Suez Canal

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military will not allow violence during protests against President Mohamed Mursi that his opponents have planned for June 30, the first anniversary of the Islamist leader's election, a state newspaper said on Saturday. "Security...

* Suez canal vital revenue earner for Cairo * Industry concerns growing over shipping disruptions in Suez By Asma Alsharif and Jonathan Saul CAIRO/LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - A plan by Egypt's Islamist-led government to develop the land along the...

The Maryland Transportation Authority is reviewing a request from CSX Transportation Corp. to lease about five acres under Interstate 95 to be used for construction of the train and truck depot that will serve the Port of Baltimore. The land would allow...

* Activists say part of crackdown on dissent * President said he respects freedom of expression CAIRO, June 3 (Reuters) - A high-profile Egyptian blogger and activist was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday for insulting President Mohamed Mursi,...

Ida Margaret McRonald (nee Magness) was born on October 2, 1930 and died of leukemia in Verdugo Hills Hospital on May 26, 2013. She was born in Crumlin, a small town in Wales. Her parents were Stephen Lester Magness and Ethel (Watkins) Magness. As a...

By Balazs Koranyi NY-AALESUND, Norway, May 29 (Reuters) - Shipping along the Arctic northern sea route is set to grow more than 30-fold over the next eight years and could account for a quarter of the cargo traffic between Europe and Asia by 2030,...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...

Bob Bradley wasn't looking for an adventure as much as he was looking for a job after being fired as coach of the U.S. soccer team two years ago. But in Egypt he found both. When Bradley arrived in the fall of 2011 to take over Egypt's national soccer...

By Kari Howard These songs are a personal soundtrack for this week’s wonderful Column Ones, but one below is featured on an actual soundtrack, for the Danny Boyle movie “The Beach.” The band is called Underworld, and Boyle has used...

It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...

An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer...

CAIRO -- Egyptian protesters set fire to a police social club and attempted to block the Suez Canal  on Saturday after a court upheld death sentences for 21 soccer fans and acquitted seven police officers accused in a deadly stadium riot last year....