Black Bloc: New opposition group in Egypt calls for violence, street fighting
Egyptian members of the Black Bloc group, who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to President Mohamed Morsi's rule, attend a march to the presidential palace in Cairo on February...
View ArticleOne dead, 26 injured as protests sweep Egypt
One dead, 26 injured as protests sweep EgyptGet short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 16 February, 2013, 08:09 TAGS:Accident, Opposition, Police, Egypt,...
View ArticleThousands march in Egypt’s Port Said demand ‘retribution’ for riot deaths
Thousands march in Egypt’s Port Said demand ‘retribution’ for riot deathsGet short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 17 February, 20 1000 13, 23:19 TAGS:Protest,...
View ArticleIceland considers dropping its currency
Reuters / Francois LenoirIceland’s krona may become the world’s next obsolete currency, as economists evaluate whether to continue its use or jumping ship to the euro. Less than five months after...
View ArticleFour students arrested in Egypt for ‘Harlem Shake’
Egyptian police said Saturday they have arrested four students who filmed themselves publicly dancing in their underwear, as more people around the world emulate a viral dance craze called the “Harlem...
View ArticleMorsi seeks meeting with opposition over Egyptian parliamentary elections
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Monday called for a meeting with the country’s opposition to discuss upcoming legislative polls, amid calls for a boycott. “I call on all the brothers in the...
View ArticleObama tells Egypt’s president to ‘protect’ democracy
US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi has a “responsibility to protect” the democratic principles advanced by the 2011 uprising. Obama “welcomed President...
View ArticleKerry in Egypt ‘with a poor hand of cards’ as IMF money mean cuts and tax...
Kerry’s arrival in Cairo on March 2 has been greeted with streetriots in several of the country’s cities, which saw one personkilled and dozens injured. The country’s opposition leader, HamdeenSabahi,...
View ArticleFemale Iranian communists organize topless protest against hijabs in Swedish...
The action performed by members of the Iranian Communist Partyand the Organization Against Violence on Women in Iran took placein the center of the Swedish capital, Stockholm on Sunday, and...
View ArticleEgypt’s Morsi ‘mulling’ army takeover of restive Port Said
Hundreds of protesters massed near the Port Said SecurityDirectorate and lobbed stones and firebombs at security forces, whoresponded by firing teargas and warning shots into the air.Earlier in the...
View ArticleEgyptian women and ‘Tahrir Bodyguards’ declare war against rampant ‘sexual...
Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a reticent society to confront...
View ArticleCalls for reform of Egyptian police
http://www.youtube.com/v/SFzWGWj_mAw?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata From: Calls for reform of Egyptian police
View ArticleEgypt – TV host accused of “promoting terrorism”
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about a judicial investigation into TV journalist Dina Abdel Fattah that is indicative of the decline in freedom of information in Egypt. Fattah is being...
View ArticlePolice behind nearly 900 deaths in Egyptian revolution – inquiry
A fact-finding commission into the 2011 popular uprising againstHosni Mubarak's government initially concluded that 846 people werekilled during the revolution.Current Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi...
View ArticleRand Paul: Not One Penny To Countries That Burn Our Flag
At the opening of CPAC 2013, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) picked up where he left off in his 13 hour filibuster last week. … Read More
View ArticleWomen remain ‘slaves’ despite UN accord: Egyptian politician
Women are “the slaves of this age,” according to an Egyptian politician who took a stand against the country’s Muslim Brotherhood to back a UN declaration on violence against women. Mervat Tallawy, who...
View ArticleRT cameraman beaten as Morsi supporters attack protesters (VIDEO)
RT’s Mukhtar Ahmed was beaten and suffered a head injury whilehe was trying to protect his camera as a gang of men armed withsticks and knifes attacked a group of activists and journalists whowere...
View ArticleGuccifer releases second trove of Clinton emails
An elusive hacker using the moniker Guccifer was creditedearlier this week with infiltrating the email account of journalistSidney Blumenthal and uncovering a collection of highly sensitive...
View ArticleSex in the Arab World: Shereen El Feki Talks with Tracy Quan
"If you really want to know people, start by looking in their bedrooms," says Shereen El Feki, author of the new book, ;Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World. El Feki, who was...
View ArticleEgyptian satirist Bassem Youssef released on bail
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, who has been hailed as Egypt's Jon Stewart, was released on bail Sunday after being questioned for three hours over allegations that he has insulted Islam and Egyptian...
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