(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.