Egypt

Magdy is hilarious.

“Since 2006, AUC has had a contract with the US Naval Medical Research Unit in Egypt (NAMRU – 3) to recruit and provide scientific staff in support of infectious disease research throughout the region, specifically relating to Avian Flu. The total value of this contract since 2006 is $1,964,035, i.e. $600,000 per year for the basic award, plus an additional $164,035 for travel expenses in the 2008 renewal,” the statement explained.

Daily News Egypt RSS feed with proper links .. now there isn't a single Egyptian newspaper with a proper site. Thanks to Yahoo Pipes.

“An officer responsible for April 6 [strike] internet activity asked me very strange questions such as, 'Why do you blog? Why do you use the internet? Who in the Shebab 6 April movement is in a relationship? Who wants to get married?'”

Excellent post.

كريم ــ 3 سنوات ــ فاكر إن ماكدونالدز ده بتاعى وكل شوية عاوز هابى ميل علشان اللعبة. ده حمل تقيل، إلا الأولاد مش ممكن أقولهم لأ على حاجة، وكمان صعب الواحد ياكل حاجة من غيرهم... ولذلك وفى الأعياد الرسمية، بعد انتهاء «شفت العمل»، يأخذ محمد أولاده إلى أحد مطاعم الشركة، «على الأقل يحسوا إنى بأعملهم حاجة، أصلهم مش فاهمين إن المحل ده مش بتاعى».

The reason we’ve never heard about any of this, apparently, is that the US is not advertising the operations, the al-Bashir regime in Khartoum has declared a media blackout, and Egypt is respecting the blackout but keeping a close eye since this involves major arms traffic (it’s an old route, once used by the French poet Rimbaud) going through its territory. Today al-Shorouk said that an Egyptian intelligence agent visited the area to verify the issue.

“Defamation of religions may offend people and hurt their feelings but it does not directly result in a violation of the right to freedom of religion.”

UN-Habitat (2003) Global Report on Human Settlements 2003, The Challenge of Slums, Earthscan, London

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The prime objective of this project is to improve the

before the rockfall Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fweekly.ahram.org.eg%2F2003%2F658%2Ffe3.htm

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تقدير عدد السكان حسب التوزيع العمري في 1/1/2006

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz/2M/800MHz, 2G RAM, 250G HD

قال الدكتور عادل أبوزيد، وكيل وزارة الصحة بالمحافظة، إنه أمر باحتجاز المريض فى المستشفى فى أعقاب التجمهر، لكن المتجمهرين رفضوا، مما أدى لتدخل الأجهزة الأمنية، وأشار إلى أنه يعرف المريض جيداً، وليس لديه مانع فى علاجه بالرغم من شكوى المستشفى من تصرفاته غير المسؤولة Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasry-alyoum.com%2Farticle2.aspx%3FArticleID%3D202487

قامت أجهزة الأمن بالانتقال إلى مكان التجمهر وألقت القبض على 11 شخصاً من المتجمهرين وإحيلوا إلى النيابة بتهمة التجمهر Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masrawy.com%2FNews%2FCases%2FGeneral%2F2009%2Fmarch%2F12%2Fpatient.aspx

قيام أحد الأطباء بمستشفى مطروح العام بإلقاء أحد المرضى ويدعى جاد عبدالكريم ــ 45 سنة ــ إلى الشارع بواسطة العاملين بالمستشفى محمولا على نقالة وهو فى حالة مرضية سيئة خارج المستشفى Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shorouknews.com%2FContentData.aspx%3Fid%3D14102

The most common disorders detected were a major depressive disorder (2.70 percent) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (2.52 percent).

The twitterati of Cairo

This study is an initial step for the National Survey of Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Egypt. We conducted a door-to-door household survey of 14640 adults aged 18–64 years in 5 regions

Akon and his bodyguards "interacting" with the crowd (bodyguards with sticks) after completing his "bridge of peace". Cairo Opera House, 26/2/2009

Fifteen Egyptian and foreign activists took part in a solidarity march for Gaza on Friday in the outskirts of Cairo. Carrying signs with messages like "break the siege" and "support the resistance," they walked from Ezbet El-Nakhl to the end of the Marg metro line.

إلقاء العاملين بمستشفي مطروح العام المواطن جاد عبدالكريم (45 سنة) في الشارع بناء علي أوامر أطباء المستشفي Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elbadeel.net%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D48460%26Itemid%3D1