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Articles of the author Robert Gordon
Israel deports Eritreans, classifies them as Ethiopian
Israel is using a new tactic to deport Africans: classifying Eritrean nationals as Ethiopian, a new report published by Israeli media said. The Interior Ministry is challenging asylum claims by Eritreans who, it says, are Ethiopian and thus eligible (...)

26 - 08 - 2013
Egypt's Mubarak out of prison
CAIRO: Egyptian officials have released former dictator Hosni Mubarak from prison and will keep a close watch on the ailing man as he enters house arrest, military sources confirmed to Bikyanews.com on Thursday. The release has sparked international (...)

22 - 08 - 2013
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak ordered to be freed
CAIRO: Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be set free on Wednesday by a Cairo court. The former president's lawyer Fareed el-Deeb said his client could be out of prison by as early as Thursday. The move comes as the country faces (...)

21 - 08 - 2013
Morsi Timer counts down the end of the regime
CAIRO: A website launched on Monday following the Egyptian military's statements and ultimatum that gave President Mohamed Morsi 48 hours to come to a compromise with his political opponents is currently making the social media rounds. It's ticker (...)

03 - 07 - 2013
After American killed in Egypt, US urges against travel
CAIRO: Following a young American in Egypt who was killed Friday in Alexandria while photographing clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohammed Morsi, the United States Embassy in Cairo has urged against all travel to the country (...)

30 - 06 - 2013
Egypt preacher Abu Islam gets 11 years in prison for Bible-tearing
CAIRO: A Cairo court has sentenced Islamist preacher Ahmed Abdullah, known as "Abu Islam," to 11 years in prison on charges of tearing up a Bible, defaming religion and disturbing peace and security. The court ordered his detention for five years (...)

16 - 06 - 2013
Egypt activist give 6 months for insulting president
CAIRO: A court sentenced activist Ahmed Douma to six months in prison on Sunday, with the option of paying a bail of 5,000 Egyptian pounds to be released. Douma was accused of insulting the president and spreading false information with the purpose (...)

03 - 06 - 2013
In Egypt, it's Shia versus naked women
CAIRO: A statement from a member of Parliament of the ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party has argued that Shia are "more dangerous than naked women" in comments that have brought on an onslaught of sardonic comments as well as anger from Egypt's (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
Mubarak lawyer says client never spoke to media
CAIRO: A lawyer for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied that the aging former dictator had spoken to el-Watan newspaper, claiming the reporter and publication fabricated an interview that claimed Mubarak said it was "too early" to judge (...)

12 - 05 - 2013
Egypt women angry after president's advisor says harassment "exaggerated"
CAIRO: Egyptian women are livid after an advisor to President Mohamed Morsi said that statistics on sexual harassment and sexual violence in the country are "exaggerated." Omaima Kamel, on the Board for Women's Affairs, said on Wednesday that the (...)

08 - 05 - 2013
Breaking: Egypt's Mubarak detained for 15 more days
CAIRO: A Cairo court on Wednesday decided to detain ousted President Hosni Mubarak for 15 more days pending investigations into charges of graft, reported the news channel Al Jazeera. Mubarak's lawyers are pushing for his release and a retrial that (...)

08 - 05 - 2013
EgyptAir promises 25 percent discount, but doesn't give it
CAIRO: Egypt's national airline carrier EgyptAir promoted for the past few weeks a 25 percent discount on all tickets purchased on Tuesday in the country. However, when users went to reserve and buy tickets, they did not receive the promise (...)

07 - 05 - 2013
Insurance providers in Egypt gain competitive advantage through contact center
CAIRO: Opportunities for growth in the Egyptian insurance market are abundant. Sector growth can be seen in the increase in insurance premiums and in the amount of compensation the sector has been required to disburse. Stable insurance premium (...)

06 - 05 - 2013
Egypt Christians face uncertain future as kidnappings mount
CAIRO: Kidnapping of young Coptic Christian girls in Egypt have reportedly been on the rise in recent weeks and has left many in the country questioning the role of the government and police in protecting girls in the North African country. In (...)

05 - 05 - 2013
Egypt's Naguib Sawiris returns after "exile"
CAIRO: Egypt's wealthy billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who had been on self-imposed "exile," returned to Egypt on Friday and was reportedly "warmly welcomed" by the government he had opposed and left the country because of last year. Sawiris returns to (...)

04 - 05 - 2013
Egypt's Mubarak-era interior minister to get retrial on May 14
CAIRO: A Cairo appeals court has set May 14 for the first hearing of the retrial of Hosni Mubarak's Interior Minister Habib al-Adly in graft and money-laundering charges. Egypt's Cassation Court had ordered the retrial of the former minister after (...)

02 - 05 - 2013
Over 500 killed in Syria on Sunday
CAIRO: Activists and human rights organization have reported a staggering number of people killed in Syria on Sunday to be over 500 in total. It is yet another dark day in Syria, where tens of thousands of people have been killed in the ongoing (...)

21 - 04 - 2013
US to double “non-lethal” aid to Syria
CAIRO: United States top foreign policy official John Kerry said that his government would be doubling non-lethal aid to Syria in an effort to help end the violence in the country, which has spiraled out of control. At least 500 people were killed (...)

21 - 04 - 2013
Egypt's Mubarak to be released pending retrial
CAIRO: In a move that has already seen activists voice anger and contempt at the judicial system in Egypt, former dictator Hosni Mubarak is to be freed pending a retrial in his case for killing protesters in the January 2011 uprising that ousted him (...)

20 - 04 - 2013
IMF calls on Egypt to drop energy subsidies
CAIRO: In a move that is likely to anger many in Egypt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during its latest visit to the country, urged the Egyptian government to end all energy subsidies as part of a new $4.8 billion loan that Cairo has been (...)

18 - 04 - 2013
Egypt's Brotherhood leader Erian blames ElBaradei for Iraq war
CAIRO: Deputy of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, Essam al-Erian, holds Nobel Laureate and opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei accountable for the 2003 U.S. war on Iraq. In a statement on his official (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
Ethiopia, Egypt fans ready for May 25 friendly
CAIRO and ADDIS ABABA: Egypt and Ethiopia announced that they would play a friendly football match in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on May 25. The announcement comes as both hope to build on recent success and qualify for the 2014 World (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
Egypt cancels commercial flights to Iran amidst anger, protests
CAIRO: Egypt has temporarily suspended commercial flights to and from Iran until mid-June, days after the first such flight in 34 years between the countries provoked protests from hardline Sunni Islamists in Cairo. On April 5, scores of Islamist (...)

08 - 04 - 2013
As Egypt's Christians mourn dead, teargas, gunfire outside Cathedral
CAIRO: In a shocking display of violence, clashing took place near Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the center of Egypt's capital, Cairo, on Sunday as thousands took to the streets to mourn the four Christians killed the day before in (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
Egypt wants more from IMF loan
CAIRO: In what experts and NGOs are saying is a strange development, Egypt has reportedly asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase the previous demand of $4.8 billion for a loan, the planning minister was reported to have said in (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
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