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03/12/2005

Egyptian opposition leader freed

Egypt has released on bail Ayman Nur, an opposition leader detained since the end of January and whose jailing aroused Washington's concern.
A crowd cheered Nur as he left a Cairo detention centre after supporters paid his bail of 10,000 Egypt
03/12/2005

Egypt frees jailed opposition leader Nur

CAIRO - Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nur, seen by some as a symbol of the movement for democratic reform, was freed on bail on Saturday after six weeks in detention, Attorney General Maher Abdel Wahed told reporters.
Nur, who heads the Ghad (T
03/12/2005

Egyptian Opposition Leader Ordered Freed

Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour was ordered released on bail from prison, a judicial official said Saturday, a detention that had caused tension with Washington.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Nour would be released on Saturday, but pri
03/12/2005

Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour was ordered released on bail from prison, a judicial official said Saturday, a detention that had caused tension with Washington.

Egypt released on bail on Saturday Ayman Nour, an opposition leader who has been in detention since the end of January, the public prosecutor said.
Maher Abdel-Wahed told a news conference Nour and five others had been freed on bail of 10,000 Egyp
03/09/2005

Egyptian authorities block opposition newspaper

Egyptian authorities blocked distribution of the first issue of the newspaper of the opposition Ghad (Tomorrow) Party in which its leader announced he would run for the presidency, his wife said on Tuesday.

Al-Ghad newspaper, which was printed
03/09/2005

Egyptian opposition paper appears one day late

The first edition of the newspaper of the opposition Ghad (Tomorrow) Party appeared on Wednesday one day late after the Egyptian authorities dropped a demand for changes in the text, a newspaper executive said.

The leader of the party, Ayman N
03/09/2005

Opposition paper hits stands in Egypt

A newspaper run by an opposition party whose jailed leader recently announced plans to run for Egypt's presidency, has been allowed to hit the stands for the first time.
The weekly Al-Ghad, or Tomorrow, which carries the same name as the party, ra
03/09/2005

Egypt opposition paper comes out

A weekly newspaper issued by a jailed Egyptian party leader has appeared at news stands for the first time.
In the inaugural edition, Ayman Nour announces his plans to run in the country's first multi-candidate presidential election later this ye
03/08/2005

When history turns a corner

People power is changing the face of the Middle East, but the democracy deal isn't sealed yet

How can you tell when history turns a corner? An assassination in 1914, a sneak attack in 1941, a wall falling in 1989--each came with a
03/05/2005

Winds of change in the Middle East

The great democratic wave that engulfed east and central Europe, Latin America and a good deal of sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades ran into the sands of the Middle East, leaving the Arab world stagnating in tyranny. The year 1989 saw the
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