a sticking point remains the attribution of the key posts of interior, justice and foreign ministers -- portfolios which the government's opponents want to go to independents
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"We are going to enter the phase of forming a new government that will be for all Tunisian men and women, taking into account the fact that men and women have equal rights and responsibilities," he said.
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The ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, has rejected complaints of poor governance and failing to crackdown on attacks on liquor stores and art exhibits by hardline Salafists. Instead, it has blamed Tunisian news media, secular elites and elements of the old government for its decreasing popularity.
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Islamists in both Tunisia and Egypt have overplayed their electoral victories and underestimated the secular opposition they face
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“If Ennahda designates one of its hawks, there will be a conflict with the secular parties,” Labyed said. “At that moment the atmosphere would be very tense and could move to the streets.”
"Carbon Democracy" Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University on Vimeo - 0 views
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The very smart Tim Mitchell presents the argument of his most recent book about the relationship between patterns of energy exploitation and democracy. Not the well-known rentierism argument, but a more sweeping political analysis of fossil fuels and 20th century democracy.
Politics above people - Opinion - Ahram Online - 0 views
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The people will respond with the same disrespect towards the system (government, opposition, media, institutions, figures and mechanisms) as that with which they are dealt, and will lose more faith in the system’s ability to serve and respect them. Naturally, as a consequence, violence will increase — not only political but also retaliatory — to take revenge on a culprit state and culprit politicians
Egypt currency has further to fall: business leader | Reuters - 0 views
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Egypt has begun devaluing its currency to help revive the economy and meet the conditions of an expected IMF loan and the depreciation has further to go, a business leader in the ruling Muslim Brotherhood said
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"We have started already some increase in taxation, and there is the devaluation of the pound and we raised some prices of petrol and gas," Malek said in an interview."Normal people in the street now understand that there is a price that we will have to pay for the IMF agreement."Asked whether he expected a further depreciation of the Egyptian currency to help exports and tourism, he said: "I'm not of course a technical (expert) but people expect a little bit of devaluation in the future."
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Malek, who was imprisoned under Mubarak with top Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater, his friend and business partner, said he was actively trying to persuade wealthy Egyptians to return and invest in the country.Asked if he was personally involved in trying to persuade billionaires who have left Egypt and had their assets frozen or been convicted of economic crimes to come home, he said "Yes. I am inviting everyone to come to Egypt. It is very important to prioritize legislation and court cases should be solved first... before these people come back."
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Hundreds on Police Force Protest Egypt's Government - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Meanwhile, protesting riot police officers accused Mr. Morsi’s government of refusing to equip them with the weapons they need to defend themselves, forcing them to rely only on nonlethal weapons like water hoses and tear gas. “We don’t want the weapons to use against protesters or revolutionaries — we want them to fight the armed outlaws who shoot live ammunition at us,” said Mr. Al-Helbawi, the union leader, repeating the government’s refrain that criminals had infiltrated the protests. On the streets, some protesting officers borrowed the slogans of the opposition protesters they often clash with. “The ministry is the same, thugs and thieves,” chanted a crowd of nearly 500 officers outside an Alexandria police headquarters.
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The interior ministry has since announced it will distribute automatic pistols to low-ranking police officers.
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Egypt military chief-of-staff says army will avoid politics - Politics - Egypt - Ahram ... - 0 views
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"We are not political, we don't want to participate in the political situation because we suffered a lot because of this in the last six months," he said. "But sometimes we can help in this problem, we can play this role if the situation became more complicated," he said without elaborating. Diplomats and analysts suggest the army, fearful of further damaging a reputation that took a beating during a messy transition period when it was in charge, would only act if Egypt faced unrest on the scale of the revolt that toppled Mubarak.
649,000 Egyptian expats registered in elections database | Egypt Independent - 0 views
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Saudi Arabia still has the highest number of Egyptians living abroad, with 300,000 names, followed by Kuwait with 125,000, the United Arab Emirates with 65,000, Qatar and the US with 29,000 each, and Canada with 12,000.
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Ed Webb
Teacher, learner, troublemaker. Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Dickinson College, PA, USA. Specialist in the Middle East including Turkey. Former British diplomat. Member of the NITLE Advisory Board.