tunisian revolution

Spotlight Again Falls on Web Tools and Change WASHINGTON — Fear is the dictator’s traditional tool for keeping the people in check. But by cutting off Egypt’s Internet and wireless service late last week in the face of huge street protests, President Hosni Mubarak betrayed his own fear —...

A string of draconian measures enforced by the Egyptian authorities have failed to quell huge anti-government protests that have resonated across the country after weekly Muslim prayers on Friday. In Cairo, the approaches leading to the iconic Tahrir (liberation) square, the focal point after...