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Egyptian Cabinet shuffle strengthens Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power and angering the opposition amid Egypt’s economic turmoil and political unrest. The naming of nine new ministers...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, Government, Mohamed Morsi, Judges
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Wrapping up Egypt — For now
As you can tell by the flurry of posts, my 10 days in Egypt have inspired me to write. I’ve had an amazing experience here. My open letter to President Morsi actually earned me a reply from his assistant, who ensures me they are trying and that they...
Tags: Television, Entertainment, Sony Corp., Travel, Cairo (Egypt)
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
Tags: United Nations, Political Systems, Government, Freedom of the Press, Hosni Mubarak
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Luxor Museum: Easily Egypt's best
While Egypt has many of the world’s greatest ancient archeological sites, its museums are generally dreary. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, while old school, is world class simply by the brute magnificence of the treasures it displays. The Luxor...
Tags: Greek Gods and Goddesses, Arts and Culture, Cairo (Egypt), Arts, Museums
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Les Rois Hotel on Egypt's Red Sea is alcohol-free
CAIRO — Hold the martini, please. With fanfare and cheers from Islamists, the first nonalcoholic hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada has opened, a testament to a new political culture, which seeks at the very least a veneer of piety in a...Tags: Mohamed Morsi, Arts and Culture, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. But sharia means different...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Islam, Iraq
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Welcome to the Holy Land
This April I’m dividing my time between Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Turkey. To many, Israel represents a beacon of democracy, stability, and prosperity in the middle of a bunch of very troubled states. (Having just come from...
Tags: Israel
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Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt
I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Entertainment, Wetlands
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Old animosities thrive in post-Kadafi Libya
ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock. The rebels who captured him after the 2011 civil war that toppled his father have refused to turn him over to the central...
Tags: International Criminal Court, Petroleum Industry, Religion and Belief, International Law, Islam
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Reality check in Mideast shows no real solution
After President Obama's visit to Israel and Jordan, it's time for our reality check No. 99. For perspective, let's backtrack to Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo. Reasonably, the President asserted, all sides were educated, smart and patriotic. If...Tags: Kim Jong Un, George W. Bush, Religion and Belief, Islam, Judaism
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At least five killed in Egyptian sectarian clashes
CAIRO – At least five people were killed Saturday in clashes between Muslims and Christians, raising new questions over whether President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist-led government can calm sectarian tensions amid Egypt’s broader...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, Mohamed Morsi, Religious Conflicts, Hosni Mubarak
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Simmons Field scoreboard dedication and baseball game May 12
Curt Simmons Field in Egypt Memorial Park will receive a new scoreboard for the 2013 season and the dedication ceremony will be held at 1:15 p.m. May 12 at the field. The board was generously donated by Eric Eberhardt of Eberhardt Motors in Whitehall....Tags: Hellertown, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Whitehall, Culture
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