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Al Qaeda hijacking the Palestinian cause

Anthony Lowstedt has been described as the leading Swedish researcher of Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He currently teaches and researches at Webster University in Vienna and just finished the 4th edition of his book called “Apartheid ..

Egypt president’s son Gamal edges towards power

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has left open the question of his successor even as his son Gamal’s progress towards inheriting power edged forward at the ruling party’s national congress...

Upcoming Events

I know I already announced these once, but here are some upcoming events for this week...

A textbook case in press censorship for the past 20 years

In the run-up to 20th anniversary of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s takeover as president on 7 November, the pro-government newspapers, which constitute most of the Tunisian press, ..

Al Fayyum State Security Storm Bookstores, Detain Worker

State Security forces raided on Tuesday evening, Nov, 6th, 2007, Islam&AlJazeera bookstores. The forces raided the bookstores one after another and they remained in one..

Interview: Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia, David Shinn

A must to read interview by Jimma Times. It spoke to former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Dr. David H. Shinn...

Al Erian on Sawaris Statements: Egyptian People Are Only Ones Authorized to Give, Take

In apress conference held on Tuesday, Nov,7th, 2007, prominent Egyptian businessman engineer Naguib Sawaris, the board director of Orascom Telecom, sharply criticized the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group ...

Egyptian Security Forces Arrest 15 Dakahliya MBs

Egyptian security services detained on Friday afternoon Dr. Mohamed Abdul Rahman- the deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood’s () administrative office in Dakahliya, after raiding house without stating any reason for this measure. Also detained were 14 MB members on Friday morning from the village of Sulaka , district of Mansoura. Dr. Abd Al-Rahman has been released several months ago after a six-month detention. ..

24 Sharqiya Muslim Brotherhood Members Detained

State security forces at the northern Egyptian governorate of Sharqiya detained on Thursday at noon two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in the district of Fakous, raising to 24 the number of MB members detained since the dawn of the same day. ..

MB Bloc Announces Priorities, Causes After Latest By-Elections

The by-elections of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc, held last Sunday at noon, Nov, 4th, 2007, led to reelecting Dr. Mohamed Al Beltagi, the current Secretary-General of the bloc..

The list of 13 Internet enemies

Three countries - Nepal, Maldives and Libya - have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today..

Torture.. When it’s turn into a technique

This what the UN says. But in Egypt , the Ministry of Interior supplies torture tools to police stations. The DA found a large number of sticks, clubs and other torture tools in one of the police stations. Policemen also take specialized training courses in torture. They are practice on detainees in jails as demonstrated in a video that shows a police academy student practicing torture over a citizen who brutally beaten in his neck. In para 2 of the second article the convention stat..

US Congressman blames Egypt for enabling Hamas to tighten Gaza stronghold

Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman on Monday stated that the Hamas movement had managed to smuggle between 12 and 20 million US dollars per month through the Gaza-Egypt border..

Mubarak rejects foreign pressure

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has said he opposes any interference in his country’s affairs from abroad. ..

Egypt president’s son dodges questions on inheriting power

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal on Monday deflected a renewed spate of questioning on whether he would eventually take over the reins of power from his father...

Alexandria University Guard Assault, Beat MB Student

The guard of the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, assaulted and brutally beat on Tuesday morning, Nov, 6th, 2007, a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) student at the university gate...

On Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Reda Hilal

About two weeks ago, Saad Eddin Ibrahim gave a remarkable interview to Democracy Now, the liberal American radio show .....

Musharraf shows dictators how it’s done

Thank you, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Your imposition of emergency law Saturday might have earned you widespread condemnation for what the Pakistani media called your "second coup" -- your first being in 1999..

Ramsey Clark: Egyptian Regime Commits Violations against Muslim Brotherhood

The former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, held a press conference on Monday, Oct, 5th, 2007, at noon in the bar association...

27th Session of Al Shater’s Trial on Tuesday

The 27th session of the Military Tribunal trying 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders is held on Tuesday, Nov, 6th, 2007 . ..