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Washington says Egypt leading piracy battle

The US government explained that Egypt is leading the working group on public information, while the UK is leading a team specialized in military coordination and information exchange.

Prospects for Egypt in 2010

Since 2005, when the administration of US President George W Bush was weighing heavily on Cairo to carry out democratic reforms, Egypt has experienced a tumultuous few years.

The New Deal in Reverse

On March 4, 1933, the day he took office, Franklin Roosevelt excoriated the “money changers” who “have fled from their high seats in the temples of our civilization [because...] they

Headlines from the region

On Monday, Mr. Kamel Morjane, the Minister of Defense, inaugurated the works of the 12th Military Medicine Congress in Gammarth north of Tunis.

Iraq fell into chaos after US ignored Blair envoy’s advice not to sack all Baathists

Tony Blair’s top diplomat in Baghdad was ignored when he urged the Americans not to sack 25,000 Baathist officials, the Iraq inquiry was told yesterday.

Erdogan warns Israel on Iranian spying

Israel would face dire consequences if it violated Turkish airspace to spy on Iran, the Turkish prime minister said in an interview with an Egyptian journalist.

Victory at Last!

The Iraq War has yet to begin to go away, the Afghan War is being escalated in a major way, the Middle East is in some turmoil, Guantanamo remains open,

US must spell out its attitude

A senior Middle East specialist has called on decision-makers in Washington to spell out their attitude towards the Islamic movements in the region

Israeli radio: Ramallah and Washington hinder the Shalit deal

Israeli radio revealed on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority and Washington are hindering a prisoner exchange deal whereby Palestinian captives are released from Israeli occupation jails in exchange for the

Egypt-Algeria World Cup violence used to rally support for Mubarak regime

Street-level clashes between fans that began over a soccer game between Algeria and Egypt last week have escalated into an international diplomatic incident that goes to the core of Egypt's