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Mubarak Talks To Media For 1st Time Since Detention

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.12.2013 | World

CAIRO — In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismaye...

Mubarak Back In Prison

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.18.2013 | World

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was transferred Thursday from a military hospital back to prison to await a retrial in May over his role in th...

Mubarak To Remain In Detention Despite Release Order

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | World

CAIRO, April 15 (Reuters) - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will stay in detention despite a judge ordering his release on bail pending a retri...

Mubarak's Retrial Begins With Complications

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWY | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

CAIRO — The judge in Hosni Mubarak's retrial recused himself at the start of the first session on Saturday, citing a conflict of interest as the...

Egypt President Granted Appeal, Retrial

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.15.2013 | World

CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the ousted leader in the killing o...

Implications of Political Change in the Central African Republic

Daniel Wagner | Posted 01.07.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

If we consider what has happened in countries such as Mali and Sudan, and what is now happening in the CAR, it appears that radical political change in the failed or failing states of SSA is the new normal.

Ailing Mubarak Moved To Army Hospital

Reuters | Posted 02.26.2013 | World

CAIRO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Egypt's ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak will be moved to an army hospital from his prison clinic, security ...

Morsi's Illusory Power Grab

Neil Hicks | Posted 01.30.2013 | World
Neil Hicks

Assertions that Morsi exercises unprecedented powers in his current role as nominal head of the executive should be taken with a large grain of salt.

The Dictators of the Middle East

Liaquat Ali Khan | Posted 01.26.2013 | World
Liaquat Ali Khan

The dictators of the Middle East, arising from the core of the Muslim world, disgrace the religion of Islam, forcing non-Muslims to conclude that it must be Islam that prompts rulers to forcibly establish sole proprietorships.

A Yankee Spring in the Middle East

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 11.26.2012 | World
Sarwar Kashmeri

None of the protests have dwelled on American ties to Mubarak. Could it be that Egyptians do recognize American help in launching their Arab Spring? I believe they do and instead have offered the U.S. a second chance to get on the right side of Egyptian history.

From Nasser to Tahrir Square: The Story of U.S. Influence in Egypt

Michael Hughes | Posted 09.17.2012 | World
Michael Hughes

Lloyd Gardner's Road to Tahrir Square exposes how the U.S. empowered Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak with the "tools of repression" for the past 30 years and the extent to which American policymakers have shaped Egypt's destiny, including the very outcome of its historic revolution.

Mubarak Back To Prison

AP | Posted 09.15.2012 | World

CAIRO — Ousted leader Hosni Mubarak returned to prison on Monday after weeks in a top-line military hospital, a security official said. A prose...

Egypt's President Orders Probe Of Protesters' Deaths

AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 09.05.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's new president appointed a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of protesters since the outbreak of last year's popu...

Egypt: Heading for More Turbulence

James Dorsey | Posted 08.21.2012 | World
James Dorsey

With both candidates claiming victory, irrespective of whoever emerges victorious, the outcome of the election promises to increase volatility and unrest rather than put Egypt back on a path towards political stability.

How to Spell 'Train Wreck' in Heiroglyphics?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.20.2012 | World
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

One thing is clear from the incredible events that have taken place in Cairo in recent days: Egypt's popular revolution has been abducted by unelected military officers.

Mubarak Said To Be In Coma, Off Life Support

AP | By HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.20.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on Wednesday but off life support and his heart and other vital organs were functioning, according to security of...

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

WTF Happened To Egypt's Revolution?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.21.2012 | World

For more than six decades, Egypt has been ruled by a military dictatorship led by Hosni Mubarak, a military man that U.S. administrations long propped...

Egypt's Conscientious Objectors

Adel Iskandar | Posted 08.16.2012 | World
Adel Iskandar

This is an election devoid of legal legitimacy from conception to execution. Nevertheless, the Egyptian electorate has been forced to sleepwalk through the voting process as if walking the plank toward outcomes already vetted by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

Max J. Rosenthal

Hopes Fade For Egyptian Revolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 06.15.2012 | World

CAIRO -- As Egyptians prepared to go to the polls on Saturday in what was supposed to be the triumphant culmination of their year and a half old revol...

Brotherhood: Progress Of Revolution 'Wiped Out And Overturned'

AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 08.15.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood pinned its hopes Friday on weekend elections to salvage its waning political fortunes, responding to a court ...

Max J. Rosenthal

Egyptians Fear Military Coup

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 06.15.2012 | World

CAIRO -- With its Tuesday afternoon ruling that dissolved Egypt's parliament and ensured that Ahmed Shafik will remain a presidential candidate, Egypt...

Before You Vote in the Second Round

Alaa Al Aswany | Posted 08.14.2012 | World
Alaa Al Aswany

What legitimacy will the president have if the number of invalid votes is greater than the number of votes in his favor? The revolution will continue until we force the Military Council to hold the proper and fair elections that Egypt deserves after the revolution.

'Slight Improvement'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.13.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak's condition showed "slight" improvement on Wednesday and the ousted president was visited in his prison hospital by a physiothe...

Dicator's Condition Drastically Deteriorates

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.07.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak's condition has deteriorated so much that doctors at the Cairo prison where he is serving a life sentence had to constantly adm...

Official: Mubarak's Health Collapsed In Prison

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 08.05.2012 | World

CAIRO -- The health of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak deteriorated sharply on Tuesday, three days after a court sentenced him to life impriso...