The New York Times Mubarak's Wife Says Husband Has Been Vindicated Nearly four years after the popular uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power in disgrace, his wife, Suzanne Mubarak, is celebrating his vindication, she told a Kuwaiti journalist in an interview published online over the weekend. "I had been praying to God to prolong the life of President Mubarak so that he may live to see his acquittal of accusations and lies," Mrs. Mubarak said, referring to recent court decisions dropping convictions for murder and corruption handed down after the revolt. It was the first time Mrs. Mubarak had spoken publicly since her husband's ouster, and her comments appeared to be part of a campaign to rehabilitate his image. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/world/middleeast/mubaraks-wife-says-husband-has-been-vindicated.html?_r=0 Turkish Press Turkey stresses Egypt's importance for region Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu highlighted Egypt's importance for its region and said his country objects to the current Egyptian regime, during his visit to Kuwait. Cavusoglu held a joint press conference with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah on Sunday. When asked about how Egypt's renewing its relations with Gulf countries would affect Turkey, Cavusoglu said Egypt is an important country for Muslim world, Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. Read more: http://www.turkishpress.com/news/418765/ Al-Monitor Four years later, Egypt's January 25 Revolution is a faded dream The fourth anniversary of the revolution is drawing near. Four years of struggle and fighting have led to a society falling prey to the clash of the titans, a clash that belongs to the previous century. The revolution's dreams and hopes of building a new society have faded away. The past year in Egypt was marred with blood, fear and murder; the two major powers of the society declared a fierce war to eliminate the other, and neither of them would settle for a tie. Meanwhile, the military seems to be starting the New Year with more strength than the Muslim Brotherhood: which will soon be forgotten. Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2015/01/egypt-brotherhood-conflict-titans.html##ixzz3PLVm7X28 The Telegraph Egypt's shame Of all the events that have shamed Egypt's rulers, the farcical trial and conviction of three journalists from al-Jazeera was among the most egregious. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have now spent 370 days in jail since being arrested in December 2013 on the absurd charge of aiding terrorism. Yesterday's decision by the Cairo court to order a retrial offers the first glimmer of hope since this sorry episode began. The journalists are still behind bars, but the ruling by the Court of Cassation implicitly concedes that their first trial was indeed a travesty of justice, for why else would a re-run be necessary? It is worth remembering how the original proceedings soon degenerated into a chaotic shambles. With the benefit of evidence that included footage of African wildlife shot by one of the reporters for a documentary, a judge reached the quixotic conclusion that Messrs Greste, Fahmy and Mohamed had all promoted terrorism in Egypt. The men were duly sentenced to seven years in prison and Mr Fahmy, a dual Canadian-Egyptian national, was denied treatment for a broken shoulder bone while in custody. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11320699/Egypts-shame.html
