February 5, 2008 – Page 2

Activites February 5, 2008

Judges’ Club Threatens More Measures Unless New Financial Cadre Endorsed

The Judges’ Club is preparing for a new battle for improving judges’ salaries and for endorsing a new financial cadre (degree), especially as prices are uncontrollably sky-rocketing in the current

Palestine Parliament News February 5, 2008

MB Bloc Denounces Palestinian Egyptian Border Skirmishes

Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim, vice-chairman and spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc, lamented the skirmishes that took place place at Egypt-Gaza borders on Monday evening killing a Palestinian citizen

Other Issues February 5, 2008

Egyptian Administrative Justice Orders Engineers Syndicate Sequestration Lifted

The Administrative Court issued a ruling on Sunday Feb, 3rd, 2008, in which it ordered Sequestration over the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate be lifted. The court overturned also the decision of

MB in International press February 5, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood Drafts Party Platform

Egyptian political scientist Amr Hamzawy is at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace here in Washington. "It is going to be up to the Muslim Brotherhood in this very specific

Human Rights February 5, 2008

Drug, commodity Shortage Hits North Sinai After Palestinian Crisis

Under the current high costs of living already engulfing Egyptian people nowadays, people in North Sinai governorates faced more difficulties due to the sharp decrease in consumer commodities and drugs.

Human Rights Prisoners of Conscience February 5, 2008

State Court Dismisses Ayman Nour’s Health Release Appeal

Egypt’s State Court rejected the appeal submitted by Ayman Nour, previous leader of Al-Ghad Party, against the attorney general in which he demands overturning the Administrative court’s ruling of denying

Human Rights Reports February 5, 2008

Report: 2007 Worst for Egyptian journalists

The International Committee to Protect Journalists held a press conference on Monday morning Feb, 4th 2008, in the Egyptian Press Syndicate where it declared its report entitled "Aggressions against the

Human Rights February 5, 2008

Torture does not work, as history shows

"Torture works," an American special forces major – now, needless to say, a colonel – boasted to a colleague of mine a couple of years ago. It seems that the

Iraq Wikileaks February 5, 2008

Leak on Cross-Border Chases From Iraq

American military forces in Iraq were authorized to pursue former members of Saddam Hussein’s government and terrorists across Iraq’s borders into Iran and Syria, according to a classified 2005 document

Other Issues February 5, 2008

George Bush Delivers the Horse’s Head

Two weeks ago George Bush was sent on a mission to the Middle East to deliver a horse’s head. We all remember the disturbing scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The

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