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03 Nov 09
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01 Nov 09
Robert Fisk’s World: The truth about the Middle East is buried beneath the headlines - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent
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Our masters prefer us not to tangle with the bad guys as well as good guys. Years ago, a Time magazine reporter in Cairo packed his note-book with facts about the routine Egyptian police torture of prisoners. But the US ambassador in Cairo persuaded the bureau chief to hold off because he understood that Mubarak was going to "crack down" on such abuses. Ho ho! Time didn't run the story and, of course, the abuses got worse. Shortly afterwards, jail guards were forcing Egyptian prisoners to rape each other.
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And nothing has changed. The big Western news agencies which have headquartered their Middle East offices in Cairo are as loath to touch these stories today as they were more than a decade ago. It's just the same in that other friendly Muslim ally of ours, Turkey. But let's start in Cairo. When the "peace process" – remember that tacky phrase? – was about to reach fruition almost 15 years ago, the big wire agencies poured millions into new offices and staffs in Mubarak's gleaming capital of democracy. And what happened? As usual, the Egyptian Mukhabarat security agencies inserted their own lads into the bureaux – or blackmailed Egyptian reporting staff – to spy on the journalistic output. All bureau chiefs in Cairo know who their local spies are. But, of course, they can't dismiss them.
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24 Oct 09
Mystery Beauty waits to be Queen of the Nile - Times Online
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A fluent English speaker, she works for her father, Mahmoud el-Gamal, who owns
one of Egypt’s largest construction companies and vast property holdings. At
weekends she occasionally plays football at the Gezira Sporting Club -
The couple married in a lavish private wedding ceremony and live in the
wealthy Cairo suburb of Zamalek.
12 Oct 09
Egypt: The police state - Bikya Masr
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The search policy is by no means new; students were subjected to this sort of thing routinely in previous years. Students have become accustomed to it and open their bags well before they reach the responsible official. Such searches are unconstitutional, but that doesn’t stop them from doing it. Article 41 of the Egyptian Constitution states that “no person may be arrested, inspected, detained or have his freedom restricted in any way or be prevented from free movement except by an order necessitated by investigations and the preservation of public security. This order shall be given by the competent judge or the Public Prosecution in accordance with the provisions of the law.”
BBC NEWS | Africa | Guinea strike call over killings
I wish them luck. The situation over there is terrible according to the reports I read over the net.
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