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‘No elections without guarantees’

The Coalition of Egyptian Opposition Parties (CEOP), which includes the official opposition parties of the Wafd, Tagammu, the Nasserists and Democratic Front, held a one-day conference on 8 August calling

Dr. ElBaradei to CNN: I am no new Pharaoh

CNN program "African voices" recently interviewed former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei who had recently emerged onto Egypt 's political arena much to the distaste of the ruling regime

Egypt’s Security Forces investigate NDP members

"State Security forces in Kafr El-Sheikh summoned dozens of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) members who planned to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections on the party's official list.

Alexandria: Reform posters destroyed by “akhbar alyawm” vehicles

State security in Alexandria ordered posters and banners hung by members of the Muslim Brotherhood to be destroyed in a vicious act of vendetta.

Student from Gaza tells story of his torture by Egyptian officers

A Palestinian young man who used the name Talal as his pseudonym revealed shocking details of his detention in Egyptian jails and his exposure to severe torture at the hands

Ashkenazi takes full responsibility for May flotilla massacre

Israeli military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi during the publicized Turkel investigation into the deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla said he is fully responsible for all operations carried out

30 Italian organizations join Freedom Flotilla 2

The humanitarian Freedom Flotilla 2 aid convoy, which is expected to be launched before end of year in an effort to break the four-year long siege on the Gaza Strip,

Egyptian minister calls on Muslims worldwide to visit Jerusalem

Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq the Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments has urged Muslims worldwide to visit Jerusalem and affirm its Islamic identity.

Another insult to Christianity: meet the Methodist Friends of Israel

Stuart Littlewood looks at how Israel’s mouthpieces in the UK, from Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council to a band

Court in Alexandria supports release of MB leader Ali Abdel-Fattah

The Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Alexandria upheld a court decision to release Muslim Brotherhood leader Ali Abdel-Fattah and 5 of the Muslim Brotherhood after they were arrested from their homes