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Egypt's President Mursi assumes sweeping powers

Mursi assumes sweeping new powers (bbc)

Egypt's President Mursi issues a declaration banning any challenge to his decisions, and is immediately accused of acting like a "new pharaoh".

Egypt's ElBaradei launches party

The Nobel peace prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei has launched a new political party in Egypt.

The Constitution Party marks a return to public life for Mr ElBaradei, who is a former head of the IAEA, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.

But the new party's launch comes too late for it to field a candidate in next month's presidential election.

Mr ElBaradei said its aim was to unite Egyptians behind democracy, and to take power in four years time.

Egypt Islamists protest against Omar Suleiman poll bid

Tens of thousands protest in Cairo against the presidential bid of Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief of Hosni Mubarak.

Cairo cynical on White House race

Cairo cynical on White House race (CNN)

• Egyptian revolution has diminished normally avid following of U.S. politics
• Superficial reasons why Cairo citizens admired Barack Obama have faded
• Some Egyptian activists say they miss the days of former president George W. Bush
• Egypt's newly elected parliament only recently began its first session

CIA Should have Shut the F@CK Up before making abrupt comments

The CIA Spokesperson Should have Shut the F@CK Up before making abrupt comments about Mubarak's intention of resigning. Americans never learn ...

Quoting Wikileaks Of all Sources ...

Mubarak's speech is a cruel disappointment but America's Foolish behavior lecturing the Egyptian government is Truly Irresponsibly Criminal to say the least ...

I'm afraid the Anger in the Streets will lead to more blood in the days to come ...

This is the beginning of the

Move towardONE WORLD CURRENCY

We need to this in Iran

""Muhit” reports that as the revolutionary movement entered its third week, thousands of workers in a number of factories and establishments launched sit-ins, strikes demanding better pay and better working conditions. A few workers at the Suez Canal joined in, which threw everyone in the West for a loop — though their work stoppage was not aimed at disrupting canal traffic. 7.5 percent of all world trade goes through that artery, and 10% of all petroleum. Given tight supplies for the former, a Suez work stoppage that actually closed the canal temporarily would be a further blow to Western economies. (The small labor actions of Wednesday did not threaten such a thing, but the longer the uprising festers and Mubarak refuses to step down, the more the danger grows). In Port Said, poor slum dwellers set the governor’s mansion ablaze. On Wednesday, 1500 workers in the official government telecom company struck, and in Damanhour, 2000 electricity workers ceased work. In the Delta town of Kafr Ziyat, 1500 hospital workers stopped work. Additionally, thousands of protesters on Wednesday cut the road and rail link of the southern city of Asyut with Cairo."" //www.juancole.com/2011/02/wael-ghonim-vs-bar...

Darius Kadivar,

Good retort!  :)

And, good timing! :)

LoverOfLiberty ... well ... Apparently it does ;0)

Pending confirmation:

Egypt's Mubarak 'may stand down' Breaking News (bbc)

And Certainly Not Thanks to the regular clueless, ignorant, Liberal Moralistic Crowd of Revolutionary Theorists who think that Politics and History are Rocket Science disciplines:

Be Them ...

American:

Mubarak Won't Run Again by Stephen Kinzer

PAX AMERICANA: Hitchens VS Kondracke on Reality or Fantasy of American "Imperialism" (1991)

Or French:

VIRTUE IN TERROR: Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (BBC)

Or IRANICAN:

COLUMBIA PRESENTS: Academic Excellence With Hamid Dabashi & Sadri Bros 
 

For that matter ...

Darius Kadivar,

Darius Kadivar: "Well I guess that’s what happens when a barely 300 years old country want’s to lecture a 7000 years old civilization … ;0)"

...as if the collective knowledge, intelligence, or wisdom of a country or civilization actually accumulates consistently and significantly with time.

<<<<ROLLS EYES>>>>