Hala Gorani

Today's apparently huge protest at Aleppo University is happening bc of presence of UN monitors. What will happen when they leave? #Syria

Diplomat: Confidential report finds Iran shipping arms to Syria #cnn

RT @Brian_Whit: Syria -- amazing scenes as UN monitors arrive at Aleppo university

RT @RobertMackey: A second, even more remarkable live video stream of large student protest happening now in #Aleppo via @HamaEcho #Syria

RT @kellymcevers: Activists in Khan Sheikhoun, emboldened by UN monitors, protest then get shot and killed. Videographer dies, too #Syria

RT @ian_black Syria's Bashar al-Assad vows to display captured foreign mercenaries

Heading to meet some of the young revolutionaries who sparked last year's #Egypt uprising. Are they disillusioned? Optimistic? #egyelex

Egypt's March Toward Democracy

@yahiasan At 7pm Egypt time.

In Cairo metro "ladies only" car, talking to ordinary women about life for them in the new #Egypt.

Army ruler says #Egypt election will be model vote via @reuters

Carter Center: #Egypt authorities "imposing restrictions that could impede the ability of outside monitors to evaluate the process." (NYT)

I keep writing Sarkozy on my checks.

RT @AntDeRosa: RT @ProducerMatthew Sarkozy hands over nuclear codes, Twitter passwords to new French president Hollande -

94% of the vote counted: Sarkozy 48.38% - Hollande 51.62%. #france2012

W/ 82.2pc of vote counted: Hollande: 51.23 %Sarkozy: 48.77 % #france2012

Heading to rue Solferino, Socialist Party HQ in Paris. See you on air starting 7p CET. Will it be Sarkozy or Hollande? #france2012

Several Sarkozy supporters told me this morning they believe tonight's results will be "too close to call." Say polls are wrong. #france2012

RT @LaurenBohn: Campbell Brown takes Obama to task for being "condescending" to women

No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision via @reuters

RT @TheFix: New CBS/NYT poll: Romney 46, Obama 43 among registered voters.

Obama on JP Morgan loss: "We don't know all the details" but "it's going to be investigated." via @sharethis

Poll Sees Obama Gay Marriage Support Motivated by Politics

Watch @wolfbliztercnn on Idesk now talking about the Obama Newsweek cover.

RT @SlaughterAM: Want to follow the Egyptian Presidential debate in real time in English? #ff @EgyIndependent

RT @AymanM: Egypts Presidential debates will be called "Survivor:Cairo" contestants have to outwit outplay & OUTLAST to stay on the island! #monazarat

RT @msheshtawy: Cafes now are full of Egyptians watching the first presidential debate in history of #Egypt

RT @Nadine_bn: @HalaGorani He is tall :) but looks more comfortable and knows better the rules of the debate

RT @SoniaElSakka: @HalaGorani this is huge a historical day in Egypt everybody is hooked in front of TV we return to our lead :) first debate in Arab world

I'm fresh off the French debate and the 2 #Egypt candidates standing at podiums, far apart, prob won't lead to head-on confrontation.

RT @AlfieConn: Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist says he is at the Beijing airport and is getting ready to fly to New York. #CNN learns

Diplomat: Confidential report finds Iran shipping arms to Syria #cnn

French first lady is keeping her day job #cnn

U.S. resumes arms sales to Bahrain #cnn via @CNN

RT @ElizabethCNN: 1:30pET #CNN live with: @HalaGorani at #Hollande HQ, Jim Bittermann at #Sarkozy HQ, @mchancecnn in Athens & @dimagnayCNN from Berlin.

At a charming outdoor market now. Will be live on cnn/cnnusa next hour. We're counting down to #france2012 election results!