Friday 27th January, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood not to contest Egyptian presidential poll
The Muslim Brotherhood, which has clinched two thirds of the seats in the historic parliamentary polls, has said it will not run for the Egyptian presidency in the June elections. "The Muslim ...
Egypt Blocks Departure of US NGO Workers
Egyptian authorities are preventing several U.S. citizens from leaving the country because of ongoing investigations into the work of civil society groups supporting the country's legislative ...
Egypt: ElBaradei Suggests New Parliament to Elect a President
Cairo, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Peace Nobel Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt) proposed the recently elected ...
In Egypt: Charges, Trial Could Be Next, Says Sam LaHood
NPRhost Melissa Block this afternoon that he's been warned by the organization's attorney that he and others may soon be charged and brought to trial by authorities there. The lawyer's ...
Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally
Miami HeraldCAIRO -- Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences ...
LaHood's Son, Others, Barred from Leaving Egypt
CBN NewsThe Egyptian government has banned several Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, raising concern over the country's alleged transition to democracy. The Americans, including the ...
Anti-Assad Syrians break into Cairo embassy
ReutersCAIRO Jan 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of Syrians broke into the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday to protest at their government's bloody crackdown on a 10-month-old popular uprising, Egyptian ...
Syrian rebels defiant on Damascus outskirts
ReutersSAQBA, Syria Jan 27 (Reuters) - A small green, white and black rebel flag waving at the entrance to the Damascus suburb of Saqba showed it was no longer under the control of President Bashar ...
Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale
ReutersBERLIN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring ...
UPDATE 3-US outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving
ReutersCAIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organisations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in ...
Americans Held in Egypt, Second Biggest U.S. Aid Recipient
IBTimesEgypt to lift these restrictions immediately and allow folks to come home as soon as possible," State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters on Thursday. At least 10 Americans ...
"Friday of Rage" protests in Egypt
CBS NewsAn Egyptian protester chants slogans at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage" in Cairo's Tahrir Square Jan. 27, 2012. (AP ...
Egypt protests military junta in Tahrir and across country
bikyamasrEgypt is protesting against the military junta. -archives CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptians flooded central Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to participate in the Friday noon prayer that took ...
Egypt: Thousands Denounce Military Rule in Five Provinces
All AfricaHundreds of thousands of Egyptians are demonstrating today in what they called "Friday of Pride and Dignity". This comes two days after the first anniversary of the January 25 revolution. ...
Egypt: Negotiations With WB and ADB to Borrow U.S. One Billion
All AfricaFollowing a meeting of the ministerial committee under Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri on Thursday 26/01/2012, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga said that there are ...
Egypt: Government to Open the File of Private Funds
All AfricaPrime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri ordered opening the file of private funds and studying its conditions to uncover the truth for the public, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza ...
Egypt: Train of Democracy Ended First Phase Peacefully
All AfricaHead of the High Judicial Elections Commission (HJEC), Counselor Abdel-Moez Ibrahim said that the train of democracy has ended the first phase in peace through completing the elections of ...
Egypt: ESE Gains Nation 16.4 Billion
All AfricaThe Egyptian stocks soared to a three-month high on Thursday 26/01/2012 after Wednesday's celebrations of the first anniversary of the January 25 Revolution passed peacefully. The value of gain ...
Egypt: Obama Plans to Accelerate U.S. Aid to Nation
All AfricaUS President Barak Obama plans to accelerate US aid program to Egypt which is witnessing critical stage in its transition to democracy, a source at US State Department said. Undersecretary of US ...
Africa: Cote d'Ivoire Leads Pack in Fifa Rankings
All AfricaBafana Bafana has dropped four places to 56th on the latest Coca/Cola FIFA World Rankings released on Wednesday, 18 January 2012. South Africa is now ranked joint 56th with Cameroon in the world. ...
Mubarak Still Egypt President, Says Lawyer
All AfricaHosni Mubarak is still president of Egypt as he never signed a resignation letter, his lawyer asserted in court on Sunday as he began wrapping up the defence case in the trial of the ousted ...
Locally-Born Geologist Helped Put Men On the Moon
All Africadocument Washington - Farouk El-Baz has made a career of looking into the distance and seeing what other people don't notice. El-Baz is a geologist by training, and much of his work has ...
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