Barack Obama
Egyptian lobbying campaign fends off congressional reform bill—for now
Egypt
October 15, 2010
Egyptian lobbying campaign fends off congressional reform bill—for now
With two electoral battles looming in the coming months, the Egyptian government now finds itself fighting over a very different…
AEA president: Domestic concerns fuel Egypt’s committment to peace talks
Egypt
September 5, 2010
AEA president: Domestic concerns fuel Egypt’s committment to peace talks
President of the Alliance of Egyptian Americans (AEA) Mahmoud al-Shazly has said that mutual US and Egyptian support for launching…
Mubarak to travel to US after talks with Sarkozy
Egypt
August 29, 2010
Mubarak to travel to US after talks with Sarkozy
Security arrangements are being made by the Egyptian embassy in Washington in preparation for President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to the…
Khadr to face military trial in Guantanamo
World
August 9, 2010
Khadr to face military trial in Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba--Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured at age 15 by US troops in Afghanistan, goes on trial Tuesday at…
Tariq Aziz: Obama is ‘leaving Iraq to the wolves’
World
August 7, 2010
Tariq Aziz: Obama is ‘leaving Iraq to the wolves’
London--The man who once served as Saddam Hussein's leading lieutenant has appealed to the United States to extend its presence…
USAID funding channeled to Egypt’s registered NGOs
Egypt
July 30, 2010
USAID funding channeled to Egypt’s registered NGOs
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is preparing to disburse new grants and aid package to Egyptian civil…
Obama says use flotilla tragedy for Mideast peace
World
June 4, 2010
Obama says use flotilla tragedy for Mideast peace
Washington--President Barack Obama said on Thursday the deadly Gaza flotilla incident was "tragic," but he expressed hope it could provide…
Presidential preoccupation
Egypt
May 5, 2010
Presidential preoccupation
US President Obama's visit to Egypt dominated the headlines of the local publications over the past week. The latter's largely…
Obama seeks nuclear safeguards, presses defiant Iran
World
April 13, 2010
Obama seeks nuclear safeguards, presses defiant Iran
Washington--President Barack Obama called for a concerted global effort to step up safeguards on loose nuclear materials on Tuesday, warning…
Obama in Kabul for unannounced Afghan trip
World
March 28, 2010
Obama in Kabul for unannounced Afghan trip
Kabul--US President Barack Obama arrived in Kabul on Sunday for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, his first trip to the…