Egypt News By Asfory 2010-03-08T17:39:52Z WordPress http://egypt-news.asfory.com/feed/atom/ dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Israel ‘risking peace talks’ with West Bank building]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/israel-risking-peace-talks-with-west-bank-building/ 2010-03-08T17:39:52Z 2010-03-08T17:39:52Z Israel has authorised the building of 112 new apartments in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.

This comes as US Vice-President Joe Biden flies to the region, becoming the highest ranking US official to visit since Barack Obama took office.

On Sunday, Palestinian Authority leaders in the West Bank agreed to indirect talks with Israel.

 

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Iraq election turnout 62%, officials say]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/iraq-election-turnout-62-officials-say/ 2010-03-08T17:39:01Z 2010-03-08T17:39:01Z The voter turnout in Iraq’s general elections was 62%, officials said, despite attacks that killed 38 people.

Preliminary results are not expected for several days but the turnout figure is down from the 75% who voted in the 2005 general elections.

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law Coalition is widely expected to win the most seats.

 
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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Israel ‘to unveil plans to build nuclear power plant’]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/?p=11518 2010-03-08T17:37:25Z 2010-03-08T17:37:25Z Israel is expected to unveil plans this week to build a nuclear power plant, reports say.

They say an announcement will be made by Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau at an energy forum in Paris.

Israel is facing a crisis over electricity supplies, but environmental objections have blocked efforts to build a new coal-fired plant.

 

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Egyptian President Mubarak’s surgery ’successful’]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/?p=11515 2010-03-08T17:34:00Z 2010-03-08T17:34:00Z Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has undergone successful surgery at a German clinic for an inflamed gall bladder, Egyptian state media say.

The 81-year-old leader had the operation after complaining of gall bladder pain while in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

 

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Biden in Israel after pledging U.S. support on Iran]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/biden-in-israel-after-pledging-u-s-support-on-iran/ 2010-03-08T17:32:36Z 2010-03-08T17:32:36Z  Vice President Joe Biden began a visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, assuring Israelis in a newspaper interview that Washington would close ranks with them against any threat from a nuclear-armed Iran.

Biden, the most senior U.S. official to visit Israel since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, is widely expected to caution his hosts not to attack Iran pre-emptively while world powers pursue fresh sanctions against Tehran.
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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Gates in Kabul: dark days ahead but grounds for hope]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/?p=11511 2010-03-08T17:31:07Z 2010-03-08T17:31:07Z  Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, cautioned against over-optimism, warning of “dark days” ahead despite grounds for hope on the battlefield.

Gates, on his first Afghan trip since President Barack Obama’s surge of 30,000 troops began arriving in the country last December, said NATO forces had made gains recently, including a push to take control of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah.

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/strong-earthquake-slams-eastern-turkey-kills-51/ 2010-03-08T17:23:58Z 2010-03-08T17:23:58Z  strong, pre-dawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people in five villages, the government said.

The earthquake surprised many residents as they slept, crumpling buildings into piles of rubble. Panicked survivors fled into narrow village streets, some climbing out of windows, as nearly 80 aftershocks measuring up to 5.5 and 5.3 magnitude rattled the region.

The Kandilli seismology center said the 6.0-magnitude quake hit at 4:32 a.m. (0232 GMT, 9 p.m. EST Sunday) near the village of Basyurt in a remote, sparsely populated area of Elazig province. The region is 340 miles (550 kilometers) east of Ankara, the capital.

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[Egypt military court releases blogger in army case]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/egypt-military-court-releases-blogger-in-army-case/ 2010-03-08T17:22:44Z 2010-03-08T17:22:44Z A blogger, who had faced a military trial for an article critical of Egypt’s armed forces, has been released without bail after apologizing and on condition he removes the posting, his lawyer said Sunday.

Ahmed Moustafa, 20, an engineering student, had been charged by a military court with “disseminating false information” and “tarnishing the image of the military.” He was detained in Kafr el-Sheikh, a city north of Cairo

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[من الذي يمكن أن يقود مصر بعد الرئيس مبارك؟..]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/aa-cadhi-iassa-aa-ithaei-aon-eui-canaeio-aecnss/ 2010-03-08T17:22:07Z 2010-03-08T17:22:07Z  ظل سكون الوضع السياسي في مصر يعتبر لفترة طويلة ميزة في منطقة مضطربة لكن مع تقدم الرئيس حسني مبارك في السن دون خليفة ظاهر بدأ المستثمرون الاجانب يتساءلون عما اذا كان هذا الامر عائقا.

لم يقل مبارك (81 عاما) إن كان سيرشح نفسه مجددا في انتخابات عام 2011 الامر الذي أجج الحديث عمن سيحكم بعده. ويعتقد كثير من المصريين أنه اذا لم يرشح نفسه فسينقل السلطة الى ابنه. لكن يظل هناك مرشحون اخرون محتملون أو شخصيات مؤثرة يمكن أن تخوض السباق.

وفيما يلي نبذة عن شخصيات وجماعات ومدى فرصها فيما يتعلق بالانتخابات الرئاسية..

 

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dina http://egypt-news.asfory.com <![CDATA[‘The Hurt Locker’ rules on historic Oscars night]]> http://egypt-news.asfory.com/2010/03/08/the-hurt-locker-rules-on-historic-oscars-night/ 2010-03-08T17:21:24Z 2010-03-08T17:21:24Z Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” blew away box office king “Avatar” to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.

The nerve-jangling movie about a US Army bomb disposal squad in Baghdad also took best picture and best screenplay while “Avatar”, made by Bigelow’s ex-husband James Cameron, won just three Oscars at Sunday’s awards.

“This really is, there’s no other way to describe it, the moment of a lifetime,” said Bigelow, only the fourth woman to be nominated for best director by Academy voters.

 

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