Egypt
Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator
March 5, 2012
Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator
With a strong and steady voice, and the ability to alternate at will between the image of the intimidating statesman…
Nour Party expels MP who claimed nose job marks were from assault
March 5, 2012
Nour Party expels MP who claimed nose job marks were from assault
The Nour Party has decided to suspend the membership of an MP who claimed to have been subjected to an…
Monday’s papers: MPs demand answers on NGO case
March 5, 2012
Monday’s papers: MPs demand answers on NGO case
Independent newspaper Al-Shorouk writes this morning that Planning and International Cooperation Minister Fayza Abouelnaga denies any involvement in the NGO…
FJP poll: 30% of Egyptians want Islamist president
March 5, 2012
FJP poll: 30% of Egyptians want Islamist president
Thirty percent of Egyptians want the country’s next president to have an Islamic background, a poll conducted by the Muslim…
In a first, Parliament speaker travels abroad
March 5, 2012
In a first, Parliament speaker travels abroad
Speaker of the People’s Assembly and prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood Saad al-Katatny left Cairo for Kuwait on Sunday…
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer gets 18 years in prison
March 4, 2012
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer gets 18 years in prison
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court, his…
Military court adjourns Maspero massacre case to 13 March
March 4, 2012
Military court adjourns Maspero massacre case to 13 March
A military court has adjourned the case of protester deaths during a mostly Coptic march in October to 13 March,…
Israel offers aid to Syria ‘via Red Cross’
March 4, 2012
Israel offers aid to Syria ‘via Red Cross’
Israel has offered to send humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians affected by the regime's crackdown on protests through the International…
Parliament bans journalists from covering meeting with Abouelnaga
March 4, 2012
Parliament bans journalists from covering meeting with Abouelnaga
The People’s Assembly’s Economic Committee banned journalists and media from covering a meeting Sunday with Minister of Planning and International…
Tantawi pardons 18 Bedouins convicted by military court
March 4, 2012
Tantawi pardons 18 Bedouins convicted by military court
The governor of North Sinai, General Abdel Wahab Mabrouk, said that Egypt’s de facto leader, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, cancelled…