After five days of fighting, the major clashes around Tahrir Square ended on Thursday (well, until this happened a couple of hours ago). The army built a six-meter concrete wall on Mohammed Mahmoud street, where most of the fighting had taken place. Some civilians—probably organized by the Muslim Brotherhood—dragged and beat the youth who've been permanently fighting there for the...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Creator Of Lisp, John McCarthy, Dead At 84

John McCarthy
The Inventor of Lisp and Without exaggeration the father of modern artificial intelligence, John McCarthy, passed away this week. with the well known John Nash at Princeton he studied mathematics and, notably, He transmitted the moves in his first Computer Chess Game between the USSR and scientists in the US by telegraph.
the modern artificial intelligence godfather believed AI should...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Ahmed Harara: "Egypt is Impotant More than My Eyes"

Ahmed Harara
the Egyptian activist Ahmed Harara, the dentist who lost his left eyes in Friday 28 Jan, then he lost the right eye in the latest protests 19 November, was telling his story to CNN about losing his eyes, " I reached Tahrir square at early time about 3:00 AM then I joined the first lines with the protesters " he said.
he continued " my eyes has been injured by a rubber bullet, I fell...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Mona El-Tahawy beaten and sexually assaulted by CSF

Mona El-Tahawy
Renowned Egyptian American columnist Mona El-Tahawy says she was subjected to physical and sexual assault at the hands of the Central Security Forces (CSF) after being arrested at Mohamed Mahmoud Street on Wednesday night. El-Tahawy is a New York-based columnist for Canada's Toronto Star, Israel's The Jerusalem Report and Denmark's Politiken.
El-Tahawy’s arrest was first known Wednesday...
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Military trials threaten Egypt's democracy

CAIRO — Through three decades of iron-fisted rule, Hosni Mubarak suspended the rights of 2,000 civilians and ordered them to face military tribunals in a campaign to crush the Islamist opposition that threatened his rule.
General Hassan El-Rewini
The military courts, which were empowered by Egypt’s so-called Emergency Law, were seen as a violation of the Egyptian constitution and of international...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Live updates: Smoke as antidote to tear gas in the square

8:10 pm: The Free Egyptians Party issues a statement asking the military to stop violence against protesters. It also demands the swift transfer of power to a national salvation government.
The party demanded a stop to the use of toxic gas against protesters and the prosecution of those responsible for killing and injuring them.
It also demanded the realization of the revolution's demands,...
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Protesters clash with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry

Protesters clash with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 22, 2011. Egypt's military ruler said today that presidential polls will be held by the end of June, and offered a referendum on the immediate transfer of power in a bid to contain mass anti-military rallies. As news of the statement filtered into Cairo's Tahrir Square,...
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A protestor waves Egyptian flags

A protestor waves Egyptian flags as he stands with another on a road sign in Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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Protesters chant slogans against head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

Protesters chant slogans against head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011. Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt's army chief promised on Tuesday to hand over to a civilian president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate end to army rule. Tantawi, head of the military council that has ruled Egypt...
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A protestor suffering from the effects of tear gas

A protestor suffering from the effects of tear gas sits in a make shift medical center in Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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An ambulance transporting injured protesters

An ambulance transporting injured protesters navigate through a crowd of protesters after clashes with the army and riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011. Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt's army chief promised on Tuesday to hand over to a civilian president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate end to army rule...
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Protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes

Protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes on a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011. Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt's army chief promised on Tuesday to hand over to a civilian president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate end to army rule...
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A general view shows Tahrir Square as protesters run from tear gas

A general view shows Tahrir Square as protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Cairo November 22, 2011. Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt's army chief promised on Tuesday to hand over to a civilian president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate end to army rule...
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Ambulances make their way through thousands of Egyptian protesters

Ambulances make their way through thousands of Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square on the fourth day of clashes with security forces at in Cairo on November 22, 2011. The death toll from confrontations between protesters and police around Egypt has reached 30, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as the violence raged into a fourth straight day...
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A protestor taunts police near Tahrir Square

A protestor taunts police near Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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A protester, his face sprayed with protective medical cream

A protester, his face sprayed with protective medical cream, covers his nose and mouth with a chequerred keffiyeh to avoid teargas inhalation during a demonstration by tens of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011, as clashes between police and protesters demanding democratic change entered a fourth day...
An Egyptian protester helps a friend

