Egypt

Victim of Rendition and Torture Freed from Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tipton Three, Rustam Akhmyarov, Indonesia, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni, Egypt, Terrorism, Pakistan, CIA Torture, Mamdouh Habib, The Guantanamo Files, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Andy Worthington

News that three more prisoners have been released from Guantánamo is cause for celebration, as all three men should never have been held in the first...

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More Than 1,000 Leave Gaza After Egypt Opens Border Crossing

AFP | Posted 08.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Egypt Gaza Border, Hamas, Gaza, Egypt Border Crossing, Egypt, Home News

Hamas and Egyptian authorities on Saturday temporarily opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in weeks, allowing some 2,000 Gazans to cross int...

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Waiting For a Miracle: Palestinian Refugees in Egyptian Hospitals are Victims of Bureaucracy

Dina Basiony and Lisa Munger | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Cairo, Egypt, Health, Nasser Medical Institute, Hospitals, Cancer, Refugees, Politics News
Dina Basiony and Lisa Munger

Patients at Nasser Medical Institute, an Egyptian hospital that receives injured Palestinians, are afraid they will fall through the cracks between the dueling bureaucracies of Egypt and Palestine.

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Senator McCain, Please Define "Free Nation"

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Russia, Politics, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Gaza, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Uzbekistan, 2008 Presidential Race, Iran, Israel, John McCain Foreign Policy, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Home News
Vanessa Edwards Foster

Iraq used to hold elections -- before the American invasion. Does that mean America was an aggressor on a "free nation"? McCain's simplistic tough talk is just Bush-policy in the making.

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"You Get Used To It" -- Torture and The Police in Egypt

Stephen Dockery and Sarah Wali | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloggers in Egypt, Egypt, Blog Journalism, Police Brutality, Egypt Emergency Laws, Police Brutality Egypt, Police Brutality Video, Politics News
Stephen Dockery and Sarah Wali

Egyptian bloggers have grown in number in recent years, bringing to light human rights violations that otherwise would be censored in the government-controlled press.

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King Tut Fetuses To Be Tested By Egypt (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: King Tut Tomb Fetuses, King Tut Fetuses, King Tut Tomb, King Tut Fetuses Test, Egypt, King Tut, Home News

Egyptian scientists will carry out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine their link to the young phara...

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Motley Crue: It's Time to Really Make Rock History!

Mark Levine | Posted 08.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Heavy Metal, Egypt, Pakistan, Brazil, Rock N Roll, Africa, Summer Festivals, Music Contests, Iran, Motley Crue, China, Home News
Mark Levine

About a month ago, I walked into my local Guitar Center to buy some equipment and noticed banners all over the store which read, simply, "Make Rock Hi...

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Young, Schooled and Stuck

Justin Martin and Fathiya Al-Bahlani | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Egypt Unemployment, Egyptians, Egypt, Politics News
Justin Martin and Fathiya Al-Bahlani

Egypt's crisis of dignity isn't helped by the fact that government efforts to fight unemployment and underemployment in Egypt are unclear.

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My Conversation with Naguib Sawiris

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Egypt, Charlie Rose, Africa, Middle East, Mobile, Cellphone, Naguib Sawiris, Asia, Technology, Orascom, Business News
Charlie Rose

I talked with Egyptian billionaire and telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris recently. He's Chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, one of the biggest ...

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Israel's Diplomatic "JewJitsu"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Sarkozy, Oil Exports, Olmert, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iraq., Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Israel has secretly accomplished more diplomatically in the past few months with its adversaries than anything that Condi Rice could have or would have brokered in years.

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Egyptian Brokered "Truce" Undermines Peace And Strengthens Hamas

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Israelis, Truce, Ehud Olmert, Palestinians, Gilad Shalit, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Many assert that the recent Egyptian-brokered "truce" between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip might open the door to a new peace initiative, but ju...

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Cease-fire: No Small Thing

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinians, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Cease Fire, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

Cease-fire or no cease-fire, neither side is turning its swords into plowshares. Nonetheless, the truce between Hamas and Israel is a very good thing.

