ARIES (March 21-April 19). Find your people and act in concert. What happens when your values are aligned with the values of a larger group will be so impressive you might even call it magical.

Eastern and central Europe continue to shiver under a blanket of heavy snow Friday, with more deaths reported after bitter cold overnight temperatures.

Syrian army and security officers detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, a rights group said in a report Friday, as it urged the United Nations to take action.

Violent clashes reignited in Egypt on Friday between police and protesters angered by reports of inadequate security at a soccer match that devolved into a riot this week, leaving 79 people dead. Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo, prompting riot police to deploy tear gas for fear the men some of them masked would storm the building.

Women have been at the forefront of the uprisings that started in Tunisia and soon cascaded west to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and across the Gulf. Over the past year, Arab women have relished the promise of a change and found a new sense of equality long suppressed under sclerotic patriarchal regimes.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea repeated his predictions of the imminent collapse of the embattled government of President Bashar Assad and said security measures taken by Damascus would not be able to modify the trajectory of events.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is scheduled to address various issues, including the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, during a Feb. 7 speech marking Prophet Mohammad’s birthday.

Women’s rights activists marched to the Serail Thursday with a list of demands for Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and proclaiming: “No spring without women.”