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Egypt’s new golden age of television

Satellite TV has created something of a media revolution in Egypt. With some help from the blogosphere, the ordinary citizens and their concerns have suddenly become a market.

Six Years of Guantanamo

The Bush administration has maintained a low profile over the last month, as waves of indignation over the destruction of CIA videotapes showing the torture of two "high value" detainees

Court Rejects Government’s Attempt to Deport Egyptian to Torture (1/10/2008)

In the first decision of its kind, a federal judge today ordered the government to stop the deportation of Egyptian national Sameh Khouzam based on a secret and unreliable “assurance”

What America Must Do

America’s relationship with the world is in disrepair. Anger, resentment, and fear have replaced the respect the United States once enjoyed. Foreign Policy magazine asked a group of the world’s

Gause: Saudis ‘Very Anxious’ to Hear Bush Views on Iran

F. Gregory Gause III, a leading expert on Saudi Arabia, says Saudi officials are “anxious” to hear President Bush’s views on Iran during his forthcoming visit. He says Saudi leaders

Muslim Brotherhood- To Trust Or Not To Trust?

The government of President Mubarak has long been hostile to the Muslim Brotherhood which it claims seeks to overthrow democracy in Egypt and substitute a fundamentalist religious government that would

CSID EMAIL BULLETIN – January 11, 2008

The remedy for fanaticism is to support and promote proponents of moderate Islam, to bring back the glory of Andalusia, Cordoba and Granada and to prepare a cadre of Imams

Hamas captives condemn Bush’s statements and criticise Abas’s lack of response

Hamas captives in Israeli jails condemned statements made by US President Bush in Ramallah calling them "a naked attack on our people and their right to struggle against those who

Did Hillary Really Win New Hampshire?

That is what some people are wondering, after looking closely at the totals in the votes for surprise Democratic primary victor Hillary Clinton, and for Barack Obama, who placed instead

IOF shelling kills Palestinian old lady, two others

IOF shelling of Palestinian civilian neighborhoods in northern Gaza late Wednesday killed the 52-year-old Palestinian woman Khadra Wahdan and a young man while earlier in the morning it killed a