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Tunisia disproves Arab world’s greatest myth
Jano Charbel 22 Jan 2011
Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid uprising and resulting "Jasmine Revolution" was the first successful case of...
Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane addresses a preparatory meeting for the upcoming second Arab Economic Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, January 18, 2011. Morjane left Egypt on January 19 before the start of an Arab economic summit which he was due to attend, an airport source told AFP.
Tunisian FM says government will allow Islamist party
Staff 21 Jan 2011
Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamal Morjane said that the government does not mind establishing an Islamic party in Tunisia...
Protesters from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company outside the headquarters of the Cabinet of Ministers.
State's union control keeps Egyptian labor quiet
Jano Charbel 21 Jan 2011
A recurrence of Tunisia's uprising in unlikely to occur in Egypt because the country lacks a strong independent...
A man attends a rally of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) late night in downtown Cairo. A picture of NDP assistant secretary-general Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of President Hosni Mubarak, is seen on the wall.
Egyptian economy key to Mubarak son presidency bid
AP 19 Jan 2011
Though he still delivers a speech like an aloof corporate executive announcing quarterly profits, the son and...
Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa (R), Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (C) and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L) attend the opening session of the Arab League Second Economic Forum, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh January 19, 2011.
Arab soul is broken, says Moussa
AP 19 Jan 2011
The secretary general of the Arab League on Wednesday linked the upheaval in Tunisia to deteriorating economic...
Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former UN nuclear chief, flashes hundreds of signed petitions supporting him following a breakfast meeting marking the first year of his campaign to press for changes within Egyptian politics.
ElBaradei: Change in Egypt 'inevitable' after Tunisia
AFP 18 Jan 2011
Vienna-A regime change in Egypt is "inevitable" following the popular uprising in Tunisia, Egyptian...
عبده عبد المنعم جعفر، مواطن مصري، 49 عاماً، يتلقى العلاج داخل مستشفى المنيرة، القاهرة،17 يناير 2011 . كان «جعفر» قد أقدم على الانتحار، إذ أشعل النيران بجسده أمام مجلس الشعب، ضيقاً من ممارسات أجهزة الدولة-وفقاً له، لاسيما بعد عدم صرف حصته من الخبز المُدعم، إذ يمتلك مطعم بمنطقة القنطرة، بالإسماعيلية. فيما تمكنت قوات الأمن من إنقاذه و السيطرة على النيران ببدرة الإطفاء.
Handful of activists protests for Egyptian who set himself ablaze
Jano Charbel 17 Jan 2011
Fifteen activists staged a protest Monday evening in solidarity with an Egyptian man who set himself on fire earlier in...
Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds a photo of Liu Xiaobo during an interview in Beijing.
US-Egypt rift widens as Cairo joins Nobel boycott
Ahmed Zaki Osman 08 Dec 2010
Egypt this week announced it will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on Friday in an indirect message to...
Group of Muslim Brotherhood supporters holding posters of Ahmed al-Khawlany, MB candidate running for the
US says election comments ‘not interference in Egypt’s affairs’
Arabic Edition 04 Dec 2010
Statements made by the US State Department regarding violations that took place during the Egyptian parliamentary...
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama make a statement on Middle East Peace talks in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
New from WikiLeaks: US-initiated reforms will strengthen Islamists, says Egypt
Lina Attalah 03 Dec 2010
US pressure for democracy in Egypt has encountered much skepticism from Cairo, according to a US Embassy cable sent to...