اقوال الصحف الانجليزية

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يارب احفظ مصر و رد لنا كرامتنا التى اهدرتها القنوات الفضائية العميلة

[omarelassal]

يارب احفظ مصر و المصريين و رد لنا كرامتنا التى اهدرتها القنوات الفضائية العميلة

[alien2]

Frank Wisner, an influential retired diplomat and former US ambassador to Egypt who met with Mubarak at Obama's request this week, "was speaking for himself and not for the US government," a senior Obama administration official said in Washington.
Wisner called Mubarak an "old friend" of the United States, and said he "must stay in office in order to steer those changes through."
"President Mubarak's continued leadership is critical," Wisner told the Munich Security Conference via video link.
"Frank Wisner was speaking as a private citizen... analyst... not as a representative of the US government," the US official said on condition of anonymity.
Obama meanwhile "discussed his serious concern about the targeting of journalists and human rights groups, and reaffirmed that the government of Egypt has a responsibility to protect the rights of its people and to release immediately those who have been unjustly detained," the White House added.
He also "emphasised the importance of an orderly, peaceful transition, beginning now, to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people, including credible, inclusive negotiations between the government and the opposition."
The leaders agreed to stay in close contact going forward, the White House said.
The statement came as Washington welcomed as a "positive step" the mass resignation of leaders of Mubarak's party, as it seeks to prod the strongman to the exit. US officials hailed the move but urged more change.
"We view this as a positive step toward the political change that will be necessary, and look forward to additional steps," said the Obama administration official.
Separately, US Vice President Joe Biden told his Egyptian counterpart Saturday that "immediate steps" are needed on democratic reforms.
Biden, in a telephone call to Egyptian Vice President Omar Sulaiman, "asked about progress in beginning credible, inclusive negotiations for Egypt's transition to a democratic government to address the aspirations of the Egyptian people," the White House statement said.
"He stressed the need for a concrete reform agenda, a clear timeline, and immediate steps that demonstrate to the public and the opposition that the Egyptian government is committed to reform."

[alien2]

In Washington, more than 100 marched from the Egyptian Embassy to the White House, following protests in that city on Tuesday and last Saturday. Rallies were also held in New York and Seattle.
At the New Orleans demonstration, the group waved signs and Egyptian flags and chanted "Get up, stand up! Stand up for your rights."
"That's a drop in the bucket," Egypt native Reda Bakeer, a 57-year-old engineer, said of the protest he joined. "I have friends who are dying. We have joined a party here."
Some protesters expressed concern about the increasingly dangerous situation in the country, where anti-government protesters and Mubarak supporters have clashed in the streets.
Bakeer, a naturalized US citizen since 1991, said he was concerned about family members in Egypt, including his elderly mother. But he added: "It's bigger than my family."
Ahmad Bayoumi, a 42-year-old engineer who came to the United States to study in 1999, said the Egyptian dissidents have taken to the streets for the same reason he left the country - a lack of opportunity. He said that the Mubarak regime had "corrupted the souls of Egyptians."
"It has been pushing the thought that if you're well-connected and have money, you will have prosperity," he said.
In Washington, the rally had mostly concluded by early evening, but some protesters said they planned to stay overnight at Lafayette Square across from the White House, in solidarity with the thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Earlier in the day, an organiser with a megaphone led the sign-carrying group in chants that included "Hey Mubarak, pack your stuff!"
Some protesters came from far beyond Washington. The Flint Journal newspaper reports about 50 people in Michigan boarded a bus Friday to join the protest, picking up others in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.
In Seattle, about 200 people gathered carrying signs that said "step down now" and "free Egypt" to show their solidarity with antigovernment protesters.
Many of the protesters at Seattle's Westlake Park were of Egyptian descent and called for Mubarak to step down.
Egyptian immigrant Ghada Ellithy, of Bellevue, Washington, attended the demonstration with her 14-year-old daughter and 20-year-old son.
She carried a handmade paper Egyptian flag that said "Go Egypt" and said she was showing support for her mother and brother, among those who have gathered in Cairo's Al Tahrir Square.

[alien2]

An official from the Brotherhood, which the government has accused of trying to profit from the sweeping protests posing the greatest threat to Mubarak's three-decade grip on power, said talks would take place between the group and Egypt's new Vice President Omar Suleiman.

The official did not give a date for the talks, which will be the first ever between the government and its bete noire.

