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Egypt’s Christians Outraged By Court Ruling

Many rights groups criticized the verdict as being "unbelievable" and "extremely harsh" towards the Copts. All the Muslims defendants, "who torched at least 56...

Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Appears Set to Face Former Prime Minister in Egyptian Runoff

But only Friday morning did it appear that second place would go to Ahmed Shafik, a former Air Force general who briefly served as...

Egypt’s Copts Vote – Between Islamists And A Hard Place

With some six million registered voters in a close election, the Copts could influence which candidates make it to a June 16 run-off vote....

Senate Panel Votes to Cut Aid for Pakistan, Egypt

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman of the subcommittee, and the panel's top Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said money for Pakistan...

Crime Wave Is the Main Topic of Egyptian Vote

Now all the presidential candidates vow to make the restoration of security their top priority — pledging to get the police back to work,...

Egyptian Women Feel Excluded, Despite the Promise of the Revolution

Military rulers did not include any women in the committee that wrote constitutional amendments adopted in a nationwide referendum last year. And there are...

From Mubarak to Worse 



"Over the course of the last year, prices at the market have skyrocketed inexcusably. One kilogram of tomatoes just jumped from one to five...

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