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Saudi blocks Egypt opposition website within 15 hours of launch

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said on Tuesday that the Saudi Arabian government “should be proud to have seized the title ‘Prime Arabic Internet Enemy’ from Tunisia.”..

Belgium – Draft proposal to ban the niqab in process

Belgium’s draft proposal to ban the niqab in public areas comes at a time where other European countries such as France are also proposing a ban on the Islamic face covering (niqab). The consequences of wearing the niqab in Belgium would be a fine of 30 Euros and a 7 day prison sentence...

Breaking news: Egyptian Supreme court convicts Hezbollah suspects sentencing 4 to life.

Egyptian Supreme court convicts Hezbollah suspects. Four life sentences and others to 15 years...

Egyptian Americans claim right to vote in Egypt elections

The Egyptian American Coalition sent a letter to both the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior in early April, calling for actions and measures necessary to enable the Egyptians in the United States to vote in the upcoming elections to be taken by the government...

Egypt’s Mubarak warns opposition, talks stability in first speech since surgery

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke out against the country’s growing opposition community in the ailing leader’s first public speech since having gall bladder surgery in Germany in March. He spoke directly to the activists, warning them against “gambling with stability.”..

Palestinians block Israeli bulldozers in alWalaja and Beit Jala

More than 200 protesters – Palestinians, Israelis and international activists – managed to block bulldozers constructing Israel’s Wall from uprooting an olive grove for over three hours on Sunday in the West Bank village of alWalaja, south of Jerusalem...

IMF: Current account deficit in Egypt 6.2% … and low inflation, 12%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted in its annual report on the prospects for the global economy published last Wednesday that an increase of the rate of growth of the Egyptian economy will be around five percent this year, compared to 4.7 percent last year..

Egypt: Lack of political participation for Christians, women

The third annual report on the status of democracy in Egypt, issued by the Observatory of the State of Democracy of Egyptian Society for the Advancement of Community Participation revealed that the participation rates of women, in general, and Christians in elections, whether voting or nominations, is still low and has been reduced to almost zero...

Egypt’s Parliament approves law to combat human trafficking

The Egyptian Parliament approved on Tuesday a law on combating human trafficking during its session under the chairmanship of Fathi Sorour, the Speaker of Parliament...

The Holocaust isn’t just about Jews

JERUSALEM: Last week I flew to Eilat with two young officers of the IDF Spokesperson Unit. One of them inquired what book I was reading. It was Carole Angier’s magisterial biography of Primo Levi...

Israeli demonstrator badly injured in Bil’in demonstration

BIL’IN, West Bank: Emad Rezqa was hit in the forehead by an aluminum tear gas projectile shot directly at him by Israeli soldiers during the weekly anti-Wall demonstration in Bil’in on Friday...

Egypt rights group proposes election draft law

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) submitted on Sunday a draft law for general elections and a referendum to Parliament for an alternative draft law for the Political Rights law no...

Egypt to charge Brotherhood leaders with money laundering

The Egyptian government has charged five members of the country’s leading opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood with money laundering and raising funds abroad. According to Egypt’s Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, the five MB leaders will face the controversial State Security Emergency Court...

Egypt Brotherhood MP calls for march against government

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Hamdi Hassan, a member of Parliament, invited on Tuesday for all Egyptian activists, politicians and lawyers as well as those symbols of civil society “to participate in the people’s march.” It comes as the government and the opposition continue to butt heads over the future of the country...

Egypt’s Mubarak, Libya’s Gaddafi talk peace

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libya leader Colonel Muamar Gaddafi met on Wednesday at the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss peace efforts and efforts to resolve Palestinian and Israeli stalled peace negotiations...

Yemeni media and journalists targeted by spate of prosecutions

“The situation of the media is getting worse by the day, with one prosecution after another. The international community must intercede as a matter of urgency.”..

Egypt: AUC grad student creates advanced device for allergy testing

Reem al-Olaby, a graduate student at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and a team of research colleagues have created an advanced device to “quickly, accurately, safely and cost effectively screen hospital patients for drug allergies,” a statement from the university said...

Egyptians die more frequently in hospitals, especially children

A report released by the Ministry of Health last week revealed the death of approximately 23,167 patients out of a total of 3 million patients who underwent treatment in ministry hospitals during the past year..

US Undersecretary of State commends Egyptian NGO

The United States Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, Maria Otero, met with local Egyptian water experts, civil society activists and ministers as part of stopover in the country to learn about water resources in the region...

Egypt gov’t MPs call for shooting protesters

Egyptian ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of Parliament lashed out during a verbal battle with Muslim Brotherhood MPs over protesters in the country on Sunday and said Egyptian pro-democracy demonstrators “should be shot” by police...