Revolution in Egypt
A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on ...
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A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on ...
About 50,000, mainly Islamist, protesters flocked to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to press Egypt’s military rulers to transfer power to elected civilians, after the cabinet launched a move to exempt the army from parliamentary oversight.
The protesters chanted Islamic songs before Friday prayers while others handed out flyers demanding the withdrawal of the constitutional proposal and that presidential elections be held no later than April 2012, instead of at the years’ end or in 2013.
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After a year of Arab upheaval, Islamists are biggest winners
CAIRO — Almost a year ago, senior leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gathered in an apartment overlooking the massive protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square. It was the 18th day of the uprising that would bring down President Hosni Mubarak.
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Mubarak lawyer says police did not order killing of protesters
"Mubarak used his constitutional power and issued an order imposing a curfew across Egypt, and put the army in charge of security from 16:00 on 28 January," Deeb said. "Therefore, it doesn't make sense that police ordered the killing of protesters.
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Egypt's Human Bellwether
Days after that speech, the Brotherhood's party, Freedom and Justice, swept the elections for Egypt's Parliament, where they now appear to control about half of all seats. It was the latest in a string of victories by newly unleashed Islamist parties
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Arab Spring Comparable to Collapse of Soviet Union - Freedom House
The Freedom House said the massive street protests in Russia are a sign of the fall in popularity of country's leaders. Despite the unprecedented protest movements that swept the world last year, the situation of human rights and freedoms has not
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Army was in charge when Egyptian protesters were killed “Mubarak used his constitutional power and issued an order imposing a curfew across Egypt, and put the army in charge of security from 16:00 on 28 January,” Deeb said. “Therefore, it doesn't make sense that police ordered the killing of protesters. |

Mayors Who Attempt to End Occupy Protests Are On the Wrong Side of History
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 2:40pm. ROBERT CREAMER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT
Over the last few days there has been what appears to be a coordinated attempt by many of the nation's mayors to end the Occupy Wall Street protests that have swept the country - and much of the world.
Many justifications have been given: concerns
And Mayor Jean Quan, who has faced opposition from all sides for her handling of the Occupy camp across from her offices in City Hall, disclosed in an interview with the BBC (@5:32) that she spoke on a conference call with 18 other cities leading up to the raids.
PERF’s leadership includes Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner and former Washington DC Metro Police chief Charles Ramsey who was responsible for mass arrests at numerous protests against international banking institutions; former Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner and former Miami chief of police John Timoney, responsible for the so called “Miami Model,” coined after the brutal police crackdown on the 2003 protest against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas; and Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan, who was responsible for the crackdown on protesters at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
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