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EGYPT: Liberals approve cleric's suggestion for new constitution
Babylon & BeyondA document drafted by the leading cleric at Al Azhar institution, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, to guide the writing of a new constitution for a "modern democratic state" has been widely endorsed by Egypt's...... -
McManus: Technology that protects protesters
Early this year, as street protests began spreading across the Arab world, a young Internet expert from Germany, Katrin Verclas, asked Egyptian democracy activists what kind of technology they needed most. More laptop computers? Better access to the Web?...Tags: Politics, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry, Terrorism, WikiLeaks
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Jackie Kennedy; Israel and Egypt's shaky peace; California's carpool lanes
A candid Jackie
Re "Jackie Kennedy, warts and all," Editorial, Sept. 15
Just four months after seeing her husband die before her eyes, and with her world turned upside down, Jackie Kennedy offered her candid and vivid observations of people and events...Tags: Politics, Travel, Andre Agassi, John Anderson, Israel
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Keep the peace between Israel and Egypt
My fingers burned with excitement. It was just weeks after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's dramatic trip to Israel in November 1977 and my boss had just returned from Egypt, the first Israel Defense Forces officer ever to visit that nation. I was a young...Tags: Politics, Terrorism, Accidental Death, West Bank, Israel
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The shocking contempt for women's rights [The reply]
Opinion L.A.How far have American women come since winning the right to vote in 1920? Eve Weinbaum and Rachel Roth addressed this question in an Aug. 26 Op-Ed, “Beyond suffrage,” bringing up issues that elicited backlash on our discussion board.... -
ARAB WORLD: The absent debate on progressive taxation
Babylon & BeyondWith the revolts in many Arab countries, the subject of taxation in the Arab world should be urgently tackled. Taxation is not a financial issue in advanced democracies but rather a socio-political matter with various implications. Those same implications... -
Egyptians protest military leadership
Thousands of protesters once again gathered in the heart of Cairo on Friday to voice their exasperation with the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces, though their numbers fell far short of the hoped-for "million men." The military, which has been...Tags: Politics, Cairo (Egypt), Sean Penn, Demonstration, Parliament
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Letters to the editor: Vladimir Putin's political plans; Israeli settlement expansion; relief from rising healthcare costs
Russia's strongman
Re "Putin's back, unfortunately," Editorial, Sept. 28
Vladimir Putin's right to run for a third term as president of Russia is highly questionable.
Such an idea would have never visited Bill Clinton, since the 22nd Amendment to...Tags: Tunisia, Politics, Israel, Russia, Netflix Inc.
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Rick Perry on Obama's Israel policy: 'Naive, arrogant, misguided and dangerous'
Top of the TicketRick Perry, Republican presidential candidate: Full text of his remarks on Israel and Palestine.... -
President Obama's policy in the Islamic world; job creation in the U.S.; a possible grocery strike in L.A.
Libya, and Obama
Re "Libya rebels pour into capital," Aug. 22
Republicans still worship Ronald Reagan, crediting his politics and rhetoric with bringing down the Soviet Union: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Here's an excerpt from President...Tags: Tunisia, Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, Maitland, Wages and Pensions
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LIBYA: Political science expert on Kadafi, rebels and fate of nation
Babylon & BeyondEl-Kikhia, who fled Libya in 1980, received his undergraduate degree in political science from the American University of Beirut and a master of arts and Ph.D. in international relations from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author... -
PASSINGS: Billy Costello
Billy Costello
Former WBC light welterweight boxing champ
Billy Costello, 55, a former WBC light welterweight boxing champion who won his first 30 professional fights, died of lung cancer Wednesday at a hospital in his hometown of Kingston, N.Y., said...Tags: Travel, Political Corruption, UNESCO, University of Paris, Welterweight
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