With the 2012 presidential race looming, prospective GOP candidates came to the Conservative Political Action Conference this year, trying to impress activists and potential supporters. NPR's Don Gonyea watched the parade of hopefuls.
Leaders around the world are offering words of support to the Egyptian people and a sense of the challenges ahead. Host Scott Simon reports on the reaction of world leaders to the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
In the New York borough of Queens, a neighborhood known as Little Egypt reacted to Hosni Mubarak's resignation with an impromptu parade. NPR's Joel Rose reports.
Host Scott Simon reads listeners' letters about breaking events in Egypt, why Americans travel overseas less, and the story of how the U.S. Naval Academy came to the aid of a soldier's widower.
The mass carnival that began Egypt's post-Mubarak era is starting to ease. Many protesters are packing up and going home for some rest after 18 days of nonstop protests. Host Scott Simon talks to Omar Mohamad, who has spent the last few weeks protesting in the streets of Cairo.
