Sydney Morning Herald | Egypt detains ex-president's sons in probe Houston Chronicle © 2011 AP SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Cairo — An Egyptian police general says the sons of the former president have been detained for 15 days to investigate their role in violence against protesters and corruption. Maj. Gen. Mohammed el-Khatib, head of South ... Middle East Egypt's Mubarak 'hospitalised' EGYPT: Former President Hosni Mubarak reportedly taken to hospital Egypt's Mubarak hospitalized during questioning: state TV |
Telegraph.co.uk | 4 Die in Smuggling Tunnel Under Gaza-Egypt Border New York Times Four Palestinians died Tuesday in a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border, according to medics in Gaza. Authorities with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said the men suffocated while repairing the tunnel, which they said ... There's A Tense Calm On The Israeli-Palestinian Front Hamas has right to defend Gazans Report: Turkey worked behind scene for Gaza truce |
CTV.ca | Egypt spring turns to winter Globe and Mail The creeping authoritarianism of Egypt's new/old government is troubling. The revolution will not be complete as long as the country's 19-man Supreme Council of Armed Forces is in control. Over the weekend, the military attacked protesters and ... The Face of Egypt's Uprising Protesters in Egypt demand swifter reforms Egypt and the steeple chase |
Reuters | Islamists exploit Egypt´s freer politics Washington Times Associated Press Islamic hard-liners, some of them heavily suppressed under three decades of Hosni Mubarak's regime, are enthusiastically diving into Egypt's new freedoms, forming political parties to enter upcoming elections and ... Egypt's hard-line Islamists speak up, creating unease Egypt's Islamist Hard-Liners Embrace Democracy Egypt's favourite Amir Moussa unafraid of zealots |
New York Times | How to jump-start an Arab economic miracle Financial Times Tunisia, Egypt, probably Libya and Yemen, and possibly others will now have a chance to start with a clean slate, just as the former communist bloc did 20 years ago. So what should they do? Though it may be tempting to introduce wholesale changes in ... Anna Day, American in Egypt, Answers Your Questions Pray. Hope. Prepare. The Arab Revolt in 3-D |
Ha'aretz | The Arab Seder The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. The Arab spring that began in Tunisia spread through Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain. The pharoahs who haven't fallen are plenty nervous. For decades they enjoyed a stable social contract with their people: You put up ... Readers share their Passover traditions A taste of Passover Matzah Matzah Man: Top 7 Passover iPhone Apps 2011 |
Los Angeles Times | Popular Egypt TV religious figure raises his sights Los Angeles Times Egypt's revolution had lifted the yoke of hopelessness and apathy, and he had more good news for them: Vodafone was giving millions of dollars to the volunteer arm of his ministry to increase literacy in southern Egypt. Poverty and illiteracy, he is ... |
CTV.ca | Egypt to form special force to protect antiquities The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's minister of antiquities says a special police force will be set up to protect archaeological sites and museums around the country, following a wave of vandalism and looting. Zahi Hawass told reporters Tuesday that authorities have ... Priceless Egyptian Treasures Returned |
New York Times (blog) | HRW slams Egypt blogger sentence Sydney Morning Herald Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned an Egyptian military court's sentencing of a blogger as "a serious setback to freedom of expression" in post-Mubarak Egypt. Maikel Nabil was sentenced on Sunday to three years in prison on charges of insulting ... Egypt Sentences Blogger to 3 Years Egyptian Uprising Nothing Like 1776 American Revolution Lawyers for jailed blogger seek pardon from Egypt's military rulers |
Independent Online | Clinton Pushes Arab Reforms Wall Street Journal The secretary of state has aggressively called for the resignations of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak in recent months, but suggested to Tuesday's gathering of Arab and American policy makers that other Arab rulers might still ... Clinton presses for reform across the Arab world Clinton Warns Arab Leaders Time Is Short for Political Reform Hillary Clinton Will Call Arab Uprisings An 'Inflection Point In History' In ... |