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Hamas Says it is Ready to Talk to Obama

Hamas’s exiled leader says the Palestinian militant group is ready to talk with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on the basis that his administration respects Hamas’s "rights and options."..

In Borg Al Arab prison: prison officer runs the prison with a rod of iron like Napoleon Bonaparte

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information today released a statement expressing their deep concern About the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and About the sharp deterioration in the health of prison of conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable to stand during the visit of ANHRI lawyers to the prison on 6th November. ..

Postponing Case Of Ahmed Ezz Against Editor Of "Sawt Al Omaa" Newspaper, To November 27

Al Agouza Criminal Court decided in its meeting on Thursday, November 6, to postpone the lawsuit of insult and defamation filed by Eng. Ahmed Ezz, secretary of organizational affairs in the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Chairman of the Committee on Plan and Budget in People’s Assembly, against Abdul Halim Qandil, editor of "Sawt Al Omaa" newspaper, and Essam Ismail Fahmi, chief of the newspaper’s board of directors, to November 27, 2008...

Egyptian Universities Clubs Attack Prime Minister

Members of Egyptian universities clubs attacked Dr. Ahmed Nazif, the Prime Minister, because of his decision to except research centers from having the financial allowances that have been adopted in the framework of the project of increasing the incomes of teaching staff members stipulated by good performance, which was approved by the Supreme Council of Universities, that was according to the General Conference of the Egyptian universities clubs which was held today..

25 Arrested From MP Rally in Nile Delta

Egyptian police arrested on Friday 25 supporters (including son) of Muslim Brotherhood MP Dr. Farid Ismail from a public conference he convened to present his accomplishments in the latest parliamentary round and his plans for the next term which will begin next Wednesday...

Police Officer Case Against Al Jazeerah And Others Postponed Till September 11

North Cairo Court put off the trial of an action brought by Officer Samir Magdi Salamah (officer at Ain Shams police station) against Al Jazeerah Satellite Channel chairman, chairman of the Egyptian organization for Human Rights (EHRO); in their capacities, chairman of Sawtul Ummah newspaper, and Seham Mamdouh Mohamed calling for EGP25mln compensation...

500 Employees At Monufyia’s Info Centers Demonstrate Before Governorate HQ

More than 500 employees at the local units’ information centers of Monufyia rallied for the second time this week before the governorate headquarter to protest against delaying their salaries for three months...

Postponing Case Of Selling Alexandria University To December 23

Administrative Judiciary Court headed by Chancellor Mohamed Attiya, decided today to postpone the lawsuit, filed by a number of university professors to stop the decision of the minister of higher education to transfer and sell Alexandria University, to the next meeting on December 23...

Kafr el-Sheikh: Detaining Eight, Pursuing Sheishaa’s Supporters

The security agencies in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate continued its arbitrary procedures against Dr. Hassan Abu Sheishaa, Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the supplementary parliamentary elections scheduled to be in November10, 2008..

Let Palestinians study campaign slams Egypt for barring students from travel

The campaign "let Palestinians study" which was formed by the British union of student councils expressed on Wednesday its dismay and shock at the Egyptian authorities for preventing hundreds of students in the Gaza Strip from joining their universities outside the Strip...

Ministry of prisoners: Israel is responsible for kidnapping four women from Gaza

The ministry of detainees and ex-detainees in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday held the IOA fully responsible for the lives of four Palestinian women who were abducted during the incursion of IOF troops into central Gaza and taken to an unknown destination...

Europe’s Muslims Urge Obama "Overcome the Mistakes of the Past"

On behalf of the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe, I congratulate you on winning the trust of the American people, who chose you to be the 44th President of the United States of America...

Egyptian Al-Ghad Tomorrow’s Party building torched, activists arrested

The downton Cairo building of Al-Ghad Tomorrow’s Party was set ablaze during its general assembly meeting, eyewitnesses told Ikhwanweb. Activists in the party said that an anti-Ayman Nour wing led by Mousa Mostafa stormed into the party headquarters under protection of security forces, and threw Molotov cocktail and stones on the party headquarters setting it ablaze.Eyewitnesses said that columns of smoke rose above the building while others added that the fire has seemingly extended t..

The Day After….

For those of you who aren’t glued to TV/internet/radio/civilization, last night Barack Obama was elected President. Check out the latest polls, counts, and punditry. Of course, bloggers didn’t wait long to remind readers that there is a lot of work ahead...

Welcome to Mideast Peace, President Obama

In Haaretz, Aluf Benn unintentionally reminds us that America’s foreign policy challenges in the Middle East are no less daunting or intractable today than they were yesterday. He offers his advice to the new president on the small matter of Arab-Israeli peace, saying to “forget the Palestinians for now and move forward on the Syrian track.”..

Kareem Amer: two years awaiting justice

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said today in a statement that Kareem Amer has now completed his second year in prison, and his lawyers from ANHRI and Hisham Mubarak Law Center are still waiting the result of an appeal brought before Egypt’s Prosecutor General. Amir’s lawyers hope to see justice done through this appeal and bring an end to his unjustified imprisonment. ..

Ashour Calls Criminal Prisoners’ Escape A New Security Scandal

MB MP for the Nozha and Maraj districts Magdy Ashour posed a pressing question to the Egyptian PM and Minister of Interior regarding the escape of nine prisoners from the Madinat El-Salam Police Department...

MB Parliamentary Bloc To Elect New Office Tuesday

Secretary General of the MB Parliamentary Bloc Dr. Mohamed El-Baltagy stated that the bloc has determined to hold internal elections next Tuesday November 11, 2008, 24 hours before the start of the 4th parliamentary round...

Saleh Slams NDP Leader’s Statements About MB

In his statement to Ikhwanweb, Saleh described the ruling regime, which had launched a fierce attack on the MB in its annual conference, as "broke" and surviving on "corruption and bullying."..

Dumyat Lawyers to Sit-in against Elections Derail

Lawyers in Dumyat organized a sit-in on the stairs of the compound of courts at Shata in Dumyat, to protest against the attempts of the ruling regime to take the syndicate, abandoning it from playing its national and professional role and trying to set censorship to control it...