New York Times | Ahmadinejad Visits Egypt, Signaling Realignment New York Times “Egypt is a very important country in the region and the Islamic Republic of Iran believes it is one of the heavyweights in the Middle East,” Iran's foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, told Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency on Tuesday. “We ... After clashes, Egypt's security forces draw new scrutiny Iranian Leader Visits Egypt in Warming of Ties Iran's Ahmadinejad kissed and scolded in Egypt |
New York Times | India vs. China vs. Egypt New York Times This visit was no exception, but I think it's more revealing to widen the aperture and compare India, China and Egypt. India has a weak central government but a really strong civil society, bubbling with elections and associations at every level. China ... |
The video that helps explain Egypt and Iran's deep mutual mistrust Washington Post (blog) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Cairo today for the first meeting between an Egyptian and an Iranian head of state in more than 30 years. Their countries are two of the Middle East's largest and most powerful, but they split in 1979 ... |
Minneapolis Star Tribune | New doubts Egypt will get $4.8 billion IMF loan U.S. News & World Report CAIRO (AP) — New signs of distress in Egypt's economy emerged Tuesday with the disclosure that foreign currency reserves — already at critically low levels — fell nearly 10 percent in just the last month as political turmoil flared anew on the streets. Facial hair sprouts in Egypt Egypt foreign currency reserves fall again Egypt's foreign reserves keep sliding |
Scenes from Egypt Washington Post Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, looks on as and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi shakes hands with the Iranian delegation at the airport in Cairo. Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo for the first visit by an Iranian leader to Egypt in more than ... |
CBC.ca | Resolute Bradley stays in Egypt through revolution, massacre SI.com On Wednesday, in Madrid's famed Bernabéu Stadium, a bit of normalcy will return for the Egyptian national soccer team and its American coach, Bob Bradley. The Pharaohs will meet Chile in an international friendly, and for 90 minutes, at least, things ... Nahlah Ayed: Can the resumption of soccer quiet Egypt's rage? |
BBC News | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the first Iranian president to visit Egypt ... BBC News Mr Ahmadinejad is in Cairo for a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, which begins on Wednesday. After arriving on Tuesday, he discussed with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ways to end the bloodshed in Syria and strengthen relations ... |
ABC News | AP Interview: Egypt's Pope Criticizes Islamists ABC News Egypt's Coptic patriarch delivered a cautious but unusually sharp criticism of the nation's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, dismissing the new constitution as discriminatory and rounds of national dialogues ... Egypt: Two Coptic Christians Sentenced for Stealing Weapons Egypt's Coptic Christian pope condemns new constitution AP Interview: Egypt pope criticizes constitution |
The Independent | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flies into trouble in Egypt as ally is arrested in Tehran The Independent Mr Ahmadinejad was welcomed by the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian leader since Tehran's 1979 revolution. But officials played down expectations of an imminent restoration of diplomatic ties between the ... |
CBC.ca | Iran's Ahmadinejad makes historic visit to Egypt CBC.ca Ahmadinejad's three-day visit is the latest sign of improved relations between Sunni power Egypt and the Shiite power since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and brought an Islamist-run government to power in Cairo. |