Egypt’s armed forces on January 31 pledged not to fire on peaceful demonstrators as thousands of people, freed from fear after decades of oppression, tried to press home their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak. The army, which put Mubarak into power in 1981, seemed to be weighing whether to shift its loyalties as the former general’s opponents spoke of getting a million people onto the streets on Tuesday to mark a week since the unprecedented protests began...

Najran University has started a SR200 million project to meet the growing need for electricity inside its campus, university officials said on January 31. Founded in the northern city of Najran in 2006, the university sprawls over 18 million square meters and is the country’s largest by area. The university complex has two campuses separately for men and women and will also bring under its jurisdiction 25 colleges with an overall capacity of 45,000 students. The campus ...