No internet access – Egypt cuts out the rest of the world
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2011 (AFP) – Egypt’s four main Internet service providers (ISPs) cut off international access to their customers in a near simultaneous and unprecedented move, an Internet monitoring company said. ”Virtually all of Egypt’s Internet addresses are now unreachable, worldwide,” said James Cowie of Renesys, a New Hampshire-based firm which monitors Internet routing data [...]
Mubarak “disappears” in Egypt
CAIRO, January 28, 2011 (AFP) – As thousands of Egyptians took to the streets this week to demand his downfall, President Hosni Mubarak has been conspicuous by his absence from the public eye. Instead, the 82-year-old former air force officer, who has held the reins of power for 30 years and is said to be in [...]
Did the U.S. Government fund pro-democracy movement in Egypt?
OSLO, January 28, 2011 (AFP) – The United States has pumped tens of millions of dollars into pro-democracy organisations in Egypt to the dismay of beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak, according to diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and published by a Norwegian paper Friday. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) planned to dedicate 66.5 million [...]
Facebook and Twitter bringing the Arab world to its knees
The power of social networking is at work in full gear around the Middle-East and it will soon come to China, Africa and Russia. It has become so serious that Arab countries are convening regional meetings to deal with the crisis that has already toppled one government and threatens to dismantle another. Most Arab countries [...]
Two Police Officers arrested for killing a young Egyptian businessman
Authorities in Egypt appear to have acknowledged public outrage and international outcries, by arresting two police officers alleged to have fatally beaten a young Egyptian businessman. The case which has sparked widespread public outrage because of the death of a young Alexandria man, allegedly at the hands of Egyptian police, is prompting government officials to [...]
Egyptian Police Kill Two African Migrants
Police in Egypt have shot dead two African migrants on Sunday as they tried to sneak across the border into Israel, security sources said. Police identified one of the killed migrants as a 35-year-old Eritrean, the sources said. Both men were shot dead after ignoring orders to stop while trying to climb over the barbed [...]
Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police
Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police. This makes it four, the number of African migrants killed this week by the ruthless Egyptian police force. It is a clear case of Egypt not accepting that it is an African country and sees itself more [...]
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Make Fresh Calls For A Palestinian State
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt have made fresh calls for an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. President Hosni Mubarak met with the Saudi foreign minister to discuss the way forward on this very important middle-east issue. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit told reporters that they are constantly repeating Egypt’s ideas [...]
