KHARTOUM – With Arab uprisings spreading, Sudanese are debating whether their nation could be next as students begin protests against the government they blame for rising prices and years of repression.
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CHICAGO – A huge winter storm pummeled the United States yesterday, bringing parts of the Midwest to its knees, taking aim at the Northeast, and disrupting businesses, flights and other transport.
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CAIRNS, Australia – One of the most powerful cyclones on record slammed into Australia’s coast yesterday, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and bringing down power lines but there were no reports of deaths.
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AMMAN – King Abdullah is seeking to appease Jordan’s powerful tribes by naming a conservative former army general as prime minister but he will need to appeal to a wider base to maintain stability and deflect regional turmoil.
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SANAA – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, eyeing protests that threaten to topple Egypt’s long-serving president, indicated yesterday he would leave office when his term ends in 2013, after three decades in power.
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DUBLIN – A new government has yet to be elected in Ireland but many people are already sceptical about what it can achieve.
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MOSCOW – Russia threatened to retaliate yesterday after Ireland expelled a Russian diplomat in a row over the use of forged Irish passports by Russian agents in the United States, Interfax news agency reported.
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BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Congress yesterday that a major overhaul to streamline the country’s cumbersome tax system was essential to ensure sustainable economic growth.
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KABUL – U.S. and Afghan military officials hope that months of heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan have enabled them to head off a bloody offensive from the Taliban this spring as U.S. forces prepare to begin their withdrawal.
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