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Egyptian Aak. Week 51 (Dec 16-22)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Constitution referendum to be held over one stage in all governorates
- Egyptian police clash with students outside Cairo University
- Pro-MB female students shut down faculty of engineering
- Nour Party confused as Salafi preacher’s edict ordered referendum boycott
- Alexandria prosecution accuses 29 suspects of trying to smuggle prisoners
- Sisi urges Sinai’s tribes to hand in their weapons
- British and German couple ‘held in Egypt without charge’ for a month
- U.S. group (IPR) to increase investments in Egypt by US$300 mil: Ministry
Tuesday
- Egypt’s State Information Service apologizes for constitution banner blunder.
- Egypt’s presidency to Decide On Elections Process
- Explosive device goes off near a Cairo school
- Turkey seeks info from Egyptian authorities regarding alleged arms seizure in Egypt
- Finance minister proposes using $9b Gulf War central bank deposit for stimulus package
- Jordan closes its doors to Hamas leaders in solidarity with Egypt
Wednesday
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50 stunning Olympic moments: Wilma Rudolph – in pictures | Sport | theguardian.com
Wilma Rudolph, known fondly as The Black Gazelle, entered the summer Olympics of 1960 with high hopes of glory having won a bronze medal as part of the American 4x100m relay team four years prior. Her success as a track athlete was all the more remarkable given that she had worn a leg brace as a youth after contracting polio
via 50 stunning Olympic moments: Wilma Rudolph – in pictures | Sport | theguardian.com.
Yale scientist: Chikungunya outbreak may become a major U.S. public health problem
I am your poem
Memories from a fading Tropical Zion
Angel of Palestine
What Is the Chikungunya Virus?
Boris Johnson to close 3 fire stations that sent engines to the Apollo Theatre
(not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!)
The High Court today has ruled that London Mayor Boris Johnson can go ahead with his plans to massively cut front-line fire services – including 3 stations which sent engines to the Apollo Theatre last night.
Here’s a tweet from the Fire Brigade Union:
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Johnson’s not looking so cuddly now, is he?
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Thanks to ARTIST TAXI DRIVER for the heads up on this one.
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Related articles by Tom Pride:
The 7 Deadly Sins according to Boris Johnson
The Boris Johnson IQ Test – take this quick test to see exactly how thick you are
Boris Johnson slashes number of deadly sins across London in bid to privatise greed
The definition of IQ according to Einstein
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Michael Douglas to play Boris Johnson in new film
Here’s an interesting signature on a petition against ticket office closures: a Mr Boris Johnson
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Morsi, the last caliph-president of Egypt
This piece is written by Mbayo Lo for Mondoweiss. I read it here when the former deputy PM of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim has re-blogged it today.
The ousting of Egypt’s now former President Muhammad Morsi, by popular protest in some interpretations, or by a military coup in others, has raised many problematic questions on the latitudes of democracy and limits of legitimacy. While those who relate his ousting to popular protest see it as a legitimate, corrective move justified by his non-democratic conduct, those who morn his departure blame a military establishment determined to oppose any civilian rule
Both prospects are intellectually entertaining, but equally represent a profound rupture with the existing problem. There are competing conceptions of legitimacy between the Islamist administration of Morsi and the majority of the Egyptian people who associate legitimacy with substantive democracy. In Morsi’s understanding, his democratic legitimacy is the result of a…
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