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BBC news 2011-09-11

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The Egyptian Information Minister Osama Haikal has said that Egypt is in a deep crisis and that activists who ransacked the Israeli embassy on Friday night had hurt Egypt's image abroad. Mr Haikal said that those responsible for the attack would be tried in emergency state security courts. Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.

Egypt has promised to crack down on the protesters involved in the attack and to protect Cairo's embassies. The clashes at the Israeli mission, which went on all night, have shocked people both here and abroad. Reports on Egyptian state television said Egypt's prime minister offered to step down, but his resignation was refused by the country's military leader Field Marshal Tantawi. Under Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak, such violent displays of anger against Israel wouldn't have been tolerated.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel remains committed to its peace treaty with Egypt. He said Israel was working with Cairo on creating strong enough security for the return of the Israeli ambassador and other embassy staff.

The head of the Libyan National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has flown from Benghazi to the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time since rebels took control of the city. He was greeted by hundreds of supporters before being driven to a hotel. Mr Abdul Jalil had until now remained in Benghazi. More from Peter Biles, who watched Mr Abdul Jalil's arrival at the airport in Tripoli.

There were chaotic scenes when Mustafa Abdul Jalil emerged from the aircraft that had brought him from Benghazi. Crowds of people surged forward, trying to get close to him. Soldiers struggled to maintain order. Mr Jalil's arrival in Tripoli was long overdue. He'd been expected here almost as soon as the city fell nearly three weeks ago. One man at the airport said people wanted to express their gratitude to him for what he'd done for Libya since the uprising against Colonel Gaddafi began in February.

Peter Biles in Tripoli

The Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, says he's agreed a series of measures with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria aimed at ending months of conflict there. At least six people are reported to have been killed in the latest anti-government demonstrations. From Beirut, Owen Bennett-Jones has this report.

Mr al-Arabi said the reform package he discussed in Damascus will now be put to the council of the Arab League on Monday. He hasn't given many details away, but before he went, there were newspaper reports suggesting that the Arab League wanted a three-year timetable for a transition to multi-party government. And speaking on his return from Damascus, Mr al-Arabi did say he'd urged the Syrian president to speed up reform plans through a timetable that will make every Syrian citizen feel he's moved onto a new stage.

That was Owen Bennett-Jones reporting from Beirut.

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The government of Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar says it'll set up an investigation to establish why a heavily overloaded ferry sank on Friday night with more than 800 people on board. More than 180 people drowned in the accident between the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, many of them children.

A weekend of ceremonies has begun in the United States to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In his weekly address, President Obama said justice had finally been delivered to Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda was on the path to defeat. From New York, here's Jonny Dymond.

In the fields of Shanksville in Pennsylvania, Vice President Joe Biden, former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush are dedicating a national memorial for the 40 passengers and crew killed when United Flight 93 was wrested from the hands of hijackers. Earlier today, George Bush was at the Pentagon, where he laid a wreath of white lilies and roses. One hundred and eighty-nine people were killed there when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building. Tomorrow, the focus will be here on New York, where the World Trade Center once stood. The name of every victim will be read out.

The leader of South Africa's ruling party's youth wing, Julius Malema, has given a defiant speech the day before he faces a disciplinary hearing by the African National Congress. Mr Malema, who's accused of bringing the ANC into disrepute, said he did not need permission to be in the party since it was in his blood. He had declared economic war on white South Africans.

The American space agency Nasa has launched its latest Moon mission after a two-day delay. The Delta 2 rocket, which took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, is carrying two identical satellites which will survey the Moon's gravitational field in uNPRecedented detail. Scientists hope that the mission, known as Grail or Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, will reveal the Moon's internal structure.

That's the BBC News.