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World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger

World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger

President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip for an indefinite period…
Detained Sinai activists remain in limbo

Detained Sinai activists remain in limbo

After new amendments to Egypt’s Emergency law that pledged the release of all detainees except those who were being kept…
Google, Microsoft: No law in Egypt on storing user data

Google, Microsoft: No law in Egypt on storing user data

Microsoft and Google both say Egypt has no legislation obliging social networks and internet search engines to delete users' data…
Q&A with Hizbullah’s Sheikh Naim Qasim: Israel ‘not ready’ for regional war

Q&A with Hizbullah’s Sheikh Naim Qasim: Israel ‘not ready’ for regional war

Sheikh Naim Qasim, vice-general secretary of Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah, is well known for his composure and wisdom. Despite his…
Thursday’s news: Israeli drills, Brotherhood speaks

Thursday’s news: Israeli drills, Brotherhood speaks

Al-Ahram leads with a report on social security. The headline points out the “increase in the amount of underprivileged families…
Brookings Institute criticizes lack of press freedom in Egypt

Brookings Institute criticizes lack of press freedom in Egypt

The Brookings Institute, an independent American research organization, criticized the status of the press freedom in Egypt in a report…
Africans launch first Arabic-language TV channel

Africans launch first Arabic-language TV channel

The first Arabic-language TV channel in Africa will be launched in June. The new channel, named Al-Qarra (The Continent) will…
Downtown Cairo’s complex politics

Downtown Cairo’s complex politics

While downtown Cairo has been the site of much of the political mobilization in Egypt over the past decade, little…
Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor

Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor

Assiut--Residents of Rifa village on the outskirts of Assiut rely on seasonal harvests of crops for their income. The inconsistency…
Music producer says he uncovered ‘defective’ Rotana deal

Music producer says he uncovered ‘defective’ Rotana deal

Mohsen Gaber, owner of the music production company Alam el-Fan, said he is the reason why details of the deal…
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