<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. waived congressional restriction on Egypt aid : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>U.S. waived congressional restriction on Egypt aid : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. waived congressional restriction on Egypt aid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congress had withheld the sum until the administration certified Egypt had done enough to protect the independence of the judiciary, curb police abuses and put a stop to arms smuggling from Egypt to Gaza.<br/><br/>But it also gave the administration an option to waive the restrictions &quot;in the national security interest of the United States&quot;.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53628/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53628/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City]]></title><description><![CDATA[A University of Chicago expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides new information about a little understood aspect of ancient Egypt&#8212;the development of cities in a culture that is largely famous for its monumental architecture.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67565/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67565/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt Closing Gaza Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[Egyptian security forces have begun shutting down the border with the Gaza Strip two days after it was blown open by armed Gaza militants. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into Egypt to buy food and other supplies, but border guards are now trying to shut down the flow of people. <br/>Update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/48074/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this story</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/48355/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/48355/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Worker's Strike Turned Into Massive Riot in Egypt]]></title><description><![CDATA[What was supposed to be a workers' strike turned into violent riots in northeastern Egypt on Sunday resulting in 150 arrests, around 100 injured and at least one dead. Our Observers in the country explain why. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://mwcnews.net/content/view/21503/0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Other</a> <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24017142/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sources</a> <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/violent-riots-hit-egypt/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here.</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57432/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57432/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Z Machine creates ice in nanoseconds]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratory of United States, owns the Z Machine f Sandia's, which is capable to produce a temperature higher than Sun's. Recently has successfully obtained ice from water in just a few nanoseconds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13370/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13370/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress overrides Bush veto first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the first time in a decade that Congress has passed a bill over a presidential veto.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41066/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41066/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Israelis threaten to retake Gaza-Egypt border]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several Israeli cabinet ministers called on Sunday for a military operation to retake control of Gaza's southern border and prevent Palestinian militants smuggling weapons from neighboring Egypt.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4043/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4043/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt Getting Back In The Nuclear Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Egypt is to revive the civilian nuclear power programme it froze 20 years ago following the accident at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1235/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1235/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt demands Germany return Nefertiti's bust]]></title><description><![CDATA[The famous limestone bust of Queen Nefertiti is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient art, and Egypt really wants it back, pretty please, with a cherry on top.<br/><br/>&quot;Real You&quot;:  I have a Master's degree in Egyptology.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/17192/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/17192/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Congressmoved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1623/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1623/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt puts blogger on trial for insulting Islam]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;An Egyptian blogger went on trial Thursday on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife with his Internet writings. Egypt&#8217;s first prosecution of a blogger came as Washington has backed away from pressuring its Mideast ally to improve its human rights record and bring democratic reform.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/9250/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/9250/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.<br/><br/>EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said &quot;gay&quot; wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[No Al Qaeda Policy: Congress Wants Answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;For six years now, we have known where Al Qaeda is based. The administration has announced over and over again they have a policy to go after Al Qaeda,&quot; the GAO report said. &quot;The 9/11 commission said nothing is more important than a coherent strategy to smash this security threat, to break these safe havens. The congress has passed legislation mandating that. Notwithstanding the administration's own words, the recommendations of the 9/11 commission, and congressional law, the agencies involved have failed to implement any kind of effective security.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58996/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58996/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Could Fall to $2 if Congress Acts, Analysts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[If Congress passes certain legislation, it could curb speculation and cause the price of gas to fall significantly.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66499/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66499/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt discovers 2,500-year-old grave of royal guard]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grave of a royal guard of the 26th dynasty, which dates back to about 2,500 years ago, was unearthed by an Egyptian-Czech archaeological mission in the south of Cairo.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35028/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35028/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Possibly the oldest human footprint found in Egypt]]></title><description><![CDATA[May be even older than that of Lucy.  Authorities deny that the footprint had a Nike tread on it.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/32354/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/32354/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Statue of Ancient Egypt Queen Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Archaeologists have uncovered a pristinely preserved statue of a powerful Egyptian queen at the sprawling mortuary temple of Amenhotep III on Luxor's West Bank.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/58344/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/58344/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Male Belly Dancing Makes Comeback in Egypt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Male belly dancing, a centuries-old Egyptian tradition, is making a comeback against the odds, considering its periodic suppression by government and religious officials.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/45776/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/45776/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>