* Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak could suffer the same fate as Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as he risks being ousted after a popular uprising.
* Tunisia: Speaking of Tunisia the country’s interim government issued an arrest warrant for the capture of Ben Ali and six of his relatives.
* Italy: The pressure of the latest sex scandal seems to be getting to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after he engaged in a war of insults with a TV talk show host.
* Russia: The landmark “New START” nuclear disarmament treaty between Russia and the U.S. could soon take effect.
Image – Ben Curtis/AP via The Guardian (“Mobile phone users film riot police blocking press photographers during a second day of protests in Cairo.”)
Online Sources- The Guardian, AP, ABC News (Australia), The Telegraph
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