Egypt to recall Israel envoy over Sinai shootings!

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bbc.co.uk / 20 August 2011 Last updated at 13:06 GMT.

Egyptians gathered outside the Israeli embassy for a second day of protests.

Egyptian state TV has said the country is recalling its ambassador to Israel until Israel explains why it reportedly shot dead five Egyptian policemen.

Demanding an apology, Egypt's cabinet was quoted as saying Cairo held Israel politically and legally responsible and was summoning the Israeli ambassador.

Israel says it will investigate the shooting, said to have happened as its forces pursued Palestinian militants.

The latest violence began on Thursday when gunmen attacked Israeli buses.

Eight people were killed in the attacks, near the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat.

Egyptian officials say Israeli forces chased the suspected militants across the border, and a number of people were killed - including the policemen.

Tensions between Israel and Egypt have escalated sharply, the BBC's Yolande Knell reports from Jerusalem.

Their 30-year-old peace treaty was already being tested after the long-time Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak, was forced from office earlier this year, our correspondent says.

'Erosion of order'

Hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo overnight, burning the Israeli flag and demanding that the Israeli ambassador be expelled from the country. Protests were reportedly continuing on Saturday morning.

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HOSNI MUBARAK TRAIL: Extraordinary Precautions Taken for Mubarak Trial!

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By HEBA AFIFY, / nytimes.com / Published: August 2, 2011.

CAIRO — Egypt’s interim military government took strong preventive steps on Tuesday to secure the trial location where Hosni Mubarak, the deposed president, was scheduled to face charges of corruption and the killings of Egyptians during the tumultuous 18 days of revolution that led to his forced resignation nearly six months ago.

The prospect that Mr. Mubarak, a former Arab strongman who for nearly 30 years routinely imprisoned political adversaries, would now be called to account in a public trial televised live has transfixed Egypt and much of the Arab world. Many Egyptians remained skeptical that it would actually happen in the final hours before the scheduled start on Wednesday morning. A conviction could carry the death penalty.

The Ministry of Interior and the Army said 5,000 soldiers and officers backed by 50 tanks and armored vehicles would be deployed along the route where Mr. Mubarak and his co-defendants, including his two sons, would be transported to court as well as the court itself, a Cairo police academy. Officials said barbed wire would ring the police academy to stop intruders, and security forces would surround the facility’s outer fence.

No one will be allowed inside except the 600 people with the permits, plus civil rights lawyers and a small number of the families of victims of the Mr. Mubarak’s failed effort to crush the revolution.

Officials said their security plan included ways to ensure separation between the people attending the trial and the accused, to avoid any verbal or physical assaults on the defendants themselves.

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION-II?: Egypt to have elections in October!

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PTI / The Hindu / CAIRO, July 21, 2011.

A child walks on graffiti supporting victims of January 25th uprising at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. File photo - AP.

Egypt will go for new general elections in October, the country’s military council has announced, but has barred international monitors to observe the upcoming polls, designed to move the nation back to civilian rule.

The Council said that preparations for the elections to the Lower and Upper Houses would be completed by September and voting will begin “30 days later” in three stages, Al Arabiya news channel reported.

“The exact poll dates for the Parliamentary elections, the first since January 25 uprising, would be announced after September 18,” General Mamdouh Shaheen, a ruling Council member told reporters here.

The General who outlined the new poll laws said barring foreign monitors was necessary step to protect Egypt’s sovereignty, a decision which was swiftly criticised by thousands of activists staging a renewed sit—in at the Tahrir Square, who said it would raise doubts about the transparency of the process.

“We have nothing to hide,” the General claimed, but we reject anything that affects our sovereignty.

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION-II: Egypt PM names new ministers in face of protests!

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By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press / Jul 17, 5:06 PM EDT.

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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's prime minister named 12 new Cabinet members Sunday in a reshuffle under pressure from protesters demanding a purge of remnants of the former regime, state television reported.

A lawyer for Hosni Mubarak, meanwhile, said the ousted president had suffered a stroke and was in a coma - a claim that was quickly denied by Mubarak's lead doctor.

The former president is set to face trial in about two weeks on charges he ordered the killings of protesters during the 18-day uprising that ousted him on Feb. 11. A conviction could carry the death penalty and activists suspect his lawyer may be using health problems as a ruse to sway public opinion and perhaps even win amnesty.

State TV dubbed the new government lineup the "Revolution Cabinet." Most of the ministers were relative newcomers, clearly a way to avoid further criticism by the protesters.

