Kansas City Star | In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job San Francisco Chronicle Nasser Nasser / AP In this June 23, 2011 photo, an undated passport photo of late Mariam Hawas is seen at the family house in Talkha, Mansoura, Egypt. Hawans lost her life trying to collect her monthly salary ... In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job |
New York Times | Egypt Military Moves to Cement a Muscular Role in Government New York Times CAIRO — The military council governing Egypt is moving to lay down ground rules for a new constitution that would protect and potentially expand its own authority indefinitely, possibly circumscribing the power of future elected ... |
Ha'aretz | 'Gaza-bound flotilla yacht leaves Greece, sails to Egypt' Jerusalem Post One of the boats that was scheduled to take part in the Gaza-bound flotilla last week was sailing to Egypt from Greece, the Greek coastguard announced on Saturday. According to the coastguard, the Dignite/Al Karama left the tiny Greek island of ... French boat to Gaza sails to Egypt: Greek coastguard |
Reuters | Egypt's foreign ministers resigns BBC News Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Orabi has resigned ahead of an expected major cabinet reshuffle. Caretaker Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has promised a major shake-up of his administration amid continuing protests about the slow progress of reform. ... Official: Egypt's foreign minister quits after less than month on job Egypt FM resigns in midst of cabinet shuffle Egypt's FM resigns |
Reuters | Senior Egyptian military official heckled The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A member of Egypt's ruling military council on Saturday briefly visited a protest camp in a central Cairo square, but left after protesters, some holding up shoes in anger, booed him off a stage. Maj. Gen. Tarek el-Mahdi had come to ... The 'last warning' from Tahrir Square Egypt's military representative visits Tahrir, amidst protesters' fury Egypt protesters heckle general as tensions mount |
New York Times | Arab Spring, Start-Up Summer? New York Times LIKE so many other young people in Cairo, Yasmine el-Mehairy saw no future in Egypt. What she saw was a dead end. At an entrepreneurial boot camp, Marwa Elnasher pitched her software start-up. Six months after an uprising led by ... Arab Spring, Start-Up Summer? |
Chicago Tribune | Guest Column: Debate continues on Israeli-Palestinian issue St. Augustine Record Estes -- that Jordan and Egypt occupied the West Bank, parts of Jerusalem and Gaza from 1948 to 1967 is irrelevant. Fact: The State of Israel was established in 1948 following a UN resolution setting up separate entities for a Jewish homeland and a ... Siddiqui: Turkey is a vital member of the Western camp Gaza's building boom defies siege Israel: 'Delegitimization' is just a distraction |
AFP | American arrested in Egypt over 'damaged' statue AFP CAIRO — Egypt's military has detained an American national along with an Egyptian for allegedly damaging a statue of a war hero in central Cairo, the state-run MENA news service reported on Saturday. The two were apprehended by passers-by after they ... |
FRANCE 24 | EU delays delegation to Egypt to probe E. coli bacteria claims MSN India Cairo, Jul 16 (PTI) The European Union has delayed sending a delegation to Egypt to probe the presence of highly- toxic E. coli bacteria in Egyptian fenugreek seeds, amid failure to agree on the framework of the team and the specific issues to be ... Swiss ban Egyptian seeds, beans over E.coli fears |
New York Times | The Clash of Generations New York Times In Egypt and in Greece, “justice” has been a watchword among disaffected young people. I REALIZE that I should be in Washington watching the debt drama there, but I've opted instead to be in Greece to observe the off-Broadway version. ... |