Egypt
More than 100,000 Egyptians return home via Tunisia
March 7, 2011
More than 100,000 Egyptians return home via Tunisia
The total number of Egyptians who returned home via the Libya-Tunisia border reached 100,920, reliable sources at Cairo International Airport…
Monday’s papers: Underground cells and ministerial changes
March 7, 2011
Monday’s papers: Underground cells and ministerial changes
Cairo has been buzzing with constant, daily change since the revolution. Monday’s papers report two major manifestations of this change.…
16,000 from judiciary to supervise constitutional referendum
March 7, 2011
16,000 from judiciary to supervise constitutional referendum
Approximately 16,000 members from different judicial authorities will supervise the referendum on constitutional amendments, according to Mohamed Ateyya, head of…
Govt official: Revolution dead may be greater than official estimates
March 7, 2011
Govt official: Revolution dead may be greater than official estimates
The real number of those killed in Egypt's 25 January revolution is likely greater than that officially announced, the head…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Gameel Hussein
March 7, 2011
Fallen faces of the uprising: Gameel Hussein
Naeema Abdel Mageed Sharaf sits cross-legged on the bed cradling her seven-week-old grand-daughter.“My son was so happy when Fatima was…
Egyptian expats call on interim govt for right to vote in elections
March 7, 2011
Egyptian expats call on interim govt for right to vote in elections
US-based Egyptians are calling on Egypt’s caretaker Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to allow them to vote in the upcoming parliamentary…
French FM vows to aid Egypt in its quest for democracy
March 6, 2011
French FM vows to aid Egypt in its quest for democracy
Newly-appointed French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé paid his first official ministerial visit abroad to Egypt on Sunday to lend French…
New Sunni coalition raises sectarian fears in Bahrain
March 6, 2011
New Sunni coalition raises sectarian fears in Bahrain
Manama--Bahrain’s newly-formed and first ever specifically Sunni coalition, the National Unity Assembly (NUA), raised fears that the country’s politics would…
Arab revolution could trigger foreign investment boom
March 6, 2011
Arab revolution could trigger foreign investment boom
London--Unnerving as it is, the tide of political change sweeping the Arab world may also end up drawing in a…
ElBaradei rejects proposed constitutional amendments
March 6, 2011
ElBaradei rejects proposed constitutional amendments
Egyptian reformist Mohamed ElBaradei on Sunday rejected recently proposed amendments to the Egyptian Constitution, demanding wholesale changes to the Constitution…