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McCain at AIPAC Offers Americans and Israelis the Same Gloomy, Insecure, Hope-Free Future

Daniel Levy | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, McCain Middle East, McCain Israel, Iran, John McCain Hagee, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, McCain Iraq, Al Qaeda, Aipac, John Hagee, Middle East, Mccain Aipac, Joe Lieberman, Israel, McCain Iran, Lieberman Hagee, Politics News
Daniel Levy

That most of the crowd loved McCain's speech is a sad reflection on AIPAC, and that it is reaping what it has sown in moving so aggressively to the right in recent years.

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Ancient Egyptian Fortress Discovered In The Sinai

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Egypt, Sinai, Egyptian City, Ancient Egyptian City, Ancient Egyptian Fortress, Home News

CAIRO, Egypt — Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, ...

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Israel at 60: A Gift That Keeps on Giving

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Egypt, The Middle East, Iran, Clinton, Ehud Olmert, Pakistan, Condoleeza Rice, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Annapolis Summit, Palestinians, Road Map, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Israel deserves and has earned America's continued support, but here again, it, too, must take into account broader American concerns about the future of a stable Middle East.

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America: A Moral Leader?

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drought, World Food Crisis, Ethiopia, World Hunger, Egypt, World Bank, Food Crisis, Food Aid, Haiti, Politics News
Rev. Jesse Jackson

The world food crisis - the "silent tsunami" - now threatens some 100 million people across the world. The danger is real and present.

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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Super Size Me, Democracy Filmmaker, Morocco, Morgan Spurlock, Terrorism, War, Alex Gibney, Palestine, Wall Street Journal, Peace, Taxi to the Dark Side, Religion, Gaza, Wwf, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Danny Pearl, Oil, New York Times, Israel, Afghanistan, A.O. Scott, Clergy US Intervention, Masturbate, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Dilawar, Entertainment News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

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Carter's Hamas Hallucination

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Syria, Egypt, Mahmoud Abbas, Iran, West Bank, Islamic Radicalism, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Hezbollah, Hamas, Arab World, Carter Egypt, Jimmy Carter Israel, Camp David Peace Accords, Jimmy Carter Hamas, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In 1996 I urged Carter to understand that he could make his peace with America's Jews and Israel by having a deeper appreciation of the resentment he engenders when his advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian people seems to be at Israel's expense.

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Carter: Shunned by Israel, Hamas' Hero

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Mosaic Intelligence Report, PLO, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Palestine, Jamal Dajani, Hamas, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

Shunned by Israeli political leaders, former US president Jimmy Carter met with a Hamas representative in the West Bank and says he will go ahead with...

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Jimmy Carter Speaks for Me

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Hamas, Bush Administration, Politics News
Robert Naiman

I don't feel the least bit sorry for Jimmy Carter, who, predictably, is being pilloried for his plans to meet the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mesha...

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Egypt Grants Bonuses After Deadly Food Riots

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Nile Delta Factory, Egypt, Food Riots, Global Inflation, Egypt Unrest, Egypt Riots, United Nations, Business News

MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt — Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wr...

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Cashing in on the War on Terror

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Egypt, Military Aid, Human Rights, Indonesia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, War on Terrorism, Rendition, Department of Defense, David Petraeus, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Defense, Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, General Petraeus, Petraeus Iraq, Crocker, Politics News
William Fisher

On the day Petraeus and Crocker testify before Congress on Iraq, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.

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A "Failed" Strike in Egypt and Mubarak's Enduring Image

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory, Video, Muslim Brotherhood, General Strike, Egypt, Cairo, Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Emergency Laws, Mahalla Al-Kobra, Politics News
Freddy Deknatel

April 6th in Egypt will be remembered as the day that a nationwide general strike was suppressed by the state. It may also be remembered as the day that Egypt began resembling Palestine.

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In Egypt, Where Everything Can be Yogurt, Bread is Getting Too Expensive

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Jokes, Hosni Mubarak, World Food Crisis, Bread, Cairo, Politics News
Freddy Deknatel

Look no further than Egypt, where a loaf of bread sells for less that one cent, to take stock of rising world food prices and the extent of a looming global economic crisis.

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Condi's Middle East Mirage

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, George Bush, Gaza, West Bank, Arab League, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Annapolis, Rice Middle East, Bush Administration Middle East, Palestinian Authority, Annapolis Peace Conference, Condoleezza Rice, Middle East Diplomacy, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Rice is putting the finishing touches on a legacy that will add yet one more failure to her excruciating and unending list of diplomatic disasters in the region.

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