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December 27th 2012 is the fourth anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, known in Israel as "Operation Cast Lead" and in Palestine as "The Battle of al-Furqan'. Many...
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Middle East,
News
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Israel's ex-ambassador to Egypt, Zvi Mazel, has said that the turmoil in Egypt "is not going to settle down soon… it will escalate and result in more casualties." Mr....
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Middle East,
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Egypt's Prosecutor General, Talaat Abdullah, yesterday met with a British delegation to discuss the return of money that was smuggled out of the country by the ousted president Hosni...
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Middle East,
News
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Dr Mohammed Morsi has insisted that he will not allow anyone to "interfere" in his country's affairs. The Egyptian president expressed his people's appreciation of those who stood beside...
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Middle East,
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After attacks on hotels and tourism sites in several areas in Egypt under the pretext of protests, Egyptian economic experts have asserted that the country's tourism industry is being...
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Middle East,
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The Palestinian Embassy in Cairo has condemned the statements attributed to ousted president Hosni Mubarak in which he claimed that the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat had leaked the...
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Middle East,
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Turkish news agency, Anadolu reported former Israeli military intelligence chief, Amos Yadlin, as describing the incidents of July 3rd in Egypt as a military coup that favoured the Israeli...
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Middle East,
News
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The vast gas reserves discovered in waters claimed by Israel in recent years may transform the state into a major gas exporter. The government sees a promising future, whilst...
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Middle East,
News
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The Jama'at al-Islamiya in Asyut, southern Egypt, has condemned the latest attacks on Christian churches in the country.The state-run Al Ahram newspaper reported the group's statement, which appears to...
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Africa,
News
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A close confidante of the president of Egypt overthrown by the January 25th Revolution has revealed that the government of Saudi Arabia offered the then military chief Field Marshal...
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Africa,
News
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Former Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef was admitted to the Al-Maadi Hospital on Wednesday for medical examinations, security sources revealed. According to the security sources, it...
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Africa,
News
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PHOTOS The Egyptian judiciary is to prosecute ousted president Mohammed Morsi, the first ever elected Egyptian president, for inciting the killing of protesters, Reuters reported on Monday. A report...
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Africa,
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The Director of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, Mohamed Farid Tuhami, disclosed that the cooperation between Egypt's two intelligence services and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has now been...
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Africa,
News
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The deputy leader of Egypt's Al-Nour Party has criticised the new protest law approved on Sunday by Interim President Adly Mansour. Tal'at Marzouq, the party's legal advisor, said that...
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Africa,
News
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Cairo's criminal court acquitted on Thursday the sons of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Gamal and Alaa, as well as former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, on charges of corruption....
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Africa,
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu revealed that Turkey has been conducting secret diplomacy in Egypt to meet with deposed President Mohammed Morsi. However, Davutoglu also said that releasing former...
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Since 1925, when Egypt and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives, relations between the two countries have gone back and forth between apathy and warmth. The relationship, which began at the...
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January 30, 2014
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Asa Winstanley
What has the record of 2011's Arab uprisings taught us so far? One could list many things, but to me, the most striking reality is the now open nature...
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Article,
Inquiry
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Television channels are full of vicious attacks on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in an organised and systematic campaign intended to eliminate the movement. It has been said that their opponents...
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The comic performance being acted out in Egypt nowadays – also known as Mubarak's trial, or the trial of the century – is actually the play of the century....
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January 28, 2014
Sara Khorshid
Cairo: It's understandable that each country is entitled to pursue its national interests, and that one country's national interest may partially conflict with that of another. But it's difficult...
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The former Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network became the first Muslim and non-Western journalist to deliver the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture at City University in London on...
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January 27, 2014
Wael Qandil
Some friends were angry at me when I said the following in an article yesterday: "Those who do not want to see that the current violence is between Mubarak's...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
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Samira Shackle
Conspiracy theories are quick to circulate in the Arab world. Often, they are just that – theories – but often, they are ultimately proved to be correct. The geopolitical...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
Dr Mahmoud Ghozlan
Terrorism is an accusation made by the powerful against the weak as an excuse to commit the ugliest forms of terrorism against the weak while making the claim to...
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Africa,
Article,
Egypt
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January 27, 2014
Sharif Abdulrahman Saif
Nowadays, Egypt is witnessing the absurdity of the coup-backed media spreading lies to demonise the coup's opponents and then calling on those who have been named to prove their...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
I used to think that the defamation and incitement campaign against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was limited to a few Egyptian television stations and specific programmes aired on...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
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Mohamed Al-Jawadi
It was not only natural for the Egyptian media to side with the coup leadership, but also inevitable. The media has played a key role in Egyptian politics for...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
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Henriette Johansen
Last week rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed was released after three weeks in prison. The Tunisian artist, aka Klay BBJ, was originally sentenced to 21 months in prison for 'insulting...
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Africa,
Article
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January 27, 2014
Ahmed Fouda
According to the announcement made by the coup government in Egypt, today, November 4th, marks the beginning of the trial of President Mohamed Morsi on numerous counts. The most...
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Africa,
Article
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January 25, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
As events in the Middle East unfold, one interesting aspect of the people-power discussion is the reticence of western pro-democracy governments in the face of real democracy on the...
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January 25, 2014
Yvonne Ridley
As people across Egypt continue to rise against the brutal dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak it is quite clear they will not stop until he flies into exile. Quite clear...