"Keeping in mind the interests of the nation and its institutions and concerned about preserving the country's independence... we decided to begin talks to see up to what point they are ready to accept the demands of the people," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official also said the dialogue was aimed at eliminating "foreign or regional interference in our affairs," in an effort to distance the group from Iran, which has called for the installation of an Islamist regime in Egypt.

The Brotherhood, which is officially banned but tolerated in Egypt, is the best-organised opposition movement drawing on a vast social aid network.

Senior members of Mubarak's party resigned on Saturday, but demonstrators staging a 12th day of anti-regime protests rejected the shuffle as a cosmetic move.

The resignations came after Mubarak huddled with his new government for the first time.

State television said the executive committee of the ruling National Democratic Party had resigned en masse. Among those stepping down was Mubarak's son Gamal, once viewed as his heir apparent. But protesters rejected it as a meaningless gesture.

"Some people say it is cleaning out but I believe these are cards they are throwing on the table to please the street, it's like a striptease show," said Mahmud Momen, a 46-year-old businessman.

Farid Ismail, a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood, said the resignations were a sign of the regime's demise.

"The regime's pillars are crumbling. This means that the revolution of the youth has caused a large earthquake and many of the regime's symbols are falling -- it is trying to save itself," he declared.

The political turmoil in Cairo loomed large over international meetings in Munich, Germany, where Obama's special envoy Frank Wisner said Mubarak should stay in office during a democratic transition.

"The President must stay in office in order to steer those changes through," Wisner, who met Mubarak this week, told the Munich Security Conference via video link, describing the leader as an "old friend" of the United States.

"President Mubarak's continued leadership is critical," he said.

But officials in Washington quickly distanced themselves from Wisner's remarks, saying he spoke as a private citizen.

US President Barack Obama spoke Saturday to several foreign leaders about the unrest in Egypt and underscored the need for "an orderly, peaceful transition, beginning now," the White House said in a statement.

The US leader spoke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, the statement said.

Cameron and Obama agreed that "real, visible and meaningful change needed to start now" in Egypt, a Downing Street spokesman said.

"The Prime Minister said that a clear and credible roadmap to change was needed as soon as possible, including a path to free and fair elections," the spokesman added.

At least 300 people are believed to have been killed and thousands injured since the protests began on January 25, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

With big crowds swelling anew in Tahrir Square, Mubarak on Saturday met for the first time with the government he swore in five days earlier.

Present were his new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, the ministers of petroleum, trade, finance and social solidarity, and the head of the central bank, official news agency MENA reported.

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Mubarak huddled with his new government for the first time as the top executive committee of his ruling National Democratic Party, which includes his son Gamal, resigned, state television reported.
The NDP executive has six members, including its secretary general. Gamal Mubarak was its number two, and also headed the 30-strong political committee.
But despite the shakeup Hosni Mubarak remains president of both the party and of Egypt.
US officials hailed the move but urged more change. ‘We view this as a positive step toward the political change that will be necessary, and look forward to additional steps,’ an Obama administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
‘We welcome any step that provides credibility to that process,’ said National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor.
Gamal Mubarak and the secretary-general of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), Safwat el-Sharif, resigned in a gesture to protesters carrying out a 12-day-old wave of anti-government demonstrations, State TV reported.
Both were to be replaced by Hossam Badrawi - a senior NDP member and part of the party's board of governors. The new secretary general of the party is seen as a member of the reformist liberal wing of the party.

[alien2]

Cairo Governor Abdel Azzim Wazir said that unknown persons had broken in to the control room of the two-way Al Azhar Tunnel, which links the centre of the Egyptian capital to its outskirts, but they were exposed and stopped.
“Security men responsible for protecting the tunnel managed to foil the attempt,” he said, adding that two cars were burnt down in the bid.

The destroyed cars were removed and the traffic inside the tunnel returned to normal, he said.

[alien2]

Khaled Serri, head of the exchange, was quoted as saying that the bourse would remain shut on Sunday and Monday, as anti-government protests have continued on a daily basis since January 25.
The date for "resuming operations of the stock exchange has not been determined yet," he said, adding that it would depend on developments.
Serri said 48 hours notice would be given before trading resumes. The bourse was last open on January 27 when it closed down nearly 10 percent as the protests against President Hosni Mubarak picked up momentum.
The decision to postpone the reopening of the bourse was taken after consultations with its management, with Egypt's financial supervisory authority and representatives of traders and brokers, Serri said.
"Extraordinary measures aimed at supporting the performance of the stock market" will be announced before reopening, he said, adding that such measures were being discussed with trading parties.
He appeared to hint at measures aimed at avoiding a crash in the market, but did not disclose details.
In another announcement, MENA said that banks will reopen on Sunday, and will be operating between 10:00 am and 01:30 pm.
The central bank had earlier put a cash limit on daily personal withdrawals from banks to 50,000 Egyptian pounds, or 10,000 dollars, MENA said.

