Archive for the 'Egypt' Category
Egypt’s political storyteller
Naguib Mahfouz’s preference was for a more liberal and rational attitude towards the complex socio-political reality of Egypt, which was certainly not heeded. Image Credit: Ramachandra Babu /Gulf News Were it not for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who …
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EGYPT: U.N. Slams Abuse of Emergency Law
NEW YORK, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) – Despite diplomatic maneuvering designed to block any review of its human rights record, a United Nations special rapporteur has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that proposed changes in Egypt’s constitution “would …
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Egypt to Host COMESA’s 3rd Investment Forum
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States Regional Investment Agency (COMESA RIA) has announced that its 3rd investment forum will take place from the 12th-13th April, 2010 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, the Arab Republic of Egypt. Organized by …
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White Sugar Falls to Seven-Month Low on Egypt …
March 11 (Bloomberg) — White sugar futures fell to a seven-month low in London on a report that Egypt ended a purchase order and on a technical signal suggesting further declines. Egypt canceled a tender to buy 300,000 metric tons of sugar, Al Ahram …
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Discovery of monotheist pharaoh’s mummy provides clues …
During his 17-year rule, Akhenaten sought to overturn more than a millennium of Egyptian religion and art to establish the worship … For most of world, King Tut embodies ancient Egypt’s glory, because his tomb was packed to the brim with the …
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EGYPT: ElBaradei shows solidarity with tortured …
Former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has strongly condemned the torture of one of his supporters by security forces in the city of Fayoum in the Egyptian Nile delta. After a …
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Mummy of Egypt’s monotheist pharaoh to return home
Tourists view the colossus of Pharaoh Akhenaten in the Egyptian Museum showing his elongated head and feminine hips that long confounded Egyptologists, at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 10, 2010. The identification of Akhenaten …
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Obstacles to presidential change in Egypt: what …
The return to Egypt of Mohamed ElBaradei, the recently retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on February 19 has injected new vitality and even a sense of hope in the Egyptian opposition, beleaguered by an increasingly repressive …
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Egypt to investigate officer accused of beating …
Cairo – Egypt’s public prosecutor on Thursday decided to open an investigation into accusations that a state security officer tortured a supporter of former UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei, judicial sources said. The public prosecutor’s decision …
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Egypt’s top cleric, revered by Muslims
CAIRO — Egypt’s top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday on a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81. He was the grand sheik …
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