Published: 9 February, 2013, 20:01 Edited: 9 February, 2013, 20:01 An Egyptian court has ruled to ban video sharing portal YouTube for one month among the other websites hosting the controversial film trailer that mocked Islam and Prophet Mohammed…. Read More ›
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Egypt secures liberals’ homes after calls for their death
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 14:46 GMT Reuters * Cleric said sharia would sentence opposition to death * Egyptian Islamists condemn cleric’s statements * Jitters after opposition leader shot dead in Tunisia * Prime minister says cabinet looking into legal action… Read More ›
“Egypt is descending into chaos,” Paul chief of staff Doug Stafford told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “We should not be arming them with advanced weapons”
Rand Paul: No fighter jets, tanks for Egypt Posted By W. James Antle III On 1:20 PM 01/31/2013 @ 1:20 PM In Daily Caller News Foundation,World | No Comments Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul sought Thursday to block the transfer… Read More ›
Egypt riot police deploy after palace clashes
02 Feb 2013 CAIRO (AFP) Egyptian riot police deployed on Saturday near President Mohamed Morsi’s palace as his administration rushed to contain fallout from footage of police beating a naked man during the deadly overnight clashes. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square,… Read More ›
Egypt: thousands march in Port Said, ‘Morsi traitor’
Demonstrations in Suez, Ismailia and Alexandria 01 February, 14:02 Egypt unrest (archive) (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Thousands of demonstrators, including many supporters of local soccer team al-Masri, were demonstrating Friday in Port Said against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Protesters chanted… Read More ›
Greek protesters seize ministry office
Jan 30, 2013 21:32 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Greek anti-austerity protesters from the PAME group seized Labor Minister Yannis Vroutsis’s office Wednesday after he had voiced plans to introduce tougher pension reforms. Some 40 protesters broke into the building and… Read More ›
Egypt’s army chief cautions against ‘collapse of state’
Jan 29, 2013 12:45 Moscow Time Photo: EPA The head of the Egyptian military said political conflict in the country could lead to the collapse of the state and protecting the Suez Canal was one of the main objectives of… Read More ›
Egypt: Baradei, 3 conditions otherwise talks useless
Responding to call by President Morsi (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, JANUARY 28 – Mohamed elBaradei, one of the leaders of Egypt’s main opposition group, the National Salvation Front , said three conditions are essential to accept dialogue with President Mohamed… Read More ›
Egypt unrest: Morsi declares emergency in three cities
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismalia after days of deadly unrest. A daily curfew from 21:00 to 06:00 will be imposed for 30 days from Monday, he… Read More ›
Death toll rises as gun battles rage in Egypt: The protesters accuse the new president Mohammad Morsi, elected in June with the support of his Muslim Brotherhood group, of betraying the democratic goals of the revolution
Alastair Beach in Port Said is witness to further violence as the unrest escalates Alastair Beach Sunday, 27 January 2013 The streets of Port Said were convulsed by gun battles tonight as groups of civilians, some using Kalashnikov machine guns,… Read More ›
Egypt deploys troops in Suez after 9 killed on anniversary of uprising
Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:21 GMT Reuters * Army says deployment will be temporary * Mursi says will pursue “criminals”, urges peaceful protest * Teargas, petrol bombs fly as youths clash with police * With eye on vote, Muslim Brotherhood… Read More ›
A revolution betrayed? Two years after Mubarak, Tahrir Square rises again
Protesters clash with police across Egypt, calling for end to Morsi’s Islamist government Anne Penketh Friday, 25 January 2013 Tens of thousands of boisterous protesters streamed into Tahrir Square in Cairo today denouncing Egypt’s Islamist government on the second anniversary… Read More ›
Office of Egypt’s Brotherhood torched in Ismailia
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:23 GMT Reuters ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Offices used by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party were set ablaze in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday, witnesses said, as opponents of President Mohamed Mursi… Read More ›
Egypt protesters storm govt building in Ismailia-witnesses
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:41 GMT Reuters ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters broke into local government offices in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday during demonstrations against President Mohamed Mursi, witnesses said, as violence between… Read More ›
Egypt: January 25; tear gas fired in Tahrir square
Demonstrators try and storm cement walls around square 25 January, 12:39 Egyptian protesters try to dismantle a cement wall erected by police forces near Tahrir square, Cairo (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Police on Friday morning resumed firing tear gas against… Read More ›
Hackers on anti-Egypt spree bury Egyptology journal in the sand
Bystanders in online war blasted offline By John Leyden Posted in Security, 23rd January 2013 10:57 GMT Free whitepaper – Enabling Datacenter and Cloud Service Management for Mid-Tier Enterprises Hackers waging war against Egyptian websites have forced the closure of… Read More ›
Kuwaitis financed Brotherhood members held in UAE
Islamists held in the United Arab Emirates accused of planning to topple the government were financed by Kuwaiti nationals, Kuwaiti media reported on Friday, lending support to UAE fears of an international plot against its rulers. The… Read More ›
New Egypt c.bank chief says not worried about currency “The matter is not out of control. On the contrary, at any time we can control it,”
EEV: Posted for the most absurd quote so far this week 😉 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:41 GMT Reuters * Ramez to take up reins as country’s currency tumbles * Appointment must be approved by upper house of… Read More ›
Qatar steps in to ease Cairo cash crisis
Qatar has lent Cairo a further £1.25bn and donated an extra £300m in an effort to control a currency crisis prompted by Egypt’s political turmoil. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani announced the doubling of funds… Read More ›
Morsi ” Israeli Jews the descendants of apes and pigs ” 2010 Video
Morsi’s ‘apes and pigs’ comments highlight Obama’s Egyptian problem, experts say Posted By Neil Munro On 1:39 AM 01/04/2013 @ 1:39 AM In DC Exclusives – Original Reporting,World | No Comments Muslims should try to force Jews out of… Read More ›
Energy: Egypt still under blackout due to fuel shortage / 15 power stations shut down yesterday, half of country at risk
28 December, 18:37 (ANSAmed) – ROME, DECEMBER 28 – Over 15 power stations have not produced energy since yesterday due to a lack of fuel (diesel, natural gas and mazut), according to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company… Read More ›
Egypt opposition says Islamists trying to stifle dissent: Gov’t Critics guilty of sedition, Leaving or entering with more than $10,000 cash is now banned.
