Death toll rises in Egypt police clashes

13 have been killed in five days of violence; Pro-democracy blogger among those wounded by police gunfire in Cairo

Egypt speeds preparation for presidential vote

Egypt's military leader told electoral officials Monday to speed preparations for presidential elections after a new eruption of street protests demanding that the ruling generals move more quickly to hand power to an elected government.

Pushback on plans to close Philly schools earlier

Hundreds of city kids learn passing, dribbling and shooting at evening and Saturday basketball played on the worn floor of the Fox Chase School gym.

Riot report blames police tensions for unrest

LONDON (Reuters) - A breakdown of relations between the police and public, record youth unemployment and poverty were behind the violence in a deprived London district that led to Britain's worst rioting in decades, a community-led inquiry found on Tuesday. The report said those factors inflamed public anger sparked by the police shooting last August of a 29-year-old local man in Tottenham ...

Egypt speeds up work for presidential vote

Egypt's military leader told electoral officials Monday to speed preparations for presidential elections after a new eruption of street protests demanding that the ruling generals move more quickly to hand power to an elected government.