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Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which killed five people and wounded several hundred.

Cairo (AP): Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo's main square yesterday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening...

Caracas (AP):Venezuela's health minister says the number of cholera cases in the country has risen to 185 as more people who attended a wedding in the Dominican Republic are undergoing...

Tunis (AP):At least 219 people were killed and 510 injured in the unrest that led to the fall of Tunisia's dictatorial regime, a United Nations (UN) mission said Tuesday, as sporadic violence continued to flare...

MEXICO CITY (AP):A drug gunman shot to death a woman who distributed newspapers in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez because his gang thought she threatened their control over street...

The government in Puerto Rico has signed into law what has been described as the largest tax relief in the history of the country.

NEW YORK (AP): The violence in Egypt is already hurting the country's tourism industry and, in turn, its economy. It's also raising fears that other Middle Eastern countries will suffer as well....

The CNN is reporting that food supply is now running low in Egypt, as the country continues to be beset by demonstrations.

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP): A FIRE set off a series of explosions at a military arms depot on Sunday, killing one person and leading authorities to evacuate about 10,000 people from the area.Residents were being...

BERLIN (AP): A HEAD-ON collision between a cargo and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, and left wreckage scattered across a frost-covered field.

WASHINGTON (AP): THE United States appealed for an orderly transition to lasting democracy in Egypt even as escalating violence in the American ally threatened Mideast stability and confronted President Barack Obama with his most critical foreign policy...

Egypt has extended its curfew to all cities as anti-government demonstrators in Cairo besiege key buildings, including the foreign ministry and the state broadcaster.