CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the political fallout from the Port Said soccer riots.
Violent riots break out following the soccer clash that left 79 dead. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Clashes continue between protesters and police near the Interior Ministry in Cairo. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the more than 70 people killed when fans rushed the field after a soccer game in Port Said.
CNN's Ben Wedeman explains the difference between this election and those in the past and offers some predictions.
The death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed Thursday in his hometown of Sirte, Libya, is "an important step" for Libya, but don't expect the fighting to end right away, said CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman. Wedeman, the first Western television reporter to enter and report from inside Libya during the war, talked about how Gadhafi's life ended and what his death means for Libya's future and the civil war.
Violence has returned to the streets of Cairo -- this time in fresh confrontations between army forces and pro-Coptic Christian protesters.
CNN's Ben Wedeman has an exclusive look inside one of Moammar Gadhafi's palaces in southern Libya.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on newly liberated Libyan towns in the south.
Misrata's bank re-opens, but there isn't enough cash to go around. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on how school children are coping in war-torn Misrata, Libya.
A new baby is born to a Misrata family just hours before a Gadhafi rocket slams into their home. Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman explains how the lack of a no-fly zone in Libya is one of many obstacles facing rebels.
CNN's Ben Wedeman discusses reports that some Libyan pilots have been executed for refusing to carry out bombing orders.
Libya's interior minister said Wednesday he has quit the government and is supporting the protesters, who he predicted will achieve victory in "days or hours."
CNN's Ben Wedeman is on the streets of Cairo when the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is announced.
It started with verbal abuse, and then -- perhaps inevitably -- it got physically, terrifyingly violent.
The embattled Egyptian government early Tuesday restricted communications and travel ahead of what protesters are calling a "march of millions." Here's what the government has done so far:
CNN's Ben Wedeman talks to Anderson Cooper about how people in the suburbs of Cairo are protecting themselves.
Riot police use clubs on protesters as demonstrations spread in Egypt. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman and Frederik Pleitgen report on the censorship of communication in Egypt.
A CNN crew working to cover the clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo felt the wrath of Egypt's police on Friday.
After decades of one party rule, new parties, including Islamic parties, emerge in Tunisia. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the aftermath of a New Year's church bombing that rekindled sectarian tensions in Egypt.
Ben Wedeman reports people in Tunisia want nothing to do with former members of the former ruling party, the RCD.
CNN's Ben Wedeman and team are briefly detained in Tunisia and forced to replace a shaken cab driver.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the unrest in Tunisia and its aftermath.
CNN's Ben Wedeman speaks with northern Sudanese who fear the impending break-up of their country.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Egypt on elections that have raised eyebrows.
How a play is helping refugees in Egypt find their voice. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
A protest by minority Christians in Cairo spiraled into a violent melee with riot police. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Ben Wedeman reports from Gaza on the Palestinian divisions that could undermine peace talks due to resume this week.
Lebanon's parliament adopts a law granting fuller employment rights to Palestinians. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on Israel's controversial practice of demolishing Bedouin homes in the Negev Desert.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on a rarely-used rape charge that's stirring debate and controversy in Israel.
CNN's Ben Wedeman takes an in focus look at Madagascar's vanilla industry.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on an Egyptian-American cowboy who has embraced "country eastern" music.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Tabarba, Tunisia, where one of the world's highest quality of olive oil are made.
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CNN's Ben Wedeman explains why, for some women in Cairo, being a bodyguard is the perfect job.
Football fury
updated: Fri Nov 20 2009 14:59:00
Police in Egypt block protesters from the Algerian embassy after a contentious soccer match. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Cairo, Egypt, on the ruckus raised over female university students' dress code.
CNN's Ben Wedeman gets an exclusive view of the first step of the World Cup trophy's 77-day tour of Africa.
President Obama, on the first leg of a Mideast trip, said Wednesday that he is confident the United States and Saudi Arabia can "make progress on a whole host of issues of mutual interest."
President Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia as part of his Middle East trip.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth - another stop on the Pope's journey.
Pope Benedict XVI was supposed to visit an Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem but Israel objected. Ben Wedeman reports.
CNN's Ben Wedeman visits the bend in the Jordan River where many Christians believe Jesus was baptized.
CNN's Ben Wedeman gives a short history of the Jordan River ahead of the Pope's visit.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the unofficial Israeli election results
CNN's Ben Wedeman gauges low Palestinian expectations for Israel's upcoming elections.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports that Israel is hesitant to answer questions about its use of white phosphorous weapons.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on Bethlehem's annual Christmas celebrations.
CNN's Ben Wedeman trails Egypt's world-famous archaeologist, Zahi Hawass.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the challenges in the Middle East awaiting Barack Obama's administration.
The Cedars of Lebanon A priceless commodity; they symbolize a nation, and once even sparked a revolution. They are the Cedars of Lebanon -- a protected species of tree under constant threat from man and the environment.
Fifteen people -- mostly Israeli soldiers -- were injured at an intersection in Jerusalem Monday night when a driver plowed his car into a group of people, Jerusalem police told CNN.
A car plows into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, injuring more than a dozen people.
CNN's Ben Wedeman is at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen where officials hope to get operations rolling by Saturday.
CNN's Ben Wedeman gets a preview of a hi-tech initiative allowing anyone with an online computer to access the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Six arrested in Israel with alleged links to al Qaeda. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
An Israeli police spokesman describes what happened when a man drove a bulldozer into a Jerusalem street.
Israeli authorities are investigating why a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem rammed his bulldozer into several cars and buses Wednesday, killing three people before Israeli police shot him dead.
An attempted suicide creates panic at the departure ceremony for French President Sarkozy. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Working on the front lines with Gaza is no easy task, Ben Wedeman reports from the Israeli side of the lines.
CNN's Ben Wedeman sorts out conflicting accounts in Gaza, where four children and their mother were killed in shelling.
Bread. For Egypt's middle classes it is breakfast, lunch and dinner. In Egyptian Arabic it is known as "aish" which means both bread and life.
Food inflation
updated: Mon Apr 21 2008 04:25:00
Marketplace Middle East investigates how people in Egypt are counting the cost of inflation.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Israeli town of Sderot as Palestinian rockets rain down.
Bethlehem is seeing more tourists than it has in years. But, as CNN's Ben Wedeman reports, they're not spending as much.
Pressure is mounting for Israeli leaders to stop rocket attacks from Gaza. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports
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Abbas' militia defying orders
Battles between Palestinian factions in Gaza claimed more than a dozen lives Wednesday, while Hamas militants launched rockets into Israel, provoking Israeli military airstrikes on Hamas.
A crew member of the ferry that sank Friday in the Red Sea said Sunday water used to extinguish a fire aboard caused the ship to list in heavy winds.
An aging Egyptian passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with about 1,400 people and dozens of vehicles sank Friday in the Red Sea, an official said.
I land in Beirut around 4 p.m. after a pretty exhausting set of flights from Atlanta. I am immediately met by my producer and driver and whisked to a double-parked van outside the airport.
The widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has picked up his medical records from the Paris hospital where he died November 11, and was reviewing the information, her lawyers said.
CNN producer Riad Ali was released Tuesday, almost 24 hours after he was abducted by armed gunmen, and is now in the custody of Palestinian police.
U.S. Army soldiers have committed "egregious acts" and "grave breaches of international law" at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, according to a classified report by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba made available to CNN.
Photographs showing the apparent abuse of Iraqi prisoners by both American and British troops have been greeted with shock and outrage worldwide.
A remote-controlled French mini sub retrieved the voice cockpit recorder of an Egyptian charter plane that crashed January 3 killing all aboard, the head of the Egyptian investigating team said.