Word: hosni
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...that "the time has come for me to make a firsthand assessment on the ground." That is precisely what he did. His aim was not to offer ideas but to assess the degrees of flexibility on both sides. For a day and a half, he talked with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali and other officials in Cairo...
...lodestar remains fixed: April 26, the day on which Israel, under terms of the Camp David accords, is scheduled to return the final third of the Sinai Peninsula to Egyptian control. The Israeli withdrawal is vital to the Camp David peace process, to the Egyptian government of President Hosni Mubarak and to the maintenance of peace in the Middle East...
...himself "dumbfounded" and charged that the move violated the 1907 Hague Convention that demands respect for local law in occupied territories-an implicit affirmation that sovereignty cannot be transferred in such cases "except in the event of insurmountable difficulties." In his strongest foreign policy statement to date, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called the move "a blow to the peace efforts" in the Middle East...
Meanwhile, in a bold effort to promote political reconciliation in the country, President Hosni Mubarak, Sadat's successor, last week released 31 prominent figures arrested by Sadat. Among them were five former Cabinet officials and Mohammed Heikal, a former editor of the daily Al Ahram. In an extraordinary gesture, Mubarak had them brought directly from prison to the presidential palace to meet with him. Said Heikal afterward: "This is a great thing. It is the first time a President receives freed political prisoners and talks to them...
...dichotomy between rich and poor is both as old as Egypt's pyramids and the most pressing problem facing President Hosni Mubarak. In his first major address since taking office, Mubarak last week told a session of the People's Assembly: "Egypt is for all. It is not a community of the privileged few, who would monopolize influence. Our success depends to a large extent on our ability to deal with the economy. The time for work has come...