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Jon Stewart Mocks the Media's Reaction to Egypt's Revolution
Matt Cherette · 02/14/11 11:20PMMubarak Reportedly in Coma
Max Read · 02/14/11 09:34PMWhat's former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak up to? According to an Egyptian newspaper, he's been in a coma since Saturday and is "currently receiving medical treatment." The Egyptian government says that Mubarak has been in the resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh (and not in Germany or Saudi Arabia, as has been rumored) since his Thursday speech, during which, according to rumors, he fainted twice. Mubarak is 82, and underwent gall bladder surgery in Germany in 2010. [al-Arabiya]
More Demonstrations Across Middle East
Jeff Neumann · 02/14/11 08:21AMEgypt's Military Dissolves Parliament, Suspends Constitution
Jeff Neumann · 02/13/11 10:09AMIn its new role as caretaker government, Egypt's military suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament today, and Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq promised that previously scheduled elections will be held in September. Let's just hope that the country's temporary rulers remain temporary. Here's a round up of today's other news out of Egypt.
Egypt: The Morning After
Jeff Neumann · 02/12/11 09:28AMWhat's Next for Egypt?
Jim Newell · 02/11/11 04:25PMEgypt has finally dumped its arrogant, paternalistic dictator of three decades in the largest country in the Arab world. That's quite an achievement for a suppressive police state after only two to three weeks of protests that weren't very organized to begin with. But what comes next? Will pure democracy just kind of "appear"? Or does an impossible process of constitutional negotiations between the people, the army, the Muslim Brotherhood, business leaders, and foreign powers need to take place over the next year before anything even approaching a stable and responsive political system emerges? Unfortunately it's that second scenario, the "impossible process of constitutional negotiation" one, that's realistic.
Mubarak Steps Down
Jim Newell · 02/11/11 11:37AMEgyptian Military Backs Mubarak
Max Read · 02/11/11 05:02AMWho thinks Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's hilarious fake-out announcement that he's staying in office was good idea? Well, Mubarak, probably, and his vice president, Omar Suleiman. And, apparently, Egyptian military leaders, who, in a statement read aloud on national television, backed Mubarak's "plan" for a peaceful transfer of power, encouraging protestors to go home.
Hosni Mubarak Isn't Going Anywhere
Jim Newell · 02/10/11 04:23PMHosni Mubarak Could Step Down Tonight
Jim Newell · 02/10/11 11:07AMReporter Recounts 28 Hours Inside an Egyptian Torture Chamber
Jeff Neumann · 02/10/11 08:32AMAnderson Cooper to David Letterman: "I Don't Recommend" Being Pummeled
Matt Cherette · 02/10/11 12:27AMThe Shabby Nerve Center of the Egyptian Revolution
Adrian Chen · 02/10/11 12:11AMClick to viewThe New York Times has a cool video taken inside Cairo's "Facebook Flat," where a group of dedicated young Egyptian activists hang out, update their Facebook pages and help organize the Egyptian uprising. It sort of looks like the apartment in which we are typing these very words, which makes us feel very inadequate about ourselves. Guess it's time to go "like" some pages about fighting animal abuse or something.
Why Are Conservatives 'Turning' on Glenn Beck?
Jim Newell · 02/09/11 03:07PMIowa Voters Don't Trust Obama on Egypt Because He's Muslim
Jim Newell · 02/08/11 03:48PMFox News put together a focus group of likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers to watch President Obama's pre-Super Bowl interview with Bill O'Reilly and gauge their reactions. So why were the reactions so negative when he was giving fairly boilerplate responses to O'Reilly's questions about the Egyptian uprising and any potential threats posed by the Muslim Brotherhood?
Protests Continue in Egypt Despite Government Promises of Reform
Jeff Neumann · 02/08/11 08:35AMTens of thousands of protesters again converged on Cairo's Tahrir Square, even as vice president and torture chief Omar Suleiman said that the ruling party was "on the right path to getting out of the current crisis." This is the 15th day of demonstrations against the autocratic rule of Hosni Mubarak.
Our Man in Egypt Works for Egypt
John Cook · 02/07/11 04:29PMFrank Wisner, our special envoy to Egypt and Barack Obama's point man for managing the ongoing crisis there, planted a big wet kiss on Hosni Mubarak over the weekend when he told attendees of a German security conference that Mubarak "must stay in office," which is not even remotely close to what Barack Obama has been saying.