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World wrap: DSK at Rikers, Palestinians join ‘Arab spring?’ Gaddafi envoys to...
Where in the world is IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn? Rikers Island. Meanwhile, the multi-layered Strauss Kahn scandal continues to unfold, with third world countries hoping the outrage will lead to...
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Open Thread: Who are your ‘Mideast Rising’ Twitter MVPs
The Egyptian uprising, and the spreading revolutionary trend throughout the Arab and Muslim world, is making Twitter (and Facebook) a central player in the international media dynamic. So TRR Readers,...
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The Egyptian uprising: 6 media winners **UPDATED with reader nominations
The Egyptian revolution was an exhilarating experience for those of us who watched it unfold on television and on the Internet — which of course cannot compare to the experience of those who lived it...
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Flashback: President Barack Obama’s 2009 Cairo Speech (video and transcript)...
The following speech was delivered at Cairo University on June 4, 2009: Full text after the jump, plus: when America talks about “freedom…” The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks...
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Ha’aretz: Mubarak ‘slammed U.S. in pre-resignation phone call’– Plus:...
Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak had some choice words for the Obama administration in a phonecall to an Israeli lawmaker shortly before he resigned, Ha’aretz reports via Reuters. According to the...
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President Obama on Egypt: ‘There is something in the soul that cries out for...
“… Those cries were heard in Tahrir Square.” Story here and here. The president acknowledged that this was a rare moment to witness history. He praised the Egyptian military for its restrained...
View ArticleFriday video vault: Youssou N’Dour: ‘Chimes of Freedom’
Well done, Egyptian people. A bit of that further south on the continent, s’il vous plait. Merci bien! BTW on this Liberation Day for Egypt, it is also the 21st anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s...
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**UPDATED:’18 day Egyptian revolution forces Mubarak out
Reuters/Dylan Martinez UPDATE 3:02: MSNBC reports Israel officials are still mum on the Egyptian revolution, but to the extent Israelis are talking, it’s not in positive terms: The Israeli government...
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**UPDATE: Mubarak defies the world
UPDATE 10:21 PM: CNN is reporting that the Egyptian ambassador to the United States called in to the network to refute the notion that Hosni Mubarak did not step aside tonight, saying Vice President...
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Frank Wisner, Egypt, and the inside game
The rather unfortunate comments of Frank Wisner, the former ambassador dispatched by the U.S. State Department last week to prod Hosni Mubarak to go, have brought him into the spotlight for all the...
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