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March 5, 2005

 

EGYPTIANS ABROAD
Slain NJ Coptic family's neighbors -- convicts on parole -- charged with the murder. "Everybody is relieved that there is no religious implication behind it," said Maged Riad, a spokesman for the worldwide head of the Coptic Church, Pope Shenouda. Plus, local media's take on how the arrests have eased religious tension... while NY Times story indicates that tension is still very much there... Earlier, someone had used the slain family's ATM card providing clues as to who did it...

Meanwhile, more Coptic protests and claims of forced conversions -- this time in Fayoum...


US-EGYPT RELATIONS
An ex-ambassador pens an interesting op-ed in the Washington Post detailing the parameters and permanents of the US-Egypt relationship...

Plus, Egyptian in US in trouble for smuggling people in...

 

DOMESTIC POLITICS
Mubarak's election proposal goes through the Shura Council...


UPDATED!
Continuing reactions to President Hosni Mubarak's decision to amend the constitution to turn electing the president into a direct poll with multiple candidates...

 

 

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MARCH 3
Egyptomania and more, part 2

FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 1
Mubarak proposal reactions

FEBRUARY 25
Lots of miscellaneous

FEBRUARY 23
Egyptomania and more

FEBRUARY 21
Complicated conference

FEBRUARY 19
Post Sharm moves

FEBRUARY 17
Controversial politics

FEBRUARY 15
Ghad's woes

FEBRUARY 12
Analyzing Sharm

FEBRUARY 5
Last seperate

JANUARY 30
End of tolerance?

JANUARY 24
No legitimacy

JANUARY 20
Still talking
about the election

JANUARY 12
Running for prez

JANUARY 6
Nuke charges
pop up again

JANUARY 3
Khafre's turn

DECEMBER 29
His own money

DECEMBER 23
Fayed is back

DECEMBER 20
Waking from
a deep slumber?

DECEMBER 17
"Make undies,
not war"

DECEMBER 14
Bugging Baradie

DECEMBER 12
It's all about peace

DECEMBER 8
A post-Arafat thaw?

DECEMBER 6
Six students
for Azzam Azzam?

DECEMBER 2
Big money

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