His fate hanging in the balance, Egypt’s embattled president last night vowed he would not resign, hours before a deadline to yield to the demands of millions of protesters or see the military install a new leadership.

PALESTINIAN rockets struck deep inside Israel, landing closer to the urban sprawl south of Tel Aviv, and Israeli aircraft pounded targets in Gaza in a surging conflict that has raised fears of a new war.

A group of several hundred international activists from an aid convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip were allowed to leave Egypt today, despite earlier threats to have some arrested because they scuffled with police, an airport official said.

Renault-Nissan today signed a preliminary agreement with the Moroccan government to build a manufacturing complex in northern Morocco with a capacity of 400,000 cars a year.