Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria

(Reuters) - Following is a timeline of events in Syria since protests began: March 16, 2011 - Security forces break up gathering of 150 protesters in Damascus square holding pictures of imprisoned relatives. April 19 - Government passes bill lifting 48 years of emergency rule. April 22 - Security forces and gunmen loyal to president Bashar al-Assad kill at least 100 protesters, rights group says ...

Timeline: Egypt since January protests

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Egypt since protests against former President Hosni Mubarak began. January 25, 2011 - Anti-government protests begin across Egypt following the January 14 overthrow of Tunisia's president in the first of the "Arab Spring" uprisings. January 28 - Mubarak orders troops and tanks into cities to quell demonstrations. Thousands cheer at news of intervention ...

Afghan timeline will be addressed at NATO summit

A White House official said Tuesday that alliance members attending an upcoming NATO summit in Chicago will be reminded that they've committed to pulling combat forces out of Afghanistan in 2014, despite ...

Timeline: Soccer stadium disasters

(Reuters) - At least 73 people were killed and 1,000 injured in a riot at a soccer match in the Egyptian city of Port Said on Wednesday, the worst disaster in the country's soccer history, government officials said. Here is a look at some of the major disasters in soccer stadiums in the last 30 years: October 1982 - RUSSIA - Fans were crushed as they left a UEFA Cup tie between Moscow Spartak ...

MURRIETA: No timeline for opening of second Fresh & Easy Market

Although built, Murrieta's second Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has not yet opened. Representatives from the United Kingdom-based grocer say an opening date is still not on the horizon.