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Rigging Referendum On Constitutional Amendments In Egypt Starts

The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) issued instructions to all NDP leaders and members nationwide to form groups of young men called (100 group), to fight any one, group or

Egypt’s Controversial Constitutional Amendments

Egyptians will head to the polls on March 26 in a public referendum on amendments to thirty four articles of the Constitution, approved by the People’s Assembly on March 19.

“THE CHENEYBUSH WAR POLICY: CONNECTING THE DOTS”

The CheneyBush War Policy is becoming curiouser and curiouser. "Things are getting better in Iraq," they say, when they are clearly getting worse. "We must fight on to ’victory’ "

How Media Researchers Draw Hasty Conclusions

Many studies dealing with the representation of Islam in Western media come to the conclusion that there is a tendency to portray Islam in a negative way. Klemens Ludwig doubts

Fighting Torture with Mobile Phones and Weblogs

These video clips can currently be seen on several Egyptian blogs and on many young Egyptians’ mobile phones. These two modern products of information technology have led to a public

Administrative Justice Hears Appeal against President’s Referendum Call

The Administrative Court sees on Sunday appeals against the presidential decree of calling voters to a referendum on the constitutional amendments on Monday, as "illegal", and that the amendments weren’t

Cairo: Several Activists Detained During Sit-In

Egyptian security forces arrested a number of Kifaya Movement activists in a sit-in that the movement called for Sunday evening to protest the constitutional amendments and the referendum scheduled to

Egyptian government warns against referendum protests

The Egyptian government has warned critics of the constitutional referendum scheduled for Monday not to stage any protests on the day, the Information Ministry said Wednesday. In a statement published

Strategic Thinking about the Muslim Brotherhood

The Bush Administration has painted itself in a narrow corner in the Middle East, indeed in the entire Muslim world,...

Egyptians in Vienna Protest Mubarak’s Constitutional Amendments

The Egyptian community in Vienna demonstrated on Friday at president Mubarak’s repressive constitutional amendments that his NDP parliamentarians approved, widening the gap between this autocratic regime and all Egyptians.  Many members