TAREK ATIA'S
WEB LOG

Find out how the world media sees Egypt...



Thursday
January 20, 2005

Still talking about the election
After giving two high-profile interviews in English and Arabic last week to PBS and Al-Arabiya, President Hosni Mubarak's comments on whether or not he will pursue a new term attracted the most attention. More excerpts from the two interviews from DPA. A Qatari site details Mubarak's description of his grueling daily schedule. The Washington Post, meanwhile, weighs in on the same subject with the harsh editorial Enough is Enough.

In a related vein, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif discusses the possibilities surrounding Gamal Mubarak's political future with AP. Plus, there's the BBC's version.

And, a Malaysian site picks up another AP take on all of it, including the opposition movement and the Post editorial.

Getting political?
Tension at the funeral for the slain Coptic family in the US makes CNN. Plus, there's a pre-funeral story from a local TV channel.

 

Mummy net
First, there was live archaeology on TV -- now it's on the web...

Plus, ancient mummy fraud: Discovery channel looks into another x-ray mummy phenomenon.

 

Up and down
The latest on the interesting recent fluctuations of the pound.

Look who's in town
Former US presidential candidate John Kerry was in Egypt, saying Egypt-US relations were crucial to resolving the Israeli Palestinian issue...

Another accident
A Scottish site reports that Liz Whitfeld, a respected Lothian historian, died in a horrific car accident while on holiday in Egypt.

 
Hitting the big time
Egyptian American TV news anchor Sandra Ali gets attention from Cincinnati online media.

 

Web posted by Tarek Atia Thursday, January 20, 2005 0:30 CAIRO

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