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Egypt appoints new CEO for state-owned oil firm

Egypt is working to secure oil and gas supply deals on favorable credit terms from major Arab producers in an attempt to ease fuel shortages and a government cash crunch that have proved politically damaging for the country's Islamist President Mohammed

Egyptian police block Rafah border

Reuters | one hour ago Ofer Lefler, spokesman for the Israel Airports Authority, which also controls Israel's land crossings, confirmed traffic, had stopped in both directions because of the police action at al-Awja, known in Israel as the Nitzana crossi

ICIEC: Newsletter - Issue 23 (May-13)

Two ideologically opposed Egyptian political groups are banding together to check the ruling Muslim Brotherhood's growing... New regional insurance regulations, alongside a rise in activity in the agricultural sector, could pave the way for... A lack of

Egypt faces social pressure to end alcohol sales

Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society itself. The shelves of Amir Aziz's central Cairo premises are stacked with beer, wine and spirits, but they a

Riyadh strives to avoid Afghan-style blowback from conflict

...The Islamist rebels among opposition fighters battling the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad include independents, Muslim Brotherhood allies, Salafists and the jihadists of the Nusra Front, which has pledged alliance to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri....

US State Department: Daily Press Briefing - May 17, 2013

Daily Press Briefings : Daily Press Briefing - May 17, 2013 05/17/2013 08:51 PM EDT Jen Psaki Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC May 17, 2013 Index for Today's Briefing SYRIA Reports on the Transfer of Weapons Systems from Russia London 11

Unlikely Alliance to Oppose Egypt's Rulers

...leaders say.\"The members of Al Nour and the National Salvation Front are taking the same stance: We don't want the Muslim Brotherhood to control everything,\" said Hamdeen Sabahi, a prominent secular leader who came third in the 2012 presidential elections....

Egypt cops expand kidnap protest

...crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, to help free the seven. Presidential spokesman Omar Amer told Egyptian state television no talks were taking place...

Bassem Youssef Brings Down House at 12th Arab Media Forum

...satirist Bassem Youssef regales AMF audience (Abu-Fadil) He justified his attacks on Morsi and the president's ruling Muslim Brotherhood movement by saying satire and criticism had existed through the ages. Youssef, who's appeared before an Egyptian magistrate...

The Region: Where does Israel’s greatest threat lie?

...the power it has gained, especially in Egypt. The country is in economic difficulties and these are being intensified by Muslim Brotherhood misrule. Rather than raise their countries to the peak of military-economic efficiency, the Islamist regimes are wrecking...

Two Egyptian journalists, critical of Mursi, face trial

...and Alaa El-Ghatrify, its managing editor, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported. El-Watan is fiercely critical of Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that dominates the post-Hosni Mubarak Egypt. Secularists and liberals have denounced what...

Craziest Republican of the Day: E.W. Jackson

...from a Muslim perspective. His construct of \"The Muslim World\" is unique in modern diplomacy. It is said that only The Muslim Brotherhood and other radical elements of the religion use that concept. It is a call to unify Muslims around the world... Those who...

Why Russia Supports Iran

...that control of the Muslim Middle East hangs in the balance, with the main players in the struggle being Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Sunni elements, and Turkey. I think they have decided that the “strong horse” is Iran and the Shiites. In addition,...

Kidnapping damages reputation of Sinai tribes: Bedouin spokesperson

...on Thursday that interior ministry policies had left a painful legacy among local tribesmen, especially under the current Muslim Brotherhood-led government. El-Asati added, \"The security apparatus do not respect tribal traditions or customs,\" he said. \"We...

Tehran for Azerbaijan’s Progress, Welfare

...of the Caucasus Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh. He said that Tehran-Baku cooperation is based on brotherhood and religion, underlining that Iran and Azerbaijan have always stood by each other and would continue to do so. Ahmadinejad...

Ex-Jordanian Spy: Abdullah is Anti-Israel

...an extreme luxury. Hadaddeen described the cooperation between the Jordanian monarchy and members of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, claiming that the Jordanian monarchy has supported the Muslim Brotherhood for decades. Hadaddeen decided to abandon the Jordanian...

CNN, BBC Dropped By Cable Provider In Vietnam

...of Egyptian journalists, writers and artists take part in a demonstration in downtown Cairo on August 23, 2012, against the Muslim Brotherhood and the detention of journalists, in support of Egyptian editor Islam Afifi. Afifi, who is facing charges of spreading...

New wave of blasphemy charges - and hypocrisy - in Egypt

...issues a verdict. I have seen it all,” he said. The end of the article is more interesting than the beginning: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood likes to project itself as a more moderate Islamist group when compared to the ultraconservative Salafis, but they still...

Egyptian Police Block Israel Border Crossing in Fury at Kidnapping

...the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, to help free the seven. Dozens of police expanded the protest on Sunday by blocking the al-Awja ......