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President Barack Obama promised to support democracy in nascent revolutions in the Middle East on Friday, saying he would push for billions of dollars in financial incentives for Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday in the wake of uprisings across the region in recent months.

Amidst the political upheavals in the Middle east and North Africa, the U.S. is expanding its military and defense relations with Saudi Arabia on a grand scale, according to media reports.

Here is the White House text of President Barack Obama‘s speech on the Middle East, as prepared for delivery.

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Egypt on Wednesday submitted the legal papers to the party affairs committee for approval of a new political party Freedom and Justice.

Egyptian-born Saif al-Adel has been appointed “caretaker” leader of al Qaeda, according to a source with detailed knowledge of the group’s inner workings, CNN reported.

A recorded audio messages purportedly made by Osama bin Laden and shortly before he was killed wqas released by al Qaeda's media wing as-Sahab on Wednesday and posted on some select Islamic websites, reports said.

One fringe group has gained national notoriety with their predictions that the end of the world will be this May 21, but just how did they arrive at that conclusion?

A former Egyptian Special Forces officer and an extensively trained and experienced military strategist, Saif Al-Adel, the alleged newly appointed interim chief of Al-Qaeda could prove to be more dangerous than Osama Bin Laden. More than a mere surprise, his appointment as Al-Qaeda's 'caretaker' has great strategic implications.

Egypt’s ruling military council released a report on Wednesday that it does not intend to interfere in judicial affairs, denying reports that it might pardon former President Hosni Mubarak.

According to various media reports a former Egyptian military officer turned al-Qaeda militant has been chosen to head Osama bin Laden's terror network temporarily until the slain leader's successor is officially named.

After the talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan ahead of a full week of intense negotiation, Obama has guaranteed that he will call for a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

In his speech concerning the Middle East at the State Department this Thursday, President Barack Obama is expected to outline his vision for the future of a region in upheaval.

U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp said on Tuesday it plans to raise 2011 capital expenditures by 8 percent and further increases are possible if oil prices remain high.

A couple in Israel has named their baby after the Facebook action, Like.

There are two carved-in-granite long-term economic trends; one of them being the decline of the dollar and the other one being war. I think those are locked in, and so I recommend people buy investments that do well during wartime or during periods of currency debasement, which we have.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak will apologize to the nation and plead for amnesty, the Muslim Brotherhood has said in a report published in its site, even as prosecutors tightened the noose around the 82-year old former dictator and his family.

Clashes erupt between protesters and security forces at Israeli Embassy in Cairo.

An Israeli war ship has attacked a vessel carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in the international waters, the Centre for Research and Globalization said in a repot posted in its website.

The Playstation Network outage has inconvenienced and enraged tens of millions of Playstation users for weeks now.

Suzanne Mubarak, wife of former President Hosni Mubarak, was hospitalized Friday, hours after she was detained on corruption charges for 15 days.

Osama bin Laden apparently supported the revolts which spread across the Arab world this spring, according to an audio message found at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, according to a U.S. government official.