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While delivering a nationally televised speech in parliament last week, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak broke out in a sweat, coughed, staggered and slumped over as his security detail rushed forward to help him. Senior Egyptian sources confirmed to TIME that Mubarak's collapse, as the government maintains, came during a bout...
...happened after two attempts on his life, in 1995 and 1999, the incident raised concerns about Egypt's political stability in the event of his death. Mubarak, evidently wary of creating a rival to power, has never named a Vice President. And because flaunting aspirations for the presidency while Mubarak is alive can be hazardous to one's political health, few own up to an interest in the position...
...played at the collegiate level doesn’t mean they don’t bring loads of experience to Harvard. Both boast impressive resumes on the junior circuit. Duboc played on the 2003 U.S. junior team and competed in the World Junior Championships in Egypt during the summer...
Delivering a televised speech in Parliament, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak broke into a sweat, coughed, staggered and slumped over. Senior Egyptian sources confirmed to TIME that his collapse, as the government maintains, was due to the flu. But as has happened after two attempts on Mubarak's life, in 1995 and 1999, the incident raised concerns about Egypt's political stability in the event of his death. Mubarak, 75, evidently wary of creating a rival to power, has never named a vice president. And since flaunting presidential aspirations can be hazardous to one's political health...
...toppled. The movement's primary strategic objective is to gain control of Muslim countries, eliminating Western influence and establishing Islamist regimes. But pursuing that goal via terrorist bombings in those countries carries the inherent risk of turning potentially sympathetic public opinion against the extremists, as it did in Egypt during the 1990s when terror attacks on tourists and civilians prompted many Egyptians to support a ferocious government crackdown. The latest attacks in Turkey, like those in Riyadh, may have been directed at targets somehow associated with foreigners, but most of the victims have been Muslim passersby...