Posted by smeddum on March 13, 2011
Asharq Alawsat
13/03/2011
By Khaled Mahmoud
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- A Libyan diplomatic source has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that that the official in charge of provisions and supplies in the Libyan Army, abruptly left Cairo for Libya last Thursday after a quick 24-hour visit. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on March 10, 2011
9th March, 2011
Following the flare-up of sectarian tension between Copts and Muslims in the last week, several political parties and activists are calling on protesters to hold a “Friday of National Unity” march from Tahrir Square to Atfeeh in Helwan, where a church was burned last Friday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 9, 2011
9th March, 2011
The clashes that erupted between hundreds of Copts and Salafists yesterday evening in Muqattam, Cairo left thirteen dead, according to official reports, and 110 injured.
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Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2011
7th March, 2011
In an interview with Ahram Online, Brigadier General Safwat El Zayat, a member of the Committee of Trustees of the January 25 Revolution, revealed the existence of a triad, composed of former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, former interior minister Mahmoud Wagdy and a number of former regime leaders, with former president Hosni Mubarak at their head, set up for the purpose of subverting what he described as the greatest revolution in history. The elimination, yesterday, of the state security apparatus effectively brought an end to this scenario, he said.
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Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2011
6th March, 2011
Thousands of protesters gathered around the state security headquarters in Nasr City at around 4pm calling on the military to take over the building and prevent documents being torched as had taken place in other state security offices around Egypt.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2011
4th March, 2011
The January 25 Revolution has lead many political activists and interested parties in Egypt to believe that greater political participation is required and will be possible. Upon that perspective, an unprecedented desire to form political parties has been growing. Many are in the process of being formed or registered, with a few already declared.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2011
4th March, 2011
Newly appointed Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has just left Tahrir Square after speaking to hundred of thousands who congregated to celebrate the resignation of Ahmed Shafik.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
Ahmed Shafiq’s resignation came after the January 25 Youth Coalition held a meeting with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces last week, says the coalition spokesman.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is still believed to be at his residence in Sharm el-Sheikh, will be brought to Cairo next week for questioning in his corruption case, said Mustafa Bakri, a former member of parliament.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned his post on Thursday. In a statement, the Egyptian Army said that “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces decided to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and appointed Essam Sharaf to form the new government.” Replacing him will be former transport minister Essam Sharaf, who participate in the demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square.
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Posted by seumasach on February 26, 2011
Eric Wallberg
24th February, 2011
It is not Israel backed by the distant US that inherits the Ottoman mantle of hegemony in the Middle East, but some combination of Turkey and Egypt…
While Egypt’s revolution was very much about domestic matters — bread and butter, corruption, repression — its most immediate effects have been international. Not for a long time has Egypt loomed so large in the region, to both friend and foe. At least 13 of the 22 Arab League countries are now affected: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.
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