MIDDLE EAST NEWS February 2 – 3, 2013 Defying Truce, Egyptians Clash at Morsi’s Palace By MATT BRADLEY Getty ImagesAn Egyptian protester throws a live tear gas canister fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes outside the Egyptian presidential palace in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo on Friday. CAIRO—Violent confrontations between police and […]
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January 3, 2013 Islamist Split in Egypt Buoys Radical Wing Ahead of Parliamentary Vote, Ultraconservative Faction Breaks Away From Popular Salafi Party to Push for Shariah Law By MATT BRADLEY ReutersSalafists recently protested in favor of Islamist law in Cairo. CAIRO—A radical faction within Egypt’s most conservative Islamist party is breaking away, threatening to
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November 28, 2012 Egyptians Rally Against President By MATT BRADLEY and SAM DAGHER EPAA general view shows protesters demonstrating against the President Mohamed Morsi’s decree in Tahrir Square in Cairo. CAIRO—Tens of thousands of Egyptians descended on central Cairo to challenge new claims to power by President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist allies, forcing
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September 22, 2012 Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEVEN ERLANGER CAIRO — On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypt’s new Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States needed to fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world, showing
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September 12, 2012 The New World Disorder As the U.S. retreats, bad actors begin to fill the vacuum. By their nature, foreign policy problems often have a long fuse. The successes of one Administration (Truman, Reagan) sometimes don’t pay off for years (Bush 41), while dangers can simmer until they suddenly explode (al Qaeda). The
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012 The States Are Leading a Pro-Growth Rebellion The message from Indiana and elsewhere is that aligning yourself too closely to unions is a losing strategy. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER After the 2008 election, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and, of course, the presidency. They used that victory to push through an
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The Washington Times Foreign-policy flaws leave national security in shambles By J.D. Gordon- J.D. Gordon was the vice president for communications and a foreign policy and national security adviser to Herman Cain’s 2012 Republican presidential nomination campaign Friday, December 30, 2011 So 2011 has come and gone – yet another bleak chapter in our national
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JANUARY 30, 2012 By NOUR MALAS Syria’s government moved to defend Damascus as its military fought rebel troops outside the capital for a third day on Sunday, as the battle moved ever closer to President Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power. Amateur video out of Syria purports to show government tanks in flames and funerals of
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JANUARY 28, 2012 Wisconsin’s Scott Walker is facing a recall after his labor and spending reforms. If he loses, public unions will flex their muscles nationwide. By STEPHEN MOORE One Sunday afternoon last spring, as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was working in his front yard, a car rolled slowly by and blared its horn. He
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Keep Fear Alive The liberal obsession with playing the race card. Noemie Emery November 21, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 10 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Liberals thought rights applied to groups, conservatives to individuals; conservatives believed in equality of opportunity, liberals thought this was empty unless outcomes were equal; conservatives
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