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Egypt Blasts US For ‘Baseless’ Warnings Against Visiting Pyramids

Egypt’s Antiquities’ Ministry has criticized a U.S. Embassy message to American citizens in the country, urging them to be extra cautious because of recent incidents near the pyramids in Giza.

2013/06/01

File photo of Egyptian satirist and television host Bassem Youssef. (credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ Plans To Increase Jabs At Morsi, Islam Following Interrogation

Bassem Youssef, who is considered to be “Egypt’s Jon Stewart,” was interrogated by Egyptian government officials on Sunday after an arrest warrant was announced for charges that included insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi.

2013/04/03

Gallup: Dems, GOP Differ Most On Respective Attitudes Towards Israel, Cuba

Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. have relatively similar opinions of most foreign countries, but they differ the most on their respective views of Cuba and Israel.

2013/03/21

File photo of a swarm of locusts. (credit: NADAV NEUHAUS/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel On High Alert After 30 Million Locusts Descend Upon Egypt

Israel is on high alert after tens of millions of locusts descend on neighboring Egypt.

2013/03/04

Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi delivers a speech at the Koerber foundation in Berlin on Jan. 30, 2013. (credit: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Morsi Aide: America Invented Holocaust ‘Myth’

An aide to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi claims that the Holocaust was a hoax.

2013/01/30

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi poses prior a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister in Cairo on Jan. 10, 2013. (credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Morsi Called Jews ‘Descendants Of Apes And Pigs’ In 2010 Speech

U.S. Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he has expressed strong disapproval to Egypt’s Islamist president about his past comments about Jews. Despite an uproar in Washington over the remarks, he said he and other congressmen will press for more aid to Egypt’s ailing economy.

2013/01/16

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama debate (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Opinion: A Mad, Personal-Attacking, Interrupting Obama Loses Third Presidential Debate

Romney won this debate in more ways than one – most impressively due to his dignified style.

2012/10/23

Damage inside the burnt US consulate building in Benghazi (Photo credit: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Obama’s Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media

As the liberal American press and ultra-liberal bloggers inundate the Internet and newsprints with criticisms of what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential challenger to President Barack Obama, said about Obama during the Libyan attacks and murders, throngs of foreign press and few American outlets tell the real story involved with the White House’s role in the incidents that we now know could have been prevented.

2012/09/17

Mitt Romney (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Terrible Week

Last week Romney had yet another gaffe and error filled week. Week after week Romney and his campaign can’t get it together.

2012/09/17

PHOTOS: Unrest in Middle East
Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam. (credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GettyImages)

US Identifies Anti-Muslim Filmmaker Blamed for Attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence […]

2012/09/13