[alien2]

In heated congressional session the US Foreign Affairs Committee criticised President Barack Obama for a lack of seriousness in addressing "threats against Christian minorities in the Middle East" in the wake of November's Al-Qaeda attack on an Iraqi church in Baghdad and the New Year's Eve bomb at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria.

Opening the hearing, Congressman Frank Wolf said the administration had not acknowledged that the violence was "directed specifically at Christians". He described the bomb at the Two Saints Church as "the worse attack on Copts in 10 years".

During the hearing researcher and activist Dina Guirguis accused the Egyptian government of routinely ignoring the rule of law when faced with sectarian violence, preferring reconciliation sessions instead.

Over the last decade, said Guirguis, ignorance of the Coptic contribution to Egypt's heritage had prevailed. "Six hundred years of Coptic history is absent from the educational curricula in schools, and Copts are poorly represented in the state- owned media," she said.

Michele Dunne, senior researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the Egyptian government "does not bear direct responsibility" for the bombing but has mishandled sectarian problems and violence for a decade.

Dunne's testimony linked sectarian tension and to a "broader pattern of human rights abuses" against all Egyptians.

US State Department official Tamara Wittes said that President Hosni Mubarak had called on Christians and Muslims to unite and has increased the police presence at Christian houses of worship. She added that it was important that the Egyptian government prosecutes the perpetrators of the bombing in a transparent manner and that the US had offered Egypt assistance in this regard.

"The US is in close contact with leaders of both the Coptic community and the Egyptian government should they require assistance," she said.

"What was voiced during the hearing were the inaccurate claims that have long been circulated by Egypt's enemies in the US," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Hossam Zaki.

The reaction of Egypt's Coptic Church to the hearing, he continued, constituted the "best possible reply to foreign parties attempting to involve themselves in Egypt's internal affairs" with a view to "provoking conflict".

The government has repeatedly criticised Western reactions to the New Year's Eve attack and has been joined by the Coptic Orthodox Church, Al Azhar and opposition parties in a rare display of unity.

In response to the Congressional hearing the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement saying that foreign pressure tends to harm Copts by giving the impression that they are seeking the support of other countries.

"Pope Shenouda III opposes any form of foreign interference in church affairs and stresses that problems related to Copts are debated in Egypt and receive the attention of both Muslims and Copts," the statement concluded.

President Mubarak responded on Sunday to Western criticism saying in a speech that "the era of guardianship has gone."

In a message directed at Coptic communities abroad, especially in the US, he underlined that the Egyptian government would not bow to foreign pressure over internal matters.

"This is something that any Egyptian, Copt or Muslim, would reject," said Mubarak.

Last week Al-Azhar suspended dialogue and exchange programmes with the Vatican for an unspecified period of time. The decision came in response to Pope Benedict XVI's statements about minority persecution in Egypt.

"Any interference in Egypt's domestic politics must be categorically rejected. Copts are protected by the same laws that apply to all Egyptian citizens," said an Al-Azhar press statement.

Last week the European parliament discussed a resolution that seeks to impose sanctions on countries that fail to protect their religious minorities. The resolution called for "a list of measures to be compiled to be taken against states that knowingly fail to protect religious denominations".

[samir Meabed]

شكرا مستر و كان افضل لو كان ملف ورد و لك اهدى هذا المقال الذى ارسلتة الى الاهرام ويكلى مش عارف نشر ام لا مش متابع

[samir Meabed]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة alien2

in heated congressional session the us foreign affairs committee criticised president barack obama for a lack of seriousness in addressing "threats against christian minorities in the middle east" in the wake of november's al-qaeda attack on an iraqi church in baghdad and the new year's eve bomb at the two saints church in alexandria.

opening the hearing, congressman frank wolf said the administration had not acknowledged that the violence was "directed specifically at christians". He described the bomb at the two saints church as "the worse attack on copts in 10 years".

during the hearing researcher and activist dina guirguis accused the egyptian government of routinely ignoring the rule of law when faced with sectarian violence, preferring reconciliation sessions instead.

over the last decade, said guirguis, ignorance of the coptic contribution to egypt's heritage had prevailed. "six hundred years of coptic history is absent from the educational curricula in schools, and copts are poorly represented in the state- owned media," she said.

michele dunne, senior researcher at the carnegie endowment for international peace, said the egyptian government "does not bear direct responsibility" for the bombing but has mishandled sectarian problems and violence for a decade.

dunne's testimony linked sectarian tension and to a "broader pattern of human rights abuses" against all egyptians.

us state department official tamara wittes said that president hosni mubarak had called on christians and muslims to unite and has increased the police presence at christian houses of worship. She added that it was important that the egyptian government prosecutes the perpetrators of the bombing in a transparent manner and that the us had offered egypt assistance in this regard.

