EGYPTIAN soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets yesterday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government.

A massive car bomb blew up outside the holiest mosque in Iraq today, killing at least 75 people including a top Shiite cleric just moments after he delivered a sermon calling for unity.

A massive car bomb blew up outside the holiest mosque in Iraq today, killing a top Shiite cleric just moments after he delivered a sermon calling for unity.