Jon Stewart obliterates Egypt’s president for arresting ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host ruthlessly mocked Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi after prosecutors ordered the arrest of his kindred satirist, Bassem Youssef. Youssef, who like Stewart...
View ArticleU.S. embassy in Cairo ignites diplomatic troubles by tweeting link to Jon...
The US embassy in Cairo briefly froze its Twitter account Wednesday after coming under fire from Egyptian leaders for tweeting a link to a US comedy show mocking President Mohamed Morsi. The embassy,...
View Article‘Inappropriate’: US embassy Daily Show link tweets cause row with Cairo
The Twitter row between the US and Egypt began on Tuesday, when the US Embassy tweeted a link to the Jon Stewart monologue from The Daily Show targeting the arrest of an Egyptian satirist, Youssef...
View ArticleOne killed, over 60 injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo
There are conflicting reports on how exactly the clashes erupted. AFP, citing witnesses, writes that mourners who were chanting against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood were pelted with stones as they...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda chief calls on Muslims to unite in struggle
"Let your fight be in the name of Allah and with the aim of establishing Allah's sharia (law) as the ruling system," France 24 cites Zawahiri as saying in his first online message since last November....
View ArticleEgyptian president withdraws legal complaints against journalists
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the withdrawal of complaints filed against journalists for publishing rumours about him, said a statement posted Wednesday on the presidency’s Twitter...
View ArticleEgypt’s army doctors ‘operated without anaesthetic’ on wounded protesters –...
But instead of investigations, the generals get promotions.Parts of a confidential presidential report allegedly turned over to Morsi in January has been leaked by the Guardian. It speaks about...
View ArticleJudge recuses himself in Mubarak retrial, case adjourned indefinitely
Judge Moustafa Hassan Abdallah announced his refusal to preside over the case after the 84-year old Mubarak was delivered to court at a Cairo police academy from the military hospital where he is...
View ArticleFirst first MEP. elections in Croatia
||Related“Our next goal: to join the Schengen area”: Croatia’s… 10/04/2013 12:51 CET First taste of European Parliament for Croatia 20/04/2012 15:31 CET Irish PM warns UK that EU exit would be...
View ArticlePope John Paul II statue unveiled
All 108 passengers and crew survived a frightening crash in Bali after a Lion Air Boeing 737 missed the runway and ditched in shallow water. At least 16 people were taken to hospital for injuries and...
View ArticleJudge walks out of Mubarak’s retrial
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View ArticleVenezuela goes to the polls to choose post-Chavez president
||RelatedVenezuela’s election under Chavez nostalgia 13/04/2013 10:21 CET Insults and blows mark Venezuela’s combative campaign 13/04/2013 23:36 CET Election officials gear up for presidential...
View ArticleEgypt invites Russia to mine uranium, build nuclear power plants
The Egyptian leader has paid official visit to Russia to hold talks with Vladimir Putin as clashes continue in Egyptian cities.The latest reports suggest that at least 48 people have been wounded in...
View ArticlePost-revolution Egyptian Christians sidelined, subjected to brutality
“There is a sense of marginalization and rejection, which we can call social isolation,” of the 15 percent Christian population in Egypt, the pope told Reuters.The pontiff’s statement coincided with...
View ArticleEgypt and the IMF, and More from CRS
A new report from the Congressional Research Service assesses the economic state of post-revolution Egypt and finds it fairly grim. “After more than two years of social unrest and economic stagnation...
View ArticleEgyptian TV presenter arrested for slandering actress
Egyptian police arrested an Islamist television show host on Wednesday after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for slandering an actress, a police official said. Police stormed Abdullah Badr’s...
View ArticleEgypt awaits answers over revolution murders
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View ArticleFormer Egyptian president in court for retrial
||RelatedOutside the Mubarak trial, Egypt’s divisions are clear 13/04/2013 21:46 CET Egypt’s Mubarak to have retrial, supporters rejoice 13/01/2013 13:15 CET Mubarak verdict brings crowds back to...
View ArticleMubarak appears in court for retrial
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View Article65 million euros more EU aid to Syrians affected by the conflict
||RelatedSyrian opposition calls for arms embargo to be lifted 16/03/2013 04:06 CET EU rejects lifting arms embargo on Syrian rebels 18/02/2013 19:38 CET EU concensus on tougher Syrian sanctions...
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