Articles tagged with: politics
Egypt, Featured, Media, Society »
When Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak came to power 28 years ago, the Berlin Wall still had another eight years to stand, AIDS was only just being recognized as a disease, and the Ford Cortina had another year to run on the automaker’s production lines.
Little wonder then that some people in Egypt would like to see a fresh-faced successor to take the reins in elections slated for 2011.
But not, by any means, everyone.
Featured, Islam »
Barack Obama will head to Turkey following the G20 summit in London for his first visit to a Muslim country in power.
The U.S. President is expected to address Turkey’s parliament and talk with opposition parties during the trip.
But aides have stressed the visit is not being planned as a platform for speaking to the wider Muslim world, according to Hurriyet newspaper.
U.S. officials do not want the visit to extend beyond bilateral affairs, the paper reports.
