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Egypt: Judges Demand Parliament Reject Constitutional Amendments

Counselor Zakariya Abdul Aziz, the chairman of the Egyptian Judges’ Club, called on the independent MPs of the People’s Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, to vote for rejecting the

Muslim Brotherhood to Form New Political Party

The (Egyptian) Muslim Brotherhood, the region’s most influential opposition movement, announced just a few days ago that it will be forming a political party. The MB has flirted with the

Egypt Not too happy

A sour mood prevails in the Arab world’s most populous country IF A surging economy could solve all ills, Egypt might be the brightest spot in an increasingly grim Middle

Political landscapes

President Hosni Mubarak’s proposed constitutional amendments were approved by the People’s Assembly majority --- but not without a barrage of criticism from opposition and independent MPs, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Rice’s Rhetoric, in Full Retreat

Eleven months ago Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to report on their talks in Cairo. After Aboul Gheit

Egypt’s MB Students Hunted, Campaign to Release Prisoners

Ahmed Mandour, the Muslim Brotherhood student leader in Al-Azhar University said that a number of his colleagues are hunted by the security forces in order to arrest them, while a

Price of Hypocrisy: Rice’s Blindness towards Gov’t Oppression

Rice’s Blindness towards the Mubarak Government’s continuing oppression of its citizens will cost America dearly...writes Mark Levine