There is a lot to be seen in any cult of personality. As a central point there is the overwhelming feeling, carefully inculcated in people that salvation always comes from above. What the people are led to believe in is that as far as [...]
There is a lot to be seen in any cult of personality. As a central point there is the overwhelming feeling, carefully inculcated in people that salvation always comes from above. What the people are led to believe in is that as far as [...]
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How often do you hear that some nation is full of corruption and greed? Just about every other nation on the planet according to the imperial hegemons is riddled with and by corruption. But you may well wonder where these countries if they are like that got the expertise from. The answer has always [...]
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CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt must “scrap” the most reviled laws of former president Hosni Mubarak‘s era if it wants to ensure free and fair parliamentary elections in September, the secretary general of Amnesty International said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Cairo, Salil Shetty expressed concern over the use of military courts to try civilians [...]
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Hezbollah and the Arab revolution The group’s leader keeps his ear close to the ground, bonding with the dispossessed and speaking their language. Heralded by millions of fans as ‘the mastermind of the resistance’ – and demonised by the US and Israel as a ’terrorist’, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah‘s rhetoric towards Syria is equally divisive [GALLO/GETTY] Is [...]
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Hosni Mubarak (2nd-R) is seen here with wife Suzanne (C) and their two sons Gamal (R) and Ala’a (2nd-L) [AFP] Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, and his two sons will go on trial starting August 3 in a Cairo criminal court for alleged graft and for their suspected role in killing protesters, Egyptian state news [...]
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Hosni Mubarak charged with murder Former president’s sons Alaa and Gamal are also referred to criminal court days before more planned protests in Egypt Share117 Reuters guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 May 2011 16.40 BST Article history Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been charged with murder. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Egypt referred Hosni Mubarak to court on Tuesday [...]
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Bio Samer Shehata is an assistant professor of Arab Politics at Georgetown University. He is the author of the book: “Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt” published in 2009. Samer has also written numerous articles on Arab politics for the International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe and the Arab Reform Bulletin. [...]
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PAUL JAY: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington. In Cairo today and in Egypt, more protests against the military regime. The struggle there is certainly not over. The military regime passed a law saying protests or strikes that get in the way of commerce are illegal. And last Saturday, they–military [...]
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Mubarak Denies Corruption, Abuse of Power As Investigations Begin, Former Dictator Threatens Lawsuits in Speech by Jason Ditz, April 10, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Long-standing Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was on Egyptian state televisionSunday, in his first appearance since his resignation in February. The broadcast came as Mubarak and his [...]
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