A Google executive who had become the hero of the Egyptian revolution said Sunday he planned to step away from his stint at the Internet search giant and start his own venture in Egypt.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Egypt's government has pulled the plug on all Internet and telephone traffic in an effort to quell the violence that today has brought tens of thousands of protesters into the streets.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee praised the International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on Iran's covert nuclear program. "The IAEA message to Tehran is crystal clear -- stop the covert nuclear program now," said AJC Executive Director David Harris.

President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in an astonishing verdict.

The global economic slowdown is unlikely to dampen long-term demand for new nuclear power plants, said officials with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Sunday on the eve of talks about the future of nuclear energy.