Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The following lines present information about U.S. Aid to Egypt from the 1970s until now and observe the main goals of the aids throughout their history.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
During the last year, 20 people and institutions in Boston received similar letters from Fleet Bank, in which they were notified that the Bank had closed their accounts. Fleet Bank, which belongs to the Fleet Boston Financial Corporation, gave no reasons for closing the accounts of these clients....
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The US Department of State announced that it has started an experimental program financed by USAID to educate Pakistani girls. The program aims to promote critical thinking and to counter girls’ shyness.
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2004
U.S. expenditure in 2005, ratified by the Congress few days ago, devoted $19.8 billion for “external operations” with a major portion for winning the hearts and minds of Muslims and Arabs all over the world.
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2004
A subsidiary committee of the U.S. Congress has voiced concern over the expulsion of some girls from their schools in France because they refused to remove their veil. It considered that a "violation of the freedom of religion," and has contacted the French government, but has not received a...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
American Authorities cancelled a one-year visa for work it had previously granted to the grandson of the founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Tareq Ramadan, who teaches Islam at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and the University of Freirburg [in Germany], was planning to work for one...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
U.S. Department of State issued its first report on Anti-Semitism in the world, in which it adopted the same accusations as those of some Jewish and Zionist organizations towards European, Islamic, and Arab nations.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
In Egypt, setting up a political organization can be quite an unpleasant experience, especially if one boasts controversial religious credentials. Nevertheless, some former members of the militant Jihad, the group blamed for a series of murders in the 1980s and 1990s including the assassination of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Egypt has said that it would not object to the return of a militant leader serving a life sentence in the United States on the condition that when he returns home he serves a sentence passed against him by Egypt some ten years ago.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.