Philippine Government to Evacuate its Citizens from Libya
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2011
The Philippine government said Friday it planned to bring 13,000 of its citizens from riot-torn Libya with the help of their employers, though it gave no timetable.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Tags: citizens, evacuate, libya, the philippines
134 Filipinos in Libya Now Safe, Says Phil. Foreign Office
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2011
The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Friday that 134 Filipinos were out of harm's way in Libya with the Philippine embassy in Tripoli going into "full relocation and repatriation mode."
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
As Juarez Family Loses Five Members, Protesters Cry “Enough!”
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Feb 25, 2011
Surviving members of the Reyes Salazar family – some of them on a hunger strike -- are protesting in front of the state’s Justice Department.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cuidad juarez, drug trafikking, Josefina Reyes, kidnapping, mexico, murder, narcos, salazar reyes family, violence
America's Next War Looms in Libya
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 23, 2011
Gadhafi's fiery pledge "to die as a martyr" is a signal that he is anticipating the Fifth American-Libyan War.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: algeria, bahrain, egypt, libya, middle east, Moammar Gadhafi, obama, tunisia, united states, war
Haiti's Election Campaign and Aristide's Expected Return
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2011
A month before millions of Haitians trek to the polls in the second round of a disputed presidential election, a cloud of uncertainty has descended over the country.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Death of a General Haunts Hmong Memories of Home
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 19, 2011
The recent death of Hmong icon General Vang Pao haunts immigrants in exile and their American children with memories of the Vietnam War and longing for home.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Immigration, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, elders, fresno, generalvangpao, hmong, vietnamwar, youth
Last Act in Cairo: Did U.S. Help the Egyptian Military Stage a Coup?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 18, 2011
While TV cameras focused on Cairo, the U.S. military was busy redeploying Navy carriers and Marine landing assault crafts to the Red Sea.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: BenAli, chemicalweapons, coup, defensecontractors, egypt, egyptianmilitary, Mubarak, nuclearweapons, U.S.military
As Those in Foreign Lands Rise Up, U.S. Activists Persevere
Final Call, First Person, Posted: Feb 17, 2011
I am one of 23 individuals who have been recently subpoenaed by the FBI and who face a federal grand jury because of our work to end aid to Israel.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Haiti Issues Exiled President Aristide a Passport to Return
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2011
Following years of exile, Haiti’s former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide recently received a diplomatic passport and may return to the country.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Front Page, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: aristide, duvalier, eartghquake, elections, haiti, return
Arabs Celebrate the End of an Era
Arab Detroit, Commentary, Posted: Feb 15, 2011
After Tunisia and Egypt, it is time to celebrate. For decades, Arabs have been on a course of misguided politics. It is high time to allow talent to lead, privilege to spread and freedom to shine.
Categories: Ethnicities, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arab, Egypt, Pan-Arab movement, People's Revolution, Tunisia
Letter From India: Young, Wired—But Not in an Egyptian Mood
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 13, 2011
Unlike Egypt's young people, India's "babalog" class has plenty of ways to channel their restlessness besides revolution.
Categories: Asian, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: babalog, Egypt, Facebook, ghandi, India, revolution, socialmedia, socialnetworking, Twitter
In Memory of Poncho Bebe
AnotherSource.org, First Person, Posted: Feb 13, 2011
A routine patrol starts off as any other. But the brutality of war comes swiftly and suddenly, and spares not even the most innocent.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: camp taji, death, iraq, iraq war, poncho bebe, veteran, war
Jubilant Cairo Now Faces Economic Devastation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2011
As throngs cried for freedom in Tahrir Square, more than 2.5 million Egyptians watched their incomes vanish with a million foreign visitors during this peak tourist season.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: economy, egypt, egyptianrevolution, international affair, middleeast
No ‘Gringos’ in Juarez as Drug War Scares Off Tourists
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Feb 12, 2011
As the drug cartels wage war, a bustling Juarez street—once crowded with American tourists looking for a cheap beer, sex and good Mexican food—stands forlorn.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict, food
Tags: drugwars, juarez, margaritas, mexico, tourism, violence
Watching Egypt, Dreaming of Reform in North Korea
Korea Daily, Commentary, Posted: Feb 11, 2011
As the Egyptian people force their dictator from power, a North Korean wonders what it would take for his country to do the same.
Categories: Asian, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: dictator, egypt, hosni mubarak, imprisonment, kim jung il, korea, korean, north korea, president, torture
New America Now: Google in Egypt and Sudan's Potential Split
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 11, 2011
A controversial look at U.S. involvement in Egypt, is it possible to eat a healthy meal on food stamps, and the future of a split Sudan.
Categories: African, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict, food
Tags: comedy, egypt, food stamps, sudan africa
Will the Fall of Egypt Affect Black America?
LA Sentinel, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 10, 2011
There are many people who claim that Egypt is in the "Middle East" and contrary to that belief, Egypt is in Africa, period.
Categories: African American, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, black, egypt
Proud to Be an Arab
The Arab American News, Editorial, Posted: Feb 08, 2011
Arab communities in the Diaspora are at one with the people of the Arab world as they stand up for their individual and collective rights.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arab, Arab-American, Egypt, People's Revolution, Uprising
Arab Media: U.S. Is Hijacking Egyptian Uprising
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 08, 2011
Arab media report that divided opposition groups and, especially, U.S. support of an “orderly transition” with the distrusted Omar Suleiman are undermining Egyptian protests.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: egypt, foreignpolicy, media, middleeast, mubarak, obama, protests
Pox Americana—How the U.S. Opened the Mideast’s Gates of Hell
TomDispatch.com, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 08, 2011
When the U.S. opened the “ages of hell” by invading Iraq, it set loose events that continue to reverberate around the Middle East.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: community, egypt, foreignaffairs, georgewbush, international, iraq, politics, Tunisia, war
The Coming Eclipse of Egyptian Secularism
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2011
The total eclipse of secularism over the Nile won't be the end of the world; it will simply herald the arrival of the crescent moon of a new Islamic order.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: eclipse, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, secularism, takeover, transformation
Arab Americans Continue Supporting Egyptian Struggle for Freedom
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2011
Arab Americans continue organizing solidarity marches and social networking efforts to support Egyptian demonstrators.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: change, Egypt, Facebook, Mubarak, people's revolution, Twitter
Mr. Mubarak: The People’s Revolution Does Not Need the Internet
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 01, 2011
The author's conversation with his Egyptian friend captures the nuances, the complexity and the immensity of the conflict as no news broadcast as been able to.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: change, Egypt, Facebook, Internet, people's revolution, Twitter
Pakistan to Evacuate Pakistanis from Cairo
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2011
Pakistan is evacuating its citizens from Cairo.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Eye on Egypt , South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: cairo, citizens, egypt, evacuation, pakistan
Why an Islamic Government in Egypt Might Not Be So Terrible
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 01, 2011
This prospect of a potential “Islamic republic” in a post-Mubarak Egypt is met with a great deal of consternation in the United States.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Egypt, fear, Islamic Republic, Muslim Brotherhood, post-Mubarak, western minds