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5000 Workers in Alexandria Spinning & Weaving On Strike

Five thousand workers of the Alexandria-based United Arab and Polvara Spinning and Weaving Co. staged a labor strike, starting from last Saturday, protesting at not increasing shares, discriminating between workers

Egyptian Security Cancels Al Meseiri’s ”Analysis Of Jokes”

Egyptian state security police is currently fighting "jokes"; security forces blocked a seminar held by Dr. Abdul Wahab Al Meseiri about “the analysis of jokes”. In a serious precedent that reveals

Referendum on Constitution Next Week, MB Attitude In Coming 2 Days

The NDP hastily approved the constitutional amendments on Monday in order to hastily hold a referendum on them this March 26th. In an unexpected political surprise from the National Democratic Party

Al-Masri: No Political Rows Inside Hamas

Mushir Al Masri denies any internal conflict in Hamas over platform, slams appointing Dahlan as national security advisor. MP Mushir Al Masri, the secretary-general of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc,

Time for war or peace in the Middle East?

"Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may

Gamal Mubarak Faints During NDP General Secretariat Meeting

Gamal Mubarak, the undersecretary-general and head of policies committee in the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), fainted for five minutes before his meeting on Tuesday with the NDP General Secretariat

Police Detains Abdul Qoddous During Kifaya Demonstration

The Egyptian security forces arrested Mohamed Abdul Qoddous, the head of the freedoms committee in the Press Syndicate and Malek Mostafa, the blogger of MaLcoLM X (http://malek-x.net/) in the demonstration

From Remembrance to Resistance: Deir Yassin Day 2007 Commemorations

Marks & Spencers - Oxford Street (Marble Arch end) London - Thursday April 5th - 6-8 pm

Egypt’s New Rules Hit Islamic Group, Vote Monitors

Egypt’s parliament endorsed constitutional changes that ban religious political parties, reduce independent monitoring of elections and allow the president to override civil liberties to fight terrorism. Lawmakers voted late yesterday