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US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous
Egypt

US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous

The US government announced last Friday that it would give the Egyptian military US$1.3 billion in aid for the 2012…
A year in review: Unfinished business
Egypt

A year in review: Unfinished business

Since the first Day of Revolt on 25 January, developments in Egypt have moved at a dizzying pace. There have…
US, Egyptian military, Islamists engage in precarious dance
Egypt

US, Egyptian military, Islamists engage in precarious dance

When Anwar Sadat abandoned Egypt’s alliance with the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s, he forged an alliance with the United…
Drop ‘dictator debt,’ activists and economists say
Business

Drop ‘dictator debt,’ activists and economists say

Egypt has a budget deficit of nearly 10 percent of GDP and the finance minister recently said that the country…
From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street
Egypt

From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street

The Occupy Wall Street protesters are now in their second month of camping out in New York City’s financial district…
Planned US protest gains Egyptian support
Egypt

Planned US protest gains Egyptian support

Egyptian activists are lending their support to a planned protest in Washington, DC, which US activists hope will become an…
Egypt warns of foreign meddling as US pushes on with democracy programs
Egypt

Egypt warns of foreign meddling as US pushes on with democracy programs

As Egypt prepares for its first free and fair parliamentary elections in recent memory this September, the US government and…
Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya
Egypt

Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya

In May, Al-Masry Al-Youm met with Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch Washington director, who visited Egypt last month briefly after spending some…
The Age of Deception: A peek inside ElBaradei’s work and Weltanschauung
Books

The Age of Deception: A peek inside ElBaradei’s work and Weltanschauung

Before Mohamed ElBaradei returned to Egypt in February 2010 and dramatically shook up the political scene with his calls for…
Will Saudi Arabia lead Egypt’s counter-revolution?
Egypt

Will Saudi Arabia lead Egypt’s counter-revolution?

  With Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule finished and much of the Arab world in a state of revolt, the time…
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