Not in ritual; but restriction
As Easter approaches, access to Jerusalem’s holy sites reveals the politics of occupation, not a clash of faiths
Omar Suleiman
Egypt’s former spy chief, Suleiman, dies
Egypt’s former spy chief Omar Suleiman, one of the top figures in the regime ousted by last year’s uprising, has died. He was 76.
No change without Mubarak?
The Egyptian president may not quit until September but amending a constitution that afforded him such power can begin sooner.
Mubarak quits, Egypt military chief hails crowd
The top figure in Egypt’s new military regime, drove past Hosni Mubarak’s former palace on Friday and saluted cheering crowds.
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WikiLeaks: Egypt’s Suleiman demonised Islamists
Egypt’s new vice-president, Omar Suleiman, has long sought to demonise the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in his contacts with skeptical US officials.
Most powerful man in Egypt
World’s eyes are on the man who holds the key to the political future of the Arab world’s largest country.
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Carter urges ‘supine’ Europe to break with US over Gaza
Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday. Carter described the current European Union position on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as ”supine” and its failure to criticise the Israeli blockade of Gaza as ”embarrassing”.
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Egyptian mediator to meet Israelis
A senior Egyptian mediator will on Monday present to the Israeli government a new ceasefire proposal agreed with the Hamas Islamist movement that could halt the conflict in Gaza and begin to resolve the mounting economic crisis that has engulfed the strip.
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Israel snubs Hamas offer of six-month Gaza truce
Israel on Friday dismissed a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to prepare for more fighting rather than peace. The Hamas offer, issued on Thursday following talks with Egyptian mediators, departed from previous demands by the group.
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Former US leader Carter defies critics to meet Hamas
Former United States president Jimmy Carter met Gaza-based leaders of Islamist Hamas in Cairo on Thursday, defying US and Israeli criticism that saw him barred from visiting the Palestinian territory. Nobel Peace Prize-winner Carter is considered to be the architect of the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
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Rice to brief sceptical Egyptians on peace meeting
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Egypt on Tuesday to brief sceptical Egyptian leaders on US plans for a Middle East peace conference in November. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said the conference must have an outcome assured in adavance.
