Egypt swears in 10 new ministers in shuffle

An Egyptian street vendor sits at the back of a pickup truck along with vegetables displayed for sale, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013./AP/Nasser Nasser

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Egypt's government swore in 10 new ministers on Sunday in a Cabinet shake-up aimed at improving the government's handling of the country's struggling economy. The top posts

Mesir Segera Terapkan Hukum Islam

Mesir/AP Photo/Amr Nabil

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KAIRO -- Hukum baru Mesir yang mengadopsi aturan Islam akhirnya disetujui rakyat di Negeri Piramida. Dalam pemungutan suara (referendum) rakyat, konstitusi baru ini disetujui 63,8 persen warga Mesir. Referendum konstitusi tahap kedua pada Sabtu (22/12) lalu dilakukan di 17 dari 27 provinsi.

‘Khaibar, Khaibar Ya Yahud! Jaysyu Muhammad Saya’uud!’

“KHAIBAR, khaibar ya Yahud! Jaysyu Muhammad Saya’uud..! 
Asy-Sya’b yurid tahrir filastiin!!!”

(Ingatlah perang Khaibar wahai kaum Yahudi. Sesungguhnya pasukan Muhammad akan kembali mengalahkan kalian. Masyarakat menginginkan kemerdekaan Palestina)
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Arafat body to be exhumed on Tuesday in murder inquiry

Then Palestinian President Yasser Arafat sits (center) surrounded by doctors from Tunis, Egypt and Jordan in his office in the West Bank City of Ramallah in this October 28, 2004 (file photo)./Reuters/Palestinian Authority/Hussein Hussein

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, RAMALLAH - The body of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, in an investigation to establish if he was murdered, a Palestinian official said on Saturday.