(02.07.) In order to recuperate, Egypt is in need of massive foreign intervention, as well as generous investments from Gulf Arabs and Western corporations with the assistance of the International Monetary Fund and other global institutions, which would actually be running the corruption-ridden Egyptian economy until it recovers.

5. To the Constitutional Court: The President appealed to the Constitutional Court to quickly finish its review of the amended legislative election law so the Electoral Commission can call for elections without further delay, in order to achieve the desired political stability.

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“In this day and age, no military coup can succeed in the face of sizable popular force without considerable bloodshed,” Haddad wrote. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to support the president and Egypt’s pursuit of democracy, the statement continued. “To move them, there will have to be violence.” There would be “considerable bloodshed.”

“As I write these lines I am fully aware that these may be the last lines I get to post on this page,” Haddad wrote. “For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let’s call what is happening by its real name: Military coup.”

Egypt‘s military deposed the country‘s first democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of the country‘s highest court as an interim leader, the country‘s top general announced.

(02.07.) The Salafists also called for a government of technocrats

Das afrikanische Land solle nun eine Regierung aus Technokraten bekommen.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Wednesday evening apologized to Bolivia for closing its airspace to Bolivian President Evo Morales Tuesday evening when many suspected the Bolivian presidential jet might have been carrying National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Anstatt irgendwelche besonderen Bedenken in Hinblick auf den bevorstehenden Staatstreich zu äussern, gab Präsident Obama eine Stellungnahme heraus, in der er Morsi warnte, dass er auf die Demonstranten „hören“ müsse, die seinen Rücktritt fordern, und sagte, dass es wichtig für eine funktionierende Demokratie ist, dass diese den Eindruck bekommen, dass sie gehört werden.

Asked why the Pentagon had previously declined to disclose the calls, spokesman George Little told reporters: „I think you can understand the sensitivities of this situation and that‘s in essence the bottom line.“

„We made a decision to acknowledge the phone call and that‘s where we are.“

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So these EU states are perfectly content to allow a country – when it‘s the US – to use their airspace to kidnap people from around the world with no due process. But they will physically stop a plane carrying the president of a sovereign state – when it‘s from Latin America – in order to subvert the well-established process for seeking asylum from political persecution (and yes: the US persecutes whistleblowers).

Microphone was found last month inside office of Ecuadorean ambassador, in building where Julian Assange resides

the sources said staff not involved in working on live broadcasts had left the building.

noch immer ist unklar, ob es diese Luftraumsperren überhaupt gegeben hat – und falls ja, wer sie verhängt hat.

Das Global Information Grid der USA speichert unter anderem im Datencenter in Utah eine Datenmenge, die in Yottabytes gemessen wird. Ein einziges Yottabyte sind 360 Milliarden mal so viele Daten wie alle Stasi-Unterlagen.

Das sagte der Vorsitzende des Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremiums, Thomas Oppermann (SPD), nach einer zweistündigen Sitzung des Gremiums am Mittwoch in Berlin. Die Chefs von Bundesnachrichtendienst, Verfassungsschutz und MAD hätten bei dem Treffen „keine Hinweise“ geben können, dass US-Geheimdienste in Deutschland bei der Ableitung von Daten tätig seien

Individual European Union member states have the right to refuse access to their airspace but it was unclear why France and Portugal cancelled air permits for a plane carrying the Bolivian president Evo Morales, an EU Commission spokeswoman said. She told Reuters:

At the moment it is not entirely clear what happened this morning, why the French and Portuguese decided to divert the flight.

But she added that it was a sovereign responsibility of EU member states to decide whether to refuse access to an aircraft and the EU had no powers in the area.

After detailing how regional presidents communicated among each other keeping update on Morales’ situation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said in her official Twitter account that Peruvian head of state Ollanta Humala would be calling for a UNASUR meeting for today in order to debate Europe’s decision to deny air permits for Morales’s plane en route from Moscow.

Boliviens Präsident saß 13 Stunden in Wien fest – Spanien und Frankreich hatten Morales‘ Maschine die Überfluggenehmigung entzogen, weil sie NSA-Aufdecker Snowden an Bord vermuteten – Argentinien und Ecuador wollen UNASUR-Sondersitzung einberufen

„In economics, we are competitors, not allies,“ Pierre Marion, the former director of France‘s equivalent of the CIA, once said. „America has the most technical information of relevance. It is easily accessible. So naturally your country will receive the most attention from the intelligence services.“

influential US magazine Foreign Policy branded Hollande’s outrage at the latest spying revelations “hypocrisy”, under the headline “Espionage? Moi?”

Die USA geben keine Empfehlungen, welche Schritte die ägyptischen Behörden unternehmen sollten, fügte sie hinzu.

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The Daily Beast once called him the man that would succeed Mubarak.

Now, Amr Moussa, the 74-year-old former head of the Arab League, is on the leading edge of the push to oust Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi.

Den Eindruck eines Putsches will die Armee jedoch vermeiden. Zum einen wegen der Außenwirkung, andererseits aber auch, weil die Anhänger Mursis sich zurecht darauf berufen können, dass der Präsident demokratisch gewählt wurde.

“There is only one thing we can do: we will stand in between the tanks and the president,” Gehad El-Haddad told Reuters at the movement‘s protest encampment in a Cairo suburb that houses many military installations and is near the presidential palace.

“We will not allow the will of the Egyptian people to be bullied again by the military machine.”

Military sources earlier told the BBC the president‘s position was becoming „weaker“ with every passing minute and suggested that, under the draft plan, he could be replaced by a council of cross-party civilians and technocrats ahead of new elections.

The general command of the Egyptian armed forces is currently holding a crisis meeting, a military source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Morales und sein Team verbrachten die Nacht in Wien-Schwechat. Seit den frühen Morgenstunden lief die diplomatische Maschinerie in Österreich auf Hochtouren. Präsident Heinz Fischer eilte ebenso auf den Flughafen wie Außenminister Michael Spindelegger.

But Obama has not forged close ties to Mursi, and has been criticized for what is widely seen as his standoffish approach to Egypt‘s attempts to solidify its democracy.