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Watchdog: Middle East oppresses journalists

Watchdog: Middle East oppresses journalists

Egypt is among the world's worst oppressors of internet journalists, charged a report released yesterday by the Committee to Protect…
Local pork industry on last haunches

Local pork industry on last haunches

Alexandria--In a few weeks, Monaco, the largest manufacturer of processed pork products in Egypt, will run out of its stock…
Butane battles

Butane battles

For more than a month, it has been difficult and expensive for Egyptians to obtain butane gas cylinders, a household…
Anti-border wall campaigns launched in Cairo, Beirut

Anti-border wall campaigns launched in Cairo, Beirut

Coordinated opposition to the underground wall currently being built in the Egyptian border town of Rafah along Egypt's 14-kilometer border…
Swine Flu: Was it ever really a threat?

Swine Flu: Was it ever really a threat?

Later this month, Egyptian schoolchildren will return from their mid-year break. It will be the first time this year that…
2009 most lethal year for journalists in a decade

2009 most lethal year for journalists in a decade

A total of 110 journalists were killed because of their work in 2009, making last year the most lethal in…
The ongoing battle for access to knowledge

The ongoing battle for access to knowledge

Copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets: these are only some of the legal means of obtaining exclusive rights to creations of…
Unresolved: Stolen rights, insecurity in Coptic Abu Fana

Unresolved: Stolen rights, insecurity in Coptic Abu Fana

Qena -- Almost two years since the vicious attacks on Abu Fana, lying in the Western desert on the outskirts…
Davos: Not much for the Middle East

Davos: Not much for the Middle East

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had an excellent excuse to miss the Davos forum this year: he just got married. But…
New Burullus harbor unsafe, say fishermen

New Burullus harbor unsafe, say fishermen

Mohamed el-Balati boards the boat on which he works as a fisherman in Burullus. He scans the Burullus strait, his…
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