Egypt’s opposition accused President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist allies of trying to muzzle dissent on Friday after prosecutors decided to investigate whether prominent government critics were guilty of sedition. The probe, which comes a month after Mursi replaced the chief… Read More ›
Egyptians hand Islamists narrow win in constitution vote
EEV: Unfortunately it will now most likely lead to a reign of terror, or civil war. Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:59 GMT Reuters * Second stage of referendum to be held on Saturday * Islamists say constitution vital to move forward *… Read More ›
Egypt: Morsi decree, security powers to military
(ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has charged the armed forces with maintaining security and protecting state institutions until results of a referendum on a draft constitution scheduled on Saturday are announced. The army is also entitled to… Read More ›
Egypt: protesters clash with police, Morsi flees palace
(ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Egyptian police on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to scale the barbed wire barrier separating them from President Mohamed Morsi’s palace, leaving dozens intoxicated, sources said. The president fled the palace after demonstrators smashed… Read More ›
Egypt: Youth paint and sing against the Muslim Brotherhood: Street artists in Tahrir to defend freedom of thought
30 November, 18:51 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, NOVEMBER 30 – ”They beat us and they stop us from expressing our ideas. They say they are our brothers, but of brotherhood they have absolutely nothing”: that is, except for the name by… Read More ›
Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US pastor Terry Jones for burning copies of the Koran
Egypt: Court sentences Terry Jones to death over burnt Koran Death penalty also for 6 Copts in U.S. over anti-Mohammed film 28 November, 14:01 (ANSAmed) – Cairo, November 28 – An Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US… Read More ›
Egyptian Christians sentenced to death for Islam film
A Cairo court on Wednesday sentenced to death seven Egyptian Christians tried in absentia for participating in an anti-Islam video that was released on the Internet in September and prompted violent protests in Muslim countries. “The seven accused persons were… Read More ›
Morsi’s advisers resign to protest his constitutional declaration
Nov 24, 2012 08:58 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi’s advisers are tendering their resignations to protest against his constitutional declaration. One of them is Morsi’s assistant for democratic transition Samir Morcos. President Morsi made public Thursday his… Read More ›
Egyptian Jihadi Leader Says: Destroy the Pyramids
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 6:59am by Sharona Schwartz Egypt’s Great Pyramids (photo credit: Wikipedia) An Egyptian jihadi leader is calling for the destruction of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, that is, the Great Pyramids…. Read More ›
Egypt: thousands protest in Tahrir Sq to call for Sharia law
Salafis want it to be basis of Constitution 09 November, 16:24 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Thousands of protesters gathered Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square calling for the introduction of Sharia law in Egypt. Groups of Salafis asked for it to… Read More ›
Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy
Posted 2012/09/24 at 6:09 pm EDT CAIRO, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting… Read More ›
Sinai of discord: Egypt, Israel growing impatient over border security: “warning Israel against any “provocations.”
Published: 24 September, 2012, 21:38 Edited: 25 September, 2012, 02:23 Egypt “will cut off an arm of any foreign or internal aggressor,” a top military official tells an Egyptian daily, as Cairo boosts military presence in Sinai over militant threat…. Read More ›
Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties
Engineering Evil: What is most disturbing here, is the role reversal. To have a far smaller country instruct a greater power in diplomatic relations. Whether statements by Morsi and double speak are correct or not is of little consequence. The… Read More ›
Democracy declined worldwide in 2011, Arab Spring nations at risk: report
By Stella DawsonPosted 2012/09/17 at 8:26 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sept 17, Sep. 17, 2012 (Reuters) — Democratic governance declined throughout the world in 2011, showing that gains made in the Middle East and North Africa during the Arab Spring are… Read More ›
Berlin rejects Israeli pressure over submarine sales to Egypt
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:52 EDT German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed Israeli pressure not to sell two submarines to Egypt, while acknowledging the country was “not as stable” as he would like in an interview… Read More ›
As Violence Spreads in Arab World, Google Blocks Access to Inflammatory Video
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: September 13, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — As violence spread in the Arab world over a video on YouTube ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, Google, the owner of YouTube, blocked access to it in two of… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t issue high alert about Mideast unrest threat : They had 3 days
By Mark HosenballPosted 2012/09/13 at 9:02 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 13, 2012 (Reuters) — Although U.S. authorities believe anti-American violence that erupted on Tuesday in Libya and Egypt was triggered by an Arabic talk-show broadcast three days earlier, U.S. officials… Read More ›
One big fraud? Questions over whether ‘$5million’ film that portrayed Mohammed as a pedophile and womanizer AND the producer behind it are fake
‘Innocence of Muslims’ led to protests across Egypt and Libya on Tuesday Producer claimed he was an Israeli Jew living in California named Sam Bacile But film’s consultant, Steve Klein, said the man was using a pseudonym Amid concerns over… Read More ›
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question: Update: Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 12, 2012 14:12 EDT Update (below): Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real A man who claimed he’s the creator of an anti-Muslim film that’s sparked… Read More ›
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