Thousands of Egyptians have returned to Tahrir Square, the epicenter of Egypt's uprising, complaining that change has come too slow under the military council that took over power.

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AFRICA: Ancient Egypt treasure gate unearthed in Luxor!

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• July 3, 2011 
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• A handout picture released from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a 2,700-year-old, stone gate belonging to Nubian King Shabaka, unearthed by Egyptian and French archaeologists while digging near Luxor's Karnak temple, the ministry of antiquities said - AFP.

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• Egyptian and French archaeologists have unearthed a 2,700-year-old stone gate belonging to Nubian King Shabaka while digging near Luxor's Karnak temple, the ministry of antiquities said on Sunday.
  The gate, which was found to be "in good condition," once led to the room holding the king's treasures, the ministry said.
  "It is the first time an item of the 25th dynasty has been found in such good condition, and wasn't ruined by the 26th dynasty," Mansur Boraik, the Egyptian head of the Franco-Egyptian Research Centre of the Temples of Karnak, told AFP.
  The large stone door features colourful engravings that depict King Shabaka offering the goddess of truth, Maat, to the god Amun Raa, the chief deity.
  "The Egyptian-French mission succeeded in making important discoveries from the 18th to the 25th dynasties," minister of state for antiquities Zahi Hawass said in a statement.

 

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION-II: Egyptians protest, demand justice after Mubarak!

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AP / The Hindu / CAIRO, July 8, 2011.

Protestors wave a giant Egyptian flag at Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo on Friday - AP.

Egyptians held one of their biggest protests in months as thousands took to the streets in Cairo and other cities on Friday to demand justice for victims of Hosni Mubarak’s regime and press the country’s new military rulers for a clear plan on transition to democracy.

There is growing frustration among Egyptians that little has changed five months after the 18-day uprising forced the former president to step down on Feb. 11. There has also been confusion over what comes next, with some demanding the military push back parliamentary elections that it set for September.

Riots and protests have been escalating over what many see as the reluctance of the military rulers, who took over after Mubarak, to prosecute police and former regime officials for the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the uprising.

Many believe that although Mr. Mubarak and some much-hated figures under him are no longer in power, the pillars of his regime are still in place, including such key institutions as the judiciary, the police and civil service.

Earlier this week, seven policemen in the city of Suez were freed on bail during their trial for the killing of the protesters. Their release set off two days of rioting by angry families who accused the judiciary of corruption. Other former regime officials were acquitted from corruption charges, also raising the ire of many.

“Things are going in the wrong direction,” said Lilian Wagdy, one of the protesters massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the anti-Mubarak uprising. She said military trials are held for civilians, while trials of security officials are postponed or they get released.

In scenes reminiscent of the 18-day uprising, civilian checkpoints were erected around Tahrir to prevent thugs from mixing in with demonstrators and potentially causing violence since there were no police or military in the area.

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION-II: Acquittals of Ex-Officials Feed Anger Across Egypt!

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By LIAM STACK / http://www.nytimes.com / Published: July 5, 2011.

CAIRO — An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday acquitted three former government ministers of corruption while convicting a fourth in absentia, verdicts most likely to further inflame public anger over the pace of efforts to hold former officials accountable for killing more than 800 people during the country’s 18-day revolution.

The acquittals were seen as especially provocative because they followed by one day a separate Cairo court decision to release on bail seven police officers charged with killing 17 protesters and wounding 350 in the city of Suez during the revolution. That decision set off a riot at the courthouse and led protesters to block a major highway for hours.

The decisions have aggravated growing anger at the military council now running the country. It has faced mounting criticism from protesters who say it is too slow to prosecute former officials, yet has moved quickly and aggressively to prosecute hundreds of civilians before military courts in connection with pro-democracy activities.

“People see more and more that nothing is changing,” said Lilian Wagdy, who is helping to organize a large protest in Tahrir Square on Friday. “Those who have been robbing this country for 30 years get acquitted, while protesters are found guilty before military courts.”

Egyptian officials have increasingly struggled to contain deep public anger and frustration. Those demanding political change are angry over alleged rights violations and unsatisfactory trials. Others are fed up with the post-revolutionary uncertainty and crippled economy. Their sentiments often erupt in violence, sometimes pitting policemen against protesters, and civilians against civilians.

A coalition of human rights groups sued the military council on Tuesday on behalf of a woman they said was tried before a military court in March, tortured and forced to submit to a “virginity test” within view and earshot of military prison workers.

Violence has also continued in the capital. On Saturday, 47 people were injured when protesters in Tahrir Square clashed with tea vendors they accused of being agents planted by the police.

