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  • Egypt revolutionary singer stopped from performing

    03/15/2014 12:55:33 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 1 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Mar 15, 2014 3:30 PM EDT | Mariam Rizk
    An Egyptian singer known for his anti-government songs said Saturday that authorities stopped him from performing at an arts festival attended by the country’s interim president and military chief for “security concerns.” The halted performance Thursday from young singer Mohammed Mohsen comes as the broadcast of a show featuring a popular satirist who skewers public figures apparently was deliberately jammed again Friday. Mohsen said representatives from the presidency escorted him out of the Cairo Opera House before his performance was to begin and left him there as the concert went on without him. …
  • Feds rebuff Yemeni lawyer in terror case

    10/28/2004 10:29:56 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 1 replies · 344+ views
    AP Wire | October 28 2004 | TOM HAYS
    NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors are challenging efforts by the Yemeni government to intervene in the courtroom defense of an outspoken sheik accused of funneling millions of dollars to al-Qaida. Sheik Ali Hassan al-Moayad has been jailed in Brooklyn since last year over the objections of Yemen, where he was a leading member of an Islamic-oriented political party. With a trial nearing, officials in Yemen recently hired a prominent Yemeni lawyer and sent him to New York to monitor the case. The lawyer, Khaled al-Ansi, was cleared to enter the United States. But when he showed up in court...