February 2011
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“The presence of the army in the streets is for your sake and to ensure your...”
– Egyptian army statement ahead of the coming Million Man March concretely confirming that it will not use force against protesters (via thepoliticalnotebook)
Federal Judge with Medical Industry Investments... →
January 2011
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Transparency Groups Assail Bribery Act Delay -... →
Anti-bribery groups lashed out against a reported second delay of the implementation of the U.K. Bribery Act.
Calling it “disastrous news,” the head of Transparency International U.K. said the government has “failed” in its commitments to getting the law into effect as it said it would. (WSJ’s Law Blog is also on the story.) The landmark law was already delayed once before to allow for the...
BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
shortformblog:
From the story: “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications.”
The Great Afghan Bank Heist →
newyorker:
Poring over stacks of documents, investigators at the American Embassy in Kabul have pinpointed dozens of instances in which Kabul Bank executives may have bribed Afghan officials, including a successful bid to hold the contract to process the salaries that the government pays its employees each month—approximately seventy-five million dollars. Access to the salaries would give bank...
UPDATE: Al Jazeera Correspondents in Egypt... →
newsflick:
@Alanfisher AJE
newsflick:
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt’s Mubarak
Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their criticism of President Hosni Mubarak to preserve stability in the region.
Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is in the West’s interest to maintain the stability of the Egyptian regime. The diplomatic measures...
Egypt Now Blocking Al Jazeera Broadcasts to Much... →
The Egyptian government isn’t just attempting to censor Al Jazeera within Egypt itself. The news station was just kicked off one of the Middle East’s main satellite providers—which happens to be based in Egypt.
WaPo: US soccer team set to play Egypt February... →
producermatthew:
Washington Post:
The U.S. Soccer Federation is monitoring civil unrest in Egypt, but at this time, still plans to send the men’s national team to Cairo for a Feb. 9 friendly.
newsflick:
Mubarak tells new PM to cut prices, blames rioting on Islamists
“I require you to bring back confidence in our economy,” Mubarak said in a letter to Shafiq read on TV. “I trust your ability to implement economic policies that accord the highest concern to people’s suffering.”
“I stress that subsidy provisions in their different forms must not be tampered with and that your...
“Like a long and mostly unhappy marriage, the CIA’s relationship with Egypt is...”
– SpyTalk - The CIA’s complicated relationship with Egypt
Official preliminary results of South Sudan... →
pantslessprogressive:
99%. Wow.
“As the Egypt crisis evolved over the first few days of the Forum’s annual...”
– Felix Salmon brings the awesome in this satire.
Washington Post - In the streets of Cairo, many... →
“The peace between Israel and Egypt has lasted for more than three decades and...”
– Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Egypt (via newsflick)
ِEgypt: A Humble Request
thepoliticalnotebook:
Hey, I’m not trying to get all Edward Said on the readership here, but I do have one small request: can we all agree to stop using European historical analogies to describe what is taking place in Egypt? It’s not Europe in 1848 or Eastern Europe in 1989 or France in 1789: it’s Egypt in 2011.
What is taking place in Egypt today is the result of sui generis social,...
“A Manhattan man’s car parked across the street from Gracie Mansion was...”
– Manhattan man forced to dig out buried car so Bloomberg’s staff can park
newsflick:
Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau
“The Al Jazeera Network strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The Network received notification from the Egyptian authorities this morning.
Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt.
An Al Jazeera...
“Reporters Without Borders condemns information minister Anas el-Fekki’s decision...”
– Reporters Without Borders (via newsflick)
REUTERS - The U.S. State Department on Sunday... →
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