Tantawi said: “My testimony in the case of the killings of the protesters was the testimony of a sincere man and a soldier of 40 years, one for God and Egypt. ... We were not ordered to open fire at citizens and we will never do that.”
Two Sahwa, or Awakening Council, fighters were initially killed when their car was struck by a roadside bomb at around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) in the al-Nibaie area, north of the town of Mashaada, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the capital, police First Lieutenant Uday Sarhan said.
“The government will not backtrack on a free market economy,” said Hazem al-Beblawi, who is also the interim government's finance minister.
Egyptian officials are expressing fears that Israel plans to seize control of the Sinai Peninsula.
IT was a bloody brawl allegedly sparked by a hamburger with bacon. Now 32 witnesses will be called to give evidence at a hearing about how an incorrect order allegedly led to a violent assault on two police officers at a McDonald's in April.
Police in Lancashire have told the owner of a Christian café to stop displaying Bible texts on a video screen, because it breaches public order laws.Officers attended the Salt & Light Coffee House on Layton Road, Blackpool, on Monday 19 September, following a complaint about “insulting” and “homophobic” material.
“Boycotting the elections was a threatening option to pressure the military council, not a serious one,” he said. “Political parties are established to participate in elections, not to boycott them.”
“The whole community is scared of the Khurasan, and sometimes we ask each other ‘have you seen the videos’,” said one man, who like everyone else interviewed about the Khurasan, asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals.
The weapons could end up in other countries and in the wrong hands, the admiral said, according to Spiegel, “anywhere from Kenya to Kunduz” in Afghanistan.
The State department issued a global travel alert to U.S. citizens
