ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT – Hamdi Hassan, a senior member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood party, was jailed by Egyptian authorities Jan. 28 during the tensest days of anti-government protests in this coastal city.
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Muslim Brotherhood eyes comeback in Egypt
The Cairo protests – through the eyes of London’s Arab community
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Watching and waiting
Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes. She has squeezed her husband’s hand. At one point, she tried to pull out her ventilator tube, as if annoyed it was there and impatient to get back to work.
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Opinion: A friend’s wish for Giffords
Some good news: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ doctor said the congresswoman is showing “glimmers of recognition” less than a week after being shot in the head. “That tracking of the eyes tells you a whole lot more, that she’s aware of her surroundings…
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Giffords Shows ‘Glimmers of Recognition’
Representative Gabrielle Giffords is able to keep her eyes open for up to 15 minutes at a time and can move her legs and hands, doctors said on Thursday.
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New York City smokers no longer have to cover their eyes at the cash register: A federal judge ordered Wednesday that gruesome photos of the effects of smoking-meant to shock smokers into quitting-be removed. Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff struck…
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Judge Bans Grisly Anti-Smoking Ads
The CIA has launched more than 100 drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year, but one seemingly obvious target remains conspicuously unscathed.
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U.S. eyes a haven for militants in Pakistan
Why many Tea Partyers and social conservatives are urging him to run.
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Why Mike Pence catches conservatives’ eyes
2010 through the eyes of the Atlantic.com’s cartoonist… ( For more, also see The Decade in Cartoons. ) Please use a JavaScript-enabled device to view this slideshow
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The Year in Cartoons
Everyone’s focused on the story of TSA patting down a shirtless little boy-though the TSA says the boy’s father removed his shirt. Still, to our eyes, this one’s worse: A bladder cancer survivor in Michigan says that a bag he must wear to collect his…
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The Worst TSA Pat Down Yet?
I’ve seen some truly amazing feats of magic, but here’s one that beats them all. Right before your eyes, this thing rises into the air on its own, with no wires or mechanical devices giving it lift. And it hovers there effortlessly. But it’s not magic, for magic is an illusion, and this gravity-defying phenomenon of perpetual levitation happens to be real. What is this “it” that keeps floating up, up, up? The annual bonuses paid to Wall Street’s top bankers. read more
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A survivor of the 7 July bombings tells how he tried to help a fellow passenger before he watched the “lights go out” in his eyes.
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7/7 survivor relives rescue bid
A grapefruit knife is “a knife” in the eyes of the law and cannot be sold to under-18s, a high court judge rules during a test case.
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Judge rules that grapefruit cutter is a ‘knife’
Amiza Mai rushes through the hospital doors, tears streaming from her eyes and her two-month-old boy cradled in her arms. He is screaming.
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Workers rush to save tiny flood victims
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
