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... off is emerging. It's not just between the protestors and the government. It's also between the youthful demonstrators and the vast middle of Egyptian society, the folks making $100 a month as waiters and salespeople who haven't shared in the riches that Egypt's economic liberalization has ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's political developments, including the most recent unemployment report, the U.S. response to unrest in Egypt and the brewing fight in Washington over government debt.
... here, I think the Obama administration is taking a step back a little bit. I mean if -- you know, if it's acceptable to the Egyptian opposition parties for Mubarak to leave the presidency in the sense of no longer having any official duties and being moved off to his ...
As protests continue in Cairo calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, we turned to the NewsHour video vault for some additional perspective on the Egyptian leader's background. In a 1993 NewsHour interview, Mubarak said Egypt is "very keen on democracy" but "don't expect that we'll ...
Tens of thousands of protesters convened in Cairo for what was called a "day of departure" for President Hosni Mubarak, but he continues to reject calls to leave office immediately. Writer and blogger Wael Nawara, a key opposition figure, tells Margaret Warner that Mubarak "is putting the country's interests at great risk."
... are in tune with that attitude. Out in Burley, Idaho, a Mormon Outpost that we follow, local newspaper editor Jay Lenkersdorfer says the protests in Egypt are barely a blip. "Burley, Idaho, isn't paying much attention to the problems in Egypt," he writes in an e-mail. "[We are ...
... in Egypt since it has escalated over the course of the last week. The president has made two statements to the press solely focused on Egypt. Both came following lengthy phone conversations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but he did not answer questions. The New York Times reports Friday that ...
Backers of Egyptian President Mubarak on the streets of Cairo. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images U.S. Aid to Egypt in Question Massive demonstrations against Egypt's President Mubarak and a deteriorating security situation in the streets of Cairo have thrown the future of U.S. foreign aid to the ...
... Gulf. Egypt's not a major exporter. It's, in fact, a slight importer, but about 2 to 4 percent of global supplies does transit Egypt. And what happens in Egypt obviously has an impact beyond its borders in the Middle East. HARI SREENIVASAN: Oil prices fell slightly today, but ...
I think that there is still serious miscommunication going on, sometimes purposeful, on what the Egyptian leadership is choosing to hear from those trying to give it inputs on how -- how to move. I mean, we're talking about negotiations here with the opposition. That seems to me to be ...
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