Fox News | Egypt Travel Ban Lifted, US NGO Workers Leave Voice of America March 01, 2012 Egypt Travel Ban Lifted, US NGO Workers Leave Scott Stearns | State Department US pro-democracy activists charged with encouraging unrest in Egypt have left Cairo after courts there lifted a travel ban against them. US-Egypt Tensions Persist as Democracy Workers Allowed to Leave Country US Defendants Leave Egypt Amid Growing Backlash Six Accused Americans Depart From Egypt |
Ahram Online | Egypt authorities release former Al-Qaeda member Ahram Online Attorney-general of Egypt's Supreme State Security prosecution Hisham Badawy decided on Thursday to release former Al-Qaeda member Mohamed Ibrahim Makkawi from custody as long as he was not facing any charges in Egypt. Egypt frees man mistakenly listed as al-Qaida Egypt frees man mistakenly listed as al-Qaeda |
Opposing Views | Workers Hold Key to Reigniting Egypt's Revolution Huffington Post (blog) To commemorate the first anniversary of the overthrow of the dictatorship, activists in Egypt called for a general strike earlier this month. But compared to the massive uprising of 2011, the response on the ground was muted. The military regime that ... How The Islamists Took Over Egypt Tantawi: Egypt's SCAF committed to fair presidential vote Egypt to Hold 1st Post-Mubarak Presidential Election May 23-24 |
Move over, Egypt, Iraq and Syria Los Angeles Times By Aaron David Miller For the better part of the last century, three Arab states — Egypt, Iraq and Syria — dominated Middle East politics in matters of war and peacemaking and shaped the region's relations with the great powers. |
AFP | Egyptian Claims Mistaken Identity in Al-Qaida Case ABC News A former Egyptian jihadist returned home on Wednesday saying he wanted to clear a case of mistaken identity that confused him with a senior al-Qaida leader sought by the United States. Washington confirmed that Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi is not the ... Egypt detains Islamist, confusion over al Qaeda link Egyptian claims mistaken identity in al-Qaeda case Egypt says man seized at airport not al Qaeda leader |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood ideas questioned by founder's brother Al-Arabiya By Shaimaa Fayed Gamal al-Banna's vision for Egypt would have set him at odds with his elder brother Hassan, the teacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood as an Islamist movement in 1928 and was assassinated in 1949. Gamal, Hassan's last surviving ... Egypt a year on: This is not the Tahrir dream, but there's much to be won Islamists Solidify Control over Egypt's Parliament Muslim Brotherhood member elected as speaker of Egypt's upper house |
SPOTLIGHT: Egyptian woman immigrates to Decatur Green Bay Press Gazette A native of Egypt, the 79-year-old Decatur resident faced discrimination and persecution in her home country, not only due to her religion, but also her gender. Less than 10 years ago, however, she made a decision that changed her life: She decided to ... |
Politico | Alliance with Egypt is key for US Politico While the unfolding tragedy in Syria, Iran's nuclear ambitions and the war on terrorists absorb US attention and resources, the unnecessary decline of US-Egyptian relations could do the most damage to our national interests. |
Egypt's OTMT Shareholders Vote In Favor Of Mobinil Stake Sale Wall Street Journal DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Shareholders of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, or OTMT, voted late Thursday in favor of the sale of most of the firm's stake in the jointly owned Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil to France Telecom (FTE, FTE. |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mideast Egypt lifts travel ban on US NGO workers Foreign Policy (blog) Egypt has lifted the travel ban on 43 NGO workers -- including seven US citizens who work for the pro-democracy organizations the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute -- accused of using illegal international funding ... Protestors' nonviolence worked in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen; is Syria next? Egypt' UN delegate: Egypt concerned over Syria violence |