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Death penalty call for Egypt’s Mubarak

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:57:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Public prosecutors in Egypt have completed their case against former President Hosni Mubarak and they have called for the death penalty, by hanging, for him and seven government officials, including his interior minister, Habib El-Adly. They have argued that he was personally implicated in the deaths of several protesters during the uprising [...]

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Elections: Russians out of love with Putin, Egyptian runoffs begin

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:59:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com High turnout in Egypt, with new Islamist group taking 24% GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Russians appear to be falling out of love with former leader Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party and turnout has been high, 62 percent, in Egyptian voting as parts of the country move into runoffs in a complex voting system. Vladimir Putin’s United [...]

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Mubarak wheeled on bed into courtroom

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:05:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Egypt’s former leader, Hosni Mubarak, arrived in court Wednesday 3 August on a hospital bed for the opening of his trial: he and his sons Alaa and Gamal, and several senior officials and officers are being tried on a number of charges, from killing protesters to illegally gaining wealth. The former president [...]

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Mubarak frozen Swiss funds now in “10s of millions” (update)

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:26:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 19 February Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The assets of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his entourage that have been reported by banks and others to the Swiss government in the past week now amount to tens of millions of francs, the Swiss foreign ministry told news agencies late Friday. Bern had already been [...]

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Mubarak resigns, power handed to the army

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:43:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Egyptians are filling the streets of Cairo and other cities Friday night 11 February, upon the news of the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as the country’s president. The announcement came at the end of the afternoon. Power has been handed to the army. Analyses and possible implications are starting to come in from around the [...]

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Egypt: Thousands on strike, human-rights violations reported

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:23:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Thousands of Egyptian workers, bus drivers and public transport workers in Cairo are on strike 10 February, spreading labour unrest and furthering the wave of anti-government protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. With its efforts to manage the crisis failing, the government warned of the potential for a coup, says the Associated [...]

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Mubarak says he’ll go, but less quickly than dust storm (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:06:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (2 videos) Egyptians marching in the streets against the government of Hosmi Mubarak have been faced in recent days with more than the threat of military action against them: a weekend dust storm swept across Cairo and much of Egypt, adding to their woes. The storm has now flown out of Egypt, over the Mediterranean. [...]

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Egyptian protests continue, Internet disrupted

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:18:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Nobel peace prize winner reportedly “detained” Cairo is the scene of continuing protests against the government of Hosmi Mubarak, in power for 30 years, and as protests appear to have spread to Alexandria and Suez, the government has clamped down on the Internet, severely disrupting access to it throughout the country. The government has banned [...]

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Egypt bans demonstrations, blocks Facebook

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:15:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Fourth person dies after Tuesday demonstrations Four people died in demonstrations against the government Tuesday 25 January in Egypt, three protesters and a police officer. Gatherings have now been banned by President Hosni Mubarak and social media sites that were used to organize the protests, including Twitter and Facebook, are blocked. Police fired tear gas [...]

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Thousands take to street in Egypt in organized protest

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:14:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Cairo but also three other cities in Egypt have been the scene Tuesday 25 January of thousands of protesters, mainly peaceful until late afternoon, marching against the iron grip the government has over politics and power. Security forces reportedly sent 20,000 police onto the streets to keep order among an expected 100,000 people calling for [...]

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