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Israeli occupation stops dozens of pilgrims from leaving for Makka

The Palestinian captives committee said that the Israeli occupation authorities refused to allow dozens of pilgrims from leaving the West Bank to Amman on their way to Makka to perform Hajj...

Occupation authorities sell Palestinian property in Silwan to Jewish societies

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper revealed on Friday that the Israeli land authority is selling property in the Silwan suburb in occupied Jerusalem to Jewish settler societies...

German Parliamentarians Condemn Egypt’s Human Rights Abuses

The HR committee in parliament asserted that Egyptian authorities engaged in targeting political opposition groups and carrying out random arrests and torture noting that an election is due in three weeks' time...

Katatni: Applying at Security Headquarters Proves Interior's Control of Elections

Media spokesman and head of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Parliamentary bloc, Dr. Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, stated that the MB have started submitting their election papers at the various security headquarters throughout the country...

Rights Organization Ranks Ain Shams University as First and Worst in Violating Students’ Rights

“Defend Egypt’s Students” campaign, run by the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, observed the number of violations suffered by students in Ain Shams University...

Election Monitoring Coalition Condemns Arbitrary Arrests of MB and Leftist Supporters

The Independent Coalition for Monitoring the Election, which consists of the Egyptian Association for Community participation Enhancement (EACPE), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Principal for Feminist Studies, issued its third report on field work observations for the 2010 legislative elections...

ElBaradei Activist Arrested

Safwan Mohamed, a long-time activist for Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei founder of the National Association for Change and one of his first supporters was hauled in by Security forces in Alexandria this morning...

Time for Muslims to take a stand against hatred

Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, and of course, a war. The recent acrimony surrounding the disputed conversions of two Coptic women in Egypt is not the stuff of myth but threatens a real and senseless violence...

Obama NSC meets with Egypt democracy advocates

Top Obama National Security Council officials met Tuesday with a bipartisan group of Washington foreign policy experts who advocate that the United States push for more free and fair Egyptian elections...

Human development report reveals Egypt ranks 101

A report unveiled at the UN by Ban Ki Moon secretary general revealed that Egypt ranks as a medium development country, coming 101 out of 169 countries on the human development index...

MB Successfully Fields 133 Candidates Including 14 Women

Despite intentions to sabotage the Muslim Brotherhood’s participation in the political process the group has succeeded in handing in 133 applications, in which 14 belong to women nominees on day three of accepting registrations for the parliamentary elections...

Muslim Brotherhood's Opinion in a Newsletter: MP Demands HEC to Effectively Oversee the Polls

On November 3, the Higher Election Commission (HEC) officially announced that nominations are now open for the 2010 parliamentary elections, as it is a significant qualitative leap towards shaping Egypt's future...

UK foreign minister handed letter from Jerusalemite officials facing exile

A Jerusalemite delegation handed on Wednesday visiting British foreign minister William Hague a letter from the Palestinian officials threatened with expulsion from their native city in which they warned of the grave impact of Israel's expulsion policy pursued against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem...

Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO

-- The Israeli government decided to suspend cooperation with the UNESCO in protest over its decision that considered Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in Bethlehem an Islamic mosque and heritage...

Israel razes two Palestinian homes in Ara

Israeli bulldozers razed two Palestinian homes in Ara village, in the Triangle area occupied since 1948, at the pretext of lack of construction permits...

Online freedom threatened in Syria by drafted law

Syria known to have a tight grip on online media is preparing to vote on a controversial Internet law that has raised concerns. Online media in Syria already keeps a tight control of the Web and where access to at least 240 sites is blocked..

Jewish settlers annex Palestinian land south of Nablus

Jewish settlers from Eli settlement south of Nablus started to bulldoze Palestinian land near their settlement on Thursday without prior notice, eyewitnesses reported...

Jordan's MB: Reform requires public pressure

Jordan is currently witnessing the run up to elections for parliament amid boycotts by the popular Islamist group and Muslim Brotherhood offshoot the Islamic Action Front...

Activists call on public to boycott Vodafone

Activists launched groups on the social networking site Facebook calling on the public to boycott Vodafone after the company forwarded defaming sms to its customers...

Ayman Nour's - Elections in the Dark Warns of Vote-Rigging

Mohamed Beltagy, assistant secretary-general of the MB parliamentary bloc and member of the National Association for Change, has stressed that participation in the upcoming elections discloses the anticipated foul play by the authoritarian regime in Egypt...