

  

  United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has said that widespread anti-government protests over poverty and government repression in Egypt represent an opportunity for the 30-year administration of president Hosni Mubarak to implement “political, economic and social reforms to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people”.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 20:35 UTC

  Lebanese Tycoon Najib Mikati Become’s Prime Minister

  

  Self-made bilionaire Najib Mikati, attained the backing of enough members of parliament to be named Lebanon’s premier. He is now faced with the challenges of repairing political and sectarian rifts, threatening to tear the country apart.