Egypt
Ben Ali leaves Tunisia
January 14, 2011
Ben Ali leaves Tunisia
Tunisian President Zein ElAbidine Ben Ali has left the country and Prime Minister Mohamed al-Ghanoushy has temporarily assumed control over…
Conditions in Egypt and Arab world reach a state of crisis
January 14, 2011
Conditions in Egypt and Arab world reach a state of crisis
Egypt has reached a state in which its citizens have lost hope for change, sociologists warned. They blamed unemployment, poverty,…
Opposition groups call on citizens to protect civil rights
January 14, 2011
Opposition groups call on citizens to protect civil rights
Leaders from different political parties and movements launched a citizenship committee during a Wafd Party Naitional Powers conference Thursday to…
Experts: Egypt must step up to help stabilize Lebanon
January 14, 2011
Experts: Egypt must step up to help stabilize Lebanon
A number of political experts agree that the situation in Lebanon is a threat to domestic politics and directly affects…
Pope Shenouda in good health, returning to Egypt
January 14, 2011
Pope Shenouda in good health, returning to Egypt
A Coptic Church spokesman said Pope Shenouda III will return to Egypt from the US on Monday to attend Epiphany…
World Bank: Economic growth will slow in 2011
January 14, 2011
World Bank: Economic growth will slow in 2011
The World Bank is anticipating a slowdown in the international economy after a period of recovery in 2010 following the…
Boutros-Ghali: No religious tension over Alex bombing
January 14, 2011
Boutros-Ghali: No religious tension over Alex bombing
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali warned the international community Thursday that its dialogue about the Alexandria church bombing may…
Darfur leader: Violence to follow South Sudan secession
January 14, 2011
Darfur leader: Violence to follow South Sudan secession
A leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Mini Arku Minawi expects a coup d'etat in Khartoum once southern…
Train shooting eyewitness says he wrestled gun from suspect
January 14, 2011
Train shooting eyewitness says he wrestled gun from suspect
For Mahmoud Abdul Bassit Hamid, seeing the carnage of the recent train shooting in Samalout was like watching a movie.…
Balancing home and homeland: Second-generation Egyptians in London
January 14, 2011
Balancing home and homeland: Second-generation Egyptians in London
London--Like many second-generation Egyptians raised in London, 25-year-old Hatim Morsy spent his childhood summers in the homeland of his parents,…