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Ottawa Urges Canadians In Egypt To Use A 'High Degree Of Caution'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.29.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government has closed its embassy in Cairo for the day and is warning Canadians in Egypt to "exercise a high degree of caution."O...

Morsi Rescinding Decrees An Empty Gesture: Opposition

AP | Hamza Hendawi | Posted 02.08.2013 | Canada

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's liberal opposition called for more protests Sunday, seeking to keep up the momentum of its street campaign after the president...

Egypt's Highest Court Suspends Work Indefinitely

AP | Hamza Hendawi | Posted 02.01.2013 | Canada

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country's highest court declaring a...

Egypt's Turmoil Spreads To Stock Index

CP | Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press | Posted 01.25.2013 | Canada Business

CAIRO - Supporters and opponents of Egypt's president on Sunday grew more entrenched in their potentially destabilizing battle over the Islamist leade...

Don't Let Extremists Speak For You

Errol P. Mendes | Posted 11.19.2012 | Canada Politics
Errol P. Mendes

The fact that most governments and citizens in the west supported the cause of democracy and human rights in the countries of the Arab Spring shows that there is a growing clash of extremists rather than a clash of civilizations. There is a urgent need for leaders in the U.S., Canada and the west to demonstrate to the moderate majorities in all their countries that the extremists in their midst should not be allowed to speak for them.

Police Block Roads To U.S. Embassy In Egypt

CBC | Posted 11.15.2012 | Canada

Anti-American protests continue to percolate around the world, from Egypt to Australia, as hordes of protesters denounce a film by a California man la...

"Punked" Egyptians Reveal Their Hatred of Jews

Mike Fegelman | Posted 10.15.2012 | Canada Politics
Mike Fegelman

On July 20, an Egyptian T.V. show prank where famous Egyptian actors believed they were being interviewed by a German T.V. station, turned into mayhem when they were told they were being interviewed on an Israeli network. This should serve as an ominous warning about the prevailing hateful sentiments Egyptian Arabs hold for Jews.

Egypt Military Ruler Warns Against 'Extremely Grave' Consequences

CP | Hadeel Al-Shalchi,Maggie Michael, The Associated Press | Posted 01.27.2012 | Canada Politics

CAIRO - On the eve of landmark elections, Egypt's military ruler warned Sunday of "extremely grave" consequences if the turbulent nation does not pull...

Occupy Wall Street Is Not the Arab Spring

Robert Barrett, PhD | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Politics
Robert Barrett, PhD

Where the pushers of Occupy Wall Street have erred so grievously is in comparing their struggle to that of the brave Arab Spring protesters who, even today, continue to bare their chests to real bullets. Protest-envy and the desire to suffer and to "win" like they did in the Arab Spring is couched in psuedo-militaristic terminology like "occupy" and "rebellion."