"the us is in close contact with leaders of both the coptic community and the egyptian government should they require assistance," she said.

"what was voiced during the hearing were the inaccurate claims that have long been circulated by egypt's enemies in the us," said foreign ministry spokesman ambassador hossam zaki.

the reaction of egypt's coptic church to the hearing, he continued, constituted the "best possible reply to foreign parties attempting to involve themselves in egypt's internal affairs" with a view to "provoking conflict".

the government has repeatedly criticised western reactions to the new year's eve attack and has been joined by the coptic orthodox church, al azhar and opposition parties in a rare display of unity.

in response to the congressional hearing the coptic orthodox church issued a statement saying that foreign pressure tends to harm copts by giving the impression that they are seeking the support of other countries.

"pope shenouda iii opposes any form of foreign interference in church affairs and stresses that problems related to copts are debated in egypt and receive the attention of both muslims and copts," the statement concluded.

president mubarak responded on sunday to western criticism saying in a speech that "the era of guardianship has gone."

in a message directed at coptic communities abroad, especially in the us, he underlined that the egyptian government would not bow to foreign pressure over internal matters.

"this is something that any egyptian, copt or muslim, would reject," said mubarak.

last week al-azhar suspended dialogue and exchange programmes with the vatican for an unspecified period of time. The decision came in response to pope benedict xvi's statements about minority persecution in egypt.

"any interference in egypt's domestic politics must be categorically rejected. Copts are protected by the same laws that apply to all egyptian citizens," said an al-azhar press statement.

last week the european parliament discussed a resolution that seeks to impose sanctions on countries that fail to protect their religious minorities. The resolution called for "a list of measures to be compiled to be taken against states that knowingly fail to protect religious denominations".

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بعد اذن حضرتك رفعت الملف ورد

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شكرا جزيلا على مجهوداتكم

[samir Meabed]

Dear Sirs
Egypt has witnessed several events that made the all world focus on it either as supporters or gloaters .The yesterday’s friends turned out to be gloaters. Those who opened their arms to our leaders became the first people to ask him to resign and abandon the power. Indeed policy is a dirty game, but alas! our leaders do not learn from the previous experiences .We saw Saddam Hussien , Zien Al Abdeen Bin Ali and at last president Mubark who were appreciated by most countries and by all leaders, suddenly the all buried their heads in the sand as if they did not know them. I know the Western and the U.S.A are ready to ally with devils to fulfil their own interests .this is the policy, but our foolish leaders do not know.
We are kind peoples and believe anyone and I say to those gloated us .wait we will get up and became super power. The democracy that the Western seek may bring disastrous consequences upon them. You may take the Arab world as a model must be followed .In the past we taught you all kinds of civilization, and you learnt and proceeded us and excelled, but our rulers now tried to make up for their deprives and indulged into the lusts believing that their sovereignty is long and will not leave it till they die and after death their sons will be in the power .they do not know that Allah delays ,but never neglects. Their do not know that the injustice and tyranny have an end and the supplication of the unjustly treated people is truly accepted by Allah .This is the natural end to any tyrants and oppressors. We are sure that Egypt will overcome this catastrophe and will be the capital of The Arabs. We do not want anyone to be our guarantee or our sponsors .All Egyptians refuse the Iranian interference in our inner affairs .All Egyptians Muslims and Christians stand as one, man to protect their properties and all people saw that on TVs .It was not a slogan or propaganda to delude the world or ignore the recent events .I ask all Egyptians throughout the world to love Egypt and forget all spleens and hatred caused by the perishing regime and reign .Let us turn a new leaf and start a new era .
Samir Meabed
Egypt
نشر فى جريدة الجاردين البريطانية بتاريخ 7-1-2011
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7 February 2011 5:47PM

[رائدبيو]

شكرا جزيلا.

[Ostaz Abdallah ibn Shirbeen]

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protesters in central Cairo reject President Mubarak's plans for a gradual handover of power.


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