CAIRO (AFP) — Eighty-three per cent of voters backed a law change allowing for Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, the government said Thursday, as the United States blasted police violence at pro-reform rallies. Interior Minister Habib Adli hailed the 53 per cent of the country’s 32.5 million voters who cast …

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Text of statements made by US President George W. Bush and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their White House summit here Thursday: President George W. Bush Thank you. Mr President, it is my honour to welcome the democratically elected leader of the Palestinian people to the White …

WASHINGTON (Agencies) — President George W. Bush held his first White House meeting with a Palestinian leader in four years Thursday and reaffirmed the US commitment to a viable Palestinian state and an end to Israeli settlement expansion. Bush made his remarks after conferring with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who …