Independent papers follow closely MB issues

With elections approaching independent newspapers are primarily interested in bringing across the facts relaying Egypt 's electoral atmosphere with the standoff between the NDP and the Muslim Brotherhood occupying the

Erdogan: US is backing Israel’s state terrorism

-- Turkish premier Recep Erdogan has lashed out at the US administration for not denouncing the Israeli "terrorism" against Turkish citizens.

Poets and political activists: the case of Liu Xiaobo

Paul J. Balles considers the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award Chinese dissident and poet Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize by looking at the qualities that are common to

Pentagon author exposes Zelikow’s key role in 9/11 cover-up

Maidhc ? Cathail views recent evidence provided by a former US intelligence official indicating that Philip Zelikov, executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States,

NDP members vow to vote for MB candidate

Members of the National Democratic Party in the Egyptian constituency of Ismailia asserted that they would vote for the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Dr. Hamdy Ismail in the upcoming parliamentary election

Another dawn and another bout of MB arrests

As dawn breaks Egypt 's MB faced further crackdowns as security forces raided and ransacked the houses of 3 MB leaders in Sharqiya and four in Qalyubiya.

Sharqiya’s MB supporters hauled in by police

The recent announcement of MB candidates fielded to run in the elections has triggered even further arrests by state security.

Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards

When CNN fired Rick Sanchez last week for his bumbling comments about Jon Stewart, Jews in the media and his own bosses, it was treated for the most part as

How Radical Christian Conservatives May Succeed in Destroying Democracy

There is a yearning by tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement, to destroy the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment.

Oxfam: Palestinian olive oil profits affected by settler violence

A new Oxfam report highlights that while the olive oil sector generates income and employment in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), numerous obstacles ranging from a lack of investment in