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People of the decade: From Osama to Obama

Osama bin Laden and Barack Obama are the two men who are the symbolic bookends of the 2000s: bin Laden, the man who masterminded the attacks on the World Trade

Education ministers face down critics

Yosri El-Gamal and Hani Hilal, the ministers of education and higher education, faced a torrent of interpellations submitted by nine opposition and independent MPs on Saturday.

Open Letter To President Mubarak From The Gaza Freedom March

Dear President Mubarak; We, representing 1,362 individuals from 43 countries arriving in Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, are pleading to the Egyptians and your reputation for hospitality.

Badee: We will continue on Qutb’s path to reform.

He gave tribute to his colleagues and personal friends and highly ranked leaders Dr Abdul Monem Abul Fotouh and Dr Mohamed Habib who were sidelined in the current elections stressing

Statement by the MB concerning current events.

The Muslim Brotherhood movement has recently been under the spotlight facing speculation and skepticism by a numbered few; and in light of this, the movement has demonstrated resilience while stoically

Hawkish coup

Conservative members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood swept the board in the outlawed group's internal elections on Monday in what many viewed as an internal Brotherhood coup.

Report: Joint American-Palestinian torture of prisoners

The Guardian newspaper accused the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Palestinian Security officers of torturing members of Hamas in the West Bank.

Egypt Swine flu deaths rise to 86

The Egyptian health ministry reported on Sunday a further two new deaths as a result of the H1N1 virus, or Swine flu, bringing the official total of dead in the

Interview with British MP George Galloway from Viva Palestina convoy

Bikya Masr sat down with British Member of Parliament George Galloway as he traverses Europe, leading the third Viva Palestina convoy from the UK to Gaza in order to deliver

Algerian publishers to boycott Cairo book fair

Maybe the war between Algeria and Egypt is not quite finished. The Cairo International Book Fair, to be held this January, has already experienced the fallout of the recent football