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Egyptian Protester Shot Dead in Alexandria (Warning: Graphic)

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2011Politicsalexandria, egypt, egyptian protester, shot dead

The Youtube page sasy, it was on 28th January. The horrific incident took place in Alexandria, Egypt.

NC State Expert Offers Insight Into Events In Egypt, Tunisia

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2011Politicsakram khater, amalgamation, american revolution, authoritarian ruler, economic corruption, egypt, hereditary political rule, islamist government, middle east, middle eastern history, muslim extremists, north africa, political unrest, popular protests, regimes, tunisia, university students, westernized elites, workers, yemen

Political unrest in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia is not unlike a modern version of the American Revolution, according to North Carolina State University’s Dr. Akram Khater. Khater’s expertise in Middle Eastern history can provide perspective to help us better understand what is taking place in the region. Khater is director of NC State’s Middle East Studies Program and an associate professor of history. He can be reached at 919/513-2218 or akram_khater@ncsu.edu. (more…)

Series of Revolutions, and a Cup of Coffee

By ShamsJanuary 28, 2011Politicsarab world, ben ali, egypt, hosni mubarak, series of revolutions, tunisia

Weeks before in Tunisia, and now in Egypt – as if a strong wind of revolutions is sweeping through the Arab World one after the other. In fact, people are tired now to see the same faces for the last 25/30 years. Such mass movement is no surprise (at all). This had to come one […]

Spacecraft Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2011Scienceantimatter, antimatter particles, beams, earth, egypt, electric fields, energy, fermi gamma ray space telescope, fermi spacecraft, gamma ray, joseph dwyer, light, michael briggs, NASA, phenomenon, scientists, seattle, spacecraft, steven cummer, storm, terrestrial gamma ray flash, tgf, thunderstorms, zambia

WASHINGTON — Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 such flashes occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected. (more…)

Russian Nuclear Industry to Conquer Country of Pyramids

By PravdaDecember 22, 2010Politics, Science, Technologyalexandria, Bangladesh, bushehr npp, egypt, electricity, gigacalories, gw, haripur, hydropower, India, kudankulam, nuclear power plant, power plant, rachid mohamed rachid, rivers, rosatom, russia, Technology, thermal power, Venezuela, viktor khristenko, vladimir putin, West Bengal

Russia is ready to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt at its own expense, to manage the plant, and even find markets for the electricity. Early next year Egypt is expected to announce a tender for the construction of nuclear power plant with the capacity of 1 GW 150 km from Alexandria. Russia’s Rosatom will participate in the tender.

A meeting of Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held on Monday. From the Russian side it was chaired by the Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko. (more…)

‘Breast Ironing’ in Cameroon

By ShamsJuly 24, 2010Culturebreast ironing, cameroon, egypt, ethiopia, female circumcision, female genital mutilation, psychological problems, sudan

Female circumcision or female genital mutilation is common in many countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

However, ‘breast ironing’ is some kind of new addition to this ‘ill- and evil’ practice.

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