An Egyptian protester helps a friend cover his face with a mask to protect him from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian riot police, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Egyptian police are clashing with anti-government protesters for a fifth day in Cairo. Tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square have rejected a promise by Egypt's military ruler to speed up a presidential...
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A protestor receives a spray to help counteract the effects of tear gas

A protestor receives a spray to help counteract the effects of tear gas near Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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An injured protester flashes a victory sign as he is surrounded by riot police

An injured protester flashes a victory sign as he is surrounded by riot police during clashes in a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011...
Prototestors carry a youth suffering from the effects of tear gas

Prototestors carry a youth suffering from the effects of tear gas near Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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A man in a face mask looks in on a makeshift medical centre in Tahrir Square

A man in a face mask looks in on a makeshift medical centre in Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square after three days of deadly clashes with security forces despite a promise from Egypt's interim ruling Military council to bring forward Presidential elections...
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Riot policemen throw stones during clashes with protesters

Riot policemen throw stones during clashes with protesters along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011. Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt's army chief promised on Tuesday to hand over to a civilian president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate end to army rule...
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Message Num-83 From The Military Council

So, all what I smelled yesterday and all this tear gas and everything happened all the last 4 days was just a dream, why you think that we are stupids?!! SCAF LEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE.
and to be honest I fed up of this stupid messages, and I fed up of keeping your Fan page listed in my likes .. come si dice in Italiano " Vaffanculo SCAF " lol ...
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An Egyptian stands near a small car

An Egyptian stands near a small car with stickers in the colours of the national flag during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president...
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An injured Egyptian protester receives treatment

An injured Egyptian protester receives treatment during clashes with riot police along a road that leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. Street clashes rumbled on in Cairo on Wednesday as protesters derided a deal struck between Egypt's ruling generals and mostly Islamist parties for a faster transfer to civilian rule...
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An Egyptian protester takes cover behind a shield

An Egyptian protester takes cover behind a shield as another forwards a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president...
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Egyptian protesters carry a container of rocks

Egyptian protesters carry a container of rocks during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president by mid-2012...
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Protesters throw stones at police who are firing tear gas

Protesters throw stones at police who are firing tear gas, during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. Egypt's army chief Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom battled police through the night...
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An Egyptian protester is helped away during clashes

An Egyptian protester is helped away during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president by mid-2012...
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An Egyptian protester wears a gas mask to protect himself

An Egyptian protester wears a gas mask to protect himself from tear gas during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president by mid-20...
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An Egyptian couple looks at an anti-government banner

An Egyptian couple looks at an anti-government banner in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Egyptian police are clashing with anti-government protesters for a fifth day in Cairo. Tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square have rejected a promise by Egypt's military ruler to speed up a presidential election to the first half of next year. They want Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to step...
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An injured protestor is led away during clashes

An injured protestor is led away during clashes with police near Tahrir Square on November 23, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians are continuing to occupy Tahrir Square after four days of clashes with security forces despite a promise from military leaders to bring forward Presidential elections...
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A protester waves an Egyptian national flag

A protester (2nd L) waves an Egyptian national flag as riot police fired tear gas during clashes along a road that leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. Street clashes rumbled on in Cairo on Wednesday as protesters derided a deal struck between Egypt's ruling generals and mostly Islamist parties for a faster transfer to civilian rule...
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Protesters take cover behind a barricade

Protesters (L) take cover behind a barricade as they and riot police throw stones during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. Egypt's army chief Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom battled police through...
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Egyptian protesters carry away a man suffering from tear gas

Egyptian protesters carry away a man suffering from tear gas during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president by mid-201...
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Egyptian doctors treat a protesters suffering from tear gas

Egyptian doctors treat a protesters suffering from teargas at field hospital in Tahrir Square in Cairo on November 23, 2011 on the fifth day of clashes with security forces...
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Egyptian protesters flash the V-sign for victory during clashes

Egyptian protesters flash the V-sign for victory during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Fresh clashes erupted between protesters and police in Cairo with three more people reported killed on the fifth day of violence that has left at least 31 people, according to the health ministr...
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An Egyptian protester flashes the V-sign for victory

An Egyptian protester flashes the V-sign for victory as he stands near a car with the hood painted in the colours of the national flag during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim...
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