Tag: Egypt
everythingyntk: July 3, 2013…[Via NBC News]:“BREAKING: Egyptian military says it has ousted President Mohammed Morsi and suspended the country’s constitution. Crowds celebrate in Cairo.” Read more here…
It’s Pentecostal weekend, which also means a long weekend in a few countries: no work tomorrow in Hungary too, yay! This was a busy week in global issues and happenings, although nowhere as much as in US politics. I tried to collect only the most interesting articles and posts and cut the ones you read everywhere. I hope you’ll like these! On world affairs: Could UN Peacekeepers Be Involved in a Syria Ceasefire? After recent diplomatic developments and the planned summit on Syria, will UN peacekeepers be the right solution in this crisis? General Assembly ‘strongly’ condemns Syrian human rights…
United Nations News Centre – UN Secretary-General calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire by all sides “My message is clear: all sides must stop fire,” Mr. Ban said during his press conference with [Egyptian Prime Minister] Mr. Qandil. “Further escalating the situation will only result in more tragedy, and puts the entire region at risk. That is why a ground operation must be avoided. That is why it is urgent to contain the present crisis.”
I know I am very late with this, but I wanted to cover the rest of the general debate same as I did with the first day, and then I wanted to do it properly, so at last I decided not to post it in pieces. That’s why this is going to be a long one. So, my thoughts on the general debate part 2 as follows. Whether Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heeded the Secretary General’s warning or this speech was the original plan anyway, I – someone who expected nothing but the worst from him – thought he moderated…
Named Egypt’s Winner, Islamist Makes History Mohamed Morsi’s recognition as president handed the Muslim Brotherhood a new weapon in its struggle for power with Egypt’s ruling military council.
akio: A group of unidentified Egyptian activists have set up a Facebook page and website called morsimeter.com to monitor the performance of Egypt’s president-elect Mohamed Morsi during his first 100 days in office. The page, which already has over 20,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook, will assess Morsi’s adherence to 64 promises he made during his election campaign in the fields of bread, traffic, security, fuel and health. Morsi vowed to implement the Muslim Brotherhood’s Renaissance Project if elected president. In his first post-victory speech on Sunday evening, Morsi said Egyptians should not obey him if he fails to stick to his campaign pledges….
