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EGYPTIANS have reason to fear the domestic news these days. If it is not about events such as a freak ballooning accident that killed 18 tourists, or the death of nine villagers who fell, one after another, into an open … read more »
Recently, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt, a supposed “moderate” Islamist, met with Iran’s anti-Semitic, genocidal, President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Reportedly, they had a friendly discussion. Perhaps, in addition to the official topics, they also conversed about their mutual anti-Semitic attitudes. … read more »
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Police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters in Cairo during violent demonstrations about the country’s leadership. Protesters throwing stones at security forces in Cairo One person has been killed and dozens injured during clashes between police and … read more »
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR The main criticism being voiced about the government led by President Mohamed Morsi within Egypt and by some foreign observers is that it lacks the majority support of the people of Egypt. In substantiation of this argument it … read more »
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR On Sunday, in an apparently conciliatory move, Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi rescinded his controversial decree of November 22 assuming vastly new powers granting him immunity from law, which triggered massive protests against his regime. However, he is stubbornly … read more »
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An Egyptian woman casts her vote during a referendum on the new Egyptian constitution at a polling station on December 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians went to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, … read more »
Bruce Thornton The hope that democracy would bloom in Egypt following our collusion in removing Hosni Mubarak looks more and more delusional every day. Even our foreign policy wishful thinkers are no longer peddling the canard that the Islamist Muslim … read more »
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A controversial referendum on a new constitution in Egypt due to start on Saturday looks set to further split the country, after the opposition called for a ‘no’ vote and imposed conditions that could yet result in its boycott. Egypt’s … read more »
Several hundred Egyptian protesters breached a concrete and metal barricade outside the Cairo presidential palace, as groups gathered for rival rallies over Mohammed Morsi’s constitutional referendum proposal. There was no violent confrontation despite the tensions surrounding the determination of Islamist … read more »
The title of a recent Al Akhbarreport declares: “Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces” of Egypt. According to the report, Ibrahim Ali, a … read more »
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By: Omar Ashour CAIRO – Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever elected civilian president, recently granted himself sweeping temporary powers in order, he claims, to attain the objectives of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. But the decrees incited strong opposition … read more »
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Angry chants filled Tahrir Square on Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators filled the iconic center of last year’s revolt, this time to protest a recent decree that grants President Mohammed Morsi sweeping powers. The protesters, waving Egypt’s red, white and … read more »
By Eric Walberg At last Egyptian politics is moving. President Mohamed Morsi is slowly building on his summer ‘coup’, when he stared down Egypt’s generals and put his men in the top army and defence positions, following terrorist attacks in … read more »
In an interview with Telemundoon Wednesday, President Barack Obama’s made a comment that left many Egyptians scratching their heads. Here’s the key excerpt from the transcript: Jose Diaz Balart – Would you consider the current Egyptian regime an ally of … read more »
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By Jeremy R. Hammond The U.S. media is, unsurprisingly, making their best effort to paint Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in a negative light, the general accusation being that he is attempting to usurp power and crackdown on dissent … read more »
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As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Morsi, demonstrators gatheredoutside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to protest the United States’ uncritical support for the new regime, which has promised to impose Sharia upon … read more »
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The makeover of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has begun. Some in the media are “debunking” the frightening “myths” about the Muslim Brotherhood, and others arguethat he’s a potential ally. The Obama administration continues to infer that critics of the Brotherhood … read more »
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CAIRO – Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a “new Egypt” and unwavering support to the powerful military as he took the oath of office Saturday to become the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months … read more »
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Samir Amin The electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood and of the Salafists in Egypt (January 2012) is hardly surprising. The decline brought about by the current globalization of capitalism has produced an extraordinary increase in the so-called “informal” activities … read more »
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Cairo – Egypt’s new first lady Naglaa Ali Mahmoud and her predecessor Suzanne Mubarak have at least one thing in common: Both have seen their husbands and sons detained in Egyptian prisons. The similarities may end there though. The deposed … read more »
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Mohamed Morsi’s first appointments as president-elect of Egypt will be a woman and a Coptic Christian, his spokesman has told the Guardian, as he moves to allay fears of the Muslim Brotherhood. Sameh el-Essawy said that although the names of … read more »
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Jean Ping, congratulates Dr. Mohamed Morsi on his election as President of Egypt. The Chairperson also congratulates the people of Egypt for the peaceful manner in which they conducted themselves during … read more »
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The United States congratulates Dr. Mohamed Morsi on his victory in Egypt’s Presidential election, and we congratulate the Egyptian people for this milestone in their transition to democracy. We look forward to working together with President-elect Morsi and the government … read more »
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The crowd in Tahrir Square that cheered Sunday’s victory by Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi in a presidential run off, didn’t represent a majority of Egyptians. His triumph is both a victory – and a potential disaster – for democracy, … read more »
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Mohammed Morsi’s victory over Ahmed Shafik in the Egyptian presidential election is a political triumph for the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned organization for most of the years since the country became a republic in 1953. It is likewise an important … read more »
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