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Egypt`s Presidential Elections: A Revolution at the Crossroads (Video)

Documentary revisits Egyptian uprising; Tahrir square; the toppling of a dictator and explores the arduous road to democracy and the daunting challenges that await the country.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - It was not at all an easy job when I looked back at what happened in Egypt during the last 16 months.

Violent political storms gripped the country and turmoil ensued, so hard to put it in words...

EBRD ensure that Concrete Benchmarks in the Country Assessments for Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes, writes to EBRD Pres. Thomas Mirow about Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.

(SALEM) - Serious, ongoing human rights abuse continues to plague Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco.

The continuance of these egregious conditions cast great doubt on the hope of the three governments remaining committed to multiparty democracy and pluralism.

Sadat`s War on Israel: A Heroic or a Collusive Act

“Conciliation between Cairo and Tel Aviv was not Kissinger’s idea, besides he never expected the bold diplomatic move by Sadat whom he never took seriously. But all that was to change after the October war 1973″

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - One of the most controversial articles has been circulating the web since last February about President Sadat.

An alleged conspiracy with the Israelis, betraying his ally Syria, condemned the Syrian army to destruction and Damascus to bombardment...

Is the Biblical Exodus a Myth?

A response to Dr. Ashraf Ezzat's article, In Ancient Egypt, Canaan Revisited Without Israel

(NEW YORK) - An Egyptian physician, Dr. Ashraf Ezzat, has recently decided to question the historicity of the biblical Exodus (see Salem News).

As part of this pursuit, he claims that while the story (‘myth’ to him) is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible hundreds of times, it is only once mentioned in ancient Egyptian annals.

At Coptic Pope Funeral: Hypatia & Library of Alexandria Remembered

“The rise of the Coptic church in Alexandria coincided with the destruction of its famous library, the desecration of its ancient temples and sanctuaries, and the murder of its last philosopher, Hypatia.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Ironically, Modern day Copts are enduring through the same persecution their early patriarchs had inflicted upon the minority of devotees of the ancient Egyptian beliefs.

But now, the question is not whether history repeats itself or not, for it certainly does, rather we should wonder if man ever took notice of the recurrence?

All the News from All Angles

Why do Western media lie repeating the slogan "Reporting all the news from all angles” when they know they don’t?

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - This morning burning tires on the highway filled the air with black smoke and blocked traffic. Yesterday, Molotov cocktails killed a policeman trying to keep order.

The day before saw oil spread on the roads so that cars would slip and slide and collide with each other.

IOF Attacks Kill 12 Palestinians, Wound 21

Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a house north of Gaza city wounding four people including a child.

(GAZA STRIP) - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a series of air raids on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours killing 12 Palestinians and wounding 21 others.

The IOF warplanes bombed a civilian car in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza at dawn Saturday killing a 26-yerar-old man and injuring four others.

Israeli Soldiers Kill Three More Palestinians, Fire at Funeral

The raids on Saturday thus increased the number of those killed to 16 since Friday.

(GAZA Al Qassam website) - Israeli forces killed three more Palestinians in fresh raids on Gaza and Rafah on Saturday afternoon and fired at a funeral of a number of those killed in yesterday’s raids.

The higher committee for emergency and ambulance services said in a statement that four citizens were wounded in the same raids.

Israel Assassinates PRC Secretary General & Three Others

Zuhair Qaisi is the third PRC leader to be killed since its establishment 12 years ago.

(GAZA Al Qassam website) - Israeli occupation forces conducted an airstrike Friday in Gaza city, assassinating PRC secretary-general Zuhair Qaisi and Mahmoud Hanani, a Nablus native freed from Israeli custody four years earlier.

A third Palestinian sustained serious wounds in the strike, medics said.

The True Story Behind the Egypt NGO Deal

“Surprise, surprise – operating without a license, the foreign NGOs worked on CIA plans for Egypt’s partition”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The ultimate goal of the raids on Egypt’s NGOs and the blocking of its operations and workers on the ground is to set the stage for rigging the looming presidential elections”

An official at Cairo airport has revealed last Thursday that the US military plane which arrived in Cairo to take the 15 NGO workers, including 8 Americans, out of the country was “secured” by a “supreme Egyptian authority.”