Gaza Smugglers Offer KFC (VIDEO)
Fried chicken is the latest ‘luxury’ being smuggled through tunnels from Egypt into Gaza. (May 17)
Egypt
Four Students Arrested In Egypt For ‘Harlem Shake’
Source: Agence France Presse / The Huffington Post Egyptian police said Saturday they have arrested four students who filmed themselves publicly dancing in their underwear, as more people around the world emulate a viral dance craze called the “Harlem Shake.” The four pharmaceutical students shocked residents of a middle class Cairo neighbourhood when they removed most [...]
UPDATE: Hosni Mubarak Reportedly In Coma, Off Life Support
Source: Allen Pizzey / CBS News CAIRO – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is reportedly in a coma but his heart and other vital organs are said to be functioning to the point that he has been taken off life support. The 84-year-old was moved from prison to a military hospital Tuesday amid a flurry [...]
Report: Egypt’s Mubarak Suffers Stroke
Source: AP / USA Today CAIRO – Egypt’s state news agency said Tuesday that Hosni Mubarak has suffered a stroke, and prison officials said he is likely to be moved out of his prison hospital to a military facility nearby. State TV said the 84-year-old ousted president, who is serving a life prison sentence, was in a [...]
Egypt: 33 Killed As Thousands Continue Tahrir Square Protest (VIDEO)
Source: MSNBC CAIRO — Cairo police fought protesters demanding an end to army rule for a third day on Monday and morgue officials said the death toll had risen to 33, making it the worst spasm of violence since the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The bloodshed in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, epicenter [...]