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION-II: Thousands in Cairo Return to Tahrir Square to Protest the Slow Pace of Change!

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By LIAM STACK / Published: July 1, 2011 / NYT.

The demonstrations in Cairo on Friday underscored the distrust between Egyptians and the police force. One of the protesters put his grievances in writing.

CAIRO — Thousands of protesters returned to Tahrir Square here on Friday to voice frustration with what they called the slow pace of change five months after the revolution. The demonstration occurred just days after renewed clashes between protesters and the police left hundreds injured and underscored the lingering distrust between Egyptians and a police force long seen as a pillar of the former government.

Young men built roadblocks and protesters set up a small tent city as demonstrators demanded the prosecution of former government officials accused of ordering the use of deadly force during Egypt’s 18-day revolution.

Throughout the afternoon, protesters spilled from Tahrir Square to nearby landmarks, including Parliament, the Interior Ministry and the headquarters of the country’s state-run television network.

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One More Sexual Assault: Ex-Egypt Bank Chairman Omar Held on Sex Charges in New York!

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June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The former chairman of Egypt’s Bank of Alexandria was held overnight at New York’s Riker’s Island jail complex after being arraigned in Manhattan on charges of sexually abusing a maid at the Pierre Hotel in New York.

Manhattan judge Gerald Lebovits around midnight last night set bail for Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, chairman of El-Mex Salines at $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Omar also was ordered to surrender his travel documents, prosecutors said.

Omar, 72, was taken overnight to Riker’s Island, New York City’s main jail complex, located off the shore of northern Queens opposite LaGuardia Airport, Sharman Stein, a spokeswoman for the New York City Department of Correction, said in an interview. He can post bail there, she said.

Is it something to do with being Bank CEOs or is it something to do with New York Hotel Maids?

I would prefer it is everything to do with their skewed perception of the maids, as  up for grabs, coupled with their superlative egos.

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Arab World: Egypt, Syria, Yemen on the boil!

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ATUL ANEJA / The Hindu.

There were fresh protests on Friday in Egypt, Syria and Yemen, signalling that West Asia's pro-democracy uprisings, which began in Tunisia five months ago, are still far from running their course.

Having toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's President for 30 years, earlier this year, protesters in their thousands on Friday demanded that the transitional military establishment should pitch definite markers on the ground to assure them that their “revolution” was truly on course. The protesters assembled at Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square demanding the interim government quickly seal Mr. Mubarak's fate, by taking punitive action against him and his inner circle.

Despite the perception that it is slow to act against, if not protecting, the ousted rulers, the decision by the rulers to ease some of the pressure on impoverished Palestinians in neighbouring Gaza has been widely welcomed. On Saturday, Egypt will permanently open the Rafah border with Gaza — the first visible sign that Cairo's Mubarak-era unpopular alliance with Israel may be beginning to fall apart.

Don't you think, all these uprisings have to do with the 'Tech.Convergence" and resultant border-less Social Media Activism?

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Egyptian Revolution-II: Anti-military protest fills Cairo square!

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Protesters chant anti-Iraqi government slogans while waving national flags during a protest at Tahrir Square in 
Cairo. File photo: AP.


Protesters carried banners reading the "Egyptian revolution is not over" and chanted the slogan.

Thousands of protesters returned to downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday for what they called a “second revolution,” calling for Egypt’s military rulers to speed up the pace of democratic reforms in a country that is still charting its political future.

Protesters carried banners reading the “Egyptian revolution is not over” and chanted the slogan.

Christians and Muslims took turns praying in Tahrir Square, as they did in the protests that forced the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak in February. Sectarian clashes have turned deadly since the revolution.

Hope this time round, the military junta there would behave more urbanely, as apposed to what they have done during the last days of Hoshni Mubarak!

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Activists in Egypt call for ‘second revolution’

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AP: Protesters walk around the Egyptian Army tank at Tahrir Square in Cairo. File Photo / The Hindu.

In what is being dubbed as a “second revolution”, Egyptian activists are planning to stage a huge rally on Friday, targeting the military rulers for being slow on implementing the democratic transition process, even as signs of a rift appear in the protest movement.

Protesters are terming the rally, to be held in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, as “second revolution” and a “Friday of Rage”.

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces, who took over the reins of power from the ousted President Hosni Mubarak and is responsible for reforms, are conducting slow trials of former security figures in the Mubarak regime, the activists claimed.

Good move, if they are allowed to settle-down in power for too long, there would another long spell of dictatorship.

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