Monthly Archives: March 2013

Property prices rise in key Cairo areas as Egypt battles inflation

By | 2013-03-26T19:06:44-04:00 March 26th, 2013|News|

Property prices in Cairo’s two large satellite cities rose by 8 percent at the beginning of 2013, amid wider economic turmoil and Egypt's ongoing battle with high inflation.   Sale-price rises in New Cairo and 6th of October City are “largely due to developers seeking to pass on increases in construction costs to end buyers,”

Dozing in Doha: President Mursi sleeps at critical Arab summit

By | 2013-03-26T18:41:46-04:00 March 26th, 2013|News|

A picture of President Mohammed Mursi and other members of the Egyptian delegation falling asleep in the opening session of the Arab League summit held Doha on Tuesday is being circulated by Egyptian activists online with a touch of satire.   President Mursi, Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, the president's aide on foreign affairs Essam

Egyptian kidnappers release Norwegian, Israeli tourists

By | 2013-03-26T11:32:06-04:00 March 26th, 2013|News|

Kidnappers released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula following negotiations mediated by Bedouin leaders between authorities and the group that seized the tourists four days ago, security sources said on Tuesday.   The tourists had been kidnapped on Friday while driving between the resort towns of Dahab and Taba

U.S. training ‘secular’ Syrian forces to stem influence of radicals

By | 2013-03-26T11:05:42-04:00 March 26th, 2013|News|

The United States is training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan in a bid to bolster forces battling President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and stem the influence of Islamist radicals among the country’s persistently splintered opposition, American and foreign officials said.   The training has been conducted for several months now in an unspecified location, concentrating largely

Egypt says to pay fuel tankers waiting to dock

By | 2013-03-26T10:52:36-04:00 March 26th, 2013|Media|

Egypt’s government has allocated$235 million of funds to pay for imported fuel cargoes and “along queue of tankers” are waiting off the coast to discharge badly needed diesel, the oil minister said in remarks published on Tuesday.   Shortages of subsidized diesel have paralyzed transport in parts of Egypt, as the cash-strapped government faces pressure

PROMINENT ARAB CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY LEAVES CATHOLIC CHURCH OVER ITS ‘WEAKNESS’ ON ISLAM

By | 2013-03-26T01:46:29-04:00 March 26th, 2013|Reports|

In a shocking display that does not bode well for the Catholic Church and its stance on defending the multitudes of Christians currently being persecuted in Islamic countries, Magdi Christiano Allam, a prominent covert from Islam to Christianity, has left the Catholicism. He reasoned that he could not abide the church’s “weakness” and policy of

CIA helps Arab nations boost arms shipment to Syria rebels

By | 2013-03-25T14:53:58-04:00 March 25th, 2013|Reports|

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has helped Arab countries and Turkey increase military aid to Syrian rebels in the past few months, The News York Times reported on Monday.   The report – citing air traffic data, interviews with unnamed officials as well as statements of rebel commanders – said the airlift now includes more

Buddhist-Muslim violence spreads in Myanmar

By | 2013-03-25T14:33:15-04:00 March 25th, 2013|News|

Anti-Muslim mobs rampaged through three more towns in Myanmar’s predominantly Buddhist heartland over the weekend, destroying mosques and burning dozens of homes despite government efforts to stem the nation’s latest outbreak of sectarian violence.   President Thein Sein had declared an emergency in central Myanmar on Friday and deployed army troops to the worst-hit city,

‘Prototype al-Qaeda Operative’ Charged in New York

By | 2013-03-25T13:59:37-04:00 March 25th, 2013|News|

An alleged al-Qaeda terrorist who fought against US soldiers in Afghanistan and went on to plot a bomb attack against American diplomatic facilities in Nigeria was charged Wednesday in New York.   Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as "Spin Ghul," was charged by a grand jury with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to

Mubarak May be Freed from Jail in 3 Weeks

By | 2013-03-25T13:42:36-04:00 March 25th, 2013|News|

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be released from prison in three weeks’ time, the country’s Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki said on Sunday.   Mubarak's conviction over his responsibility for the murder of demonstrators in Tahrir Square in 2011 was overturned two months ago, and a date for a new trial has been set. However,