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bencnn

  1. @blondearabist was bought by the Carlton just before the revolution and now renovation proceeding very slowly. Few tourists anyway
  2. @blondearabist no longer a problem! No VIPs, no Hilton.
  3. @karimabdeldayem and Safwat will have his job back, too.
  4. For sale: Central location, Nile view, ideal HQ for large, autocratic political party long on funds short on scruples. twitter.com/bencnn/status/…
  5. @gadyepstein @nknewsorg And great article, too. Lots of colour, natural, flowing prose, plus very, very objective.
  6. @maxstrasser @CairoReview Interesting, but I'd like to hear from Safwat Sharif. His 27 January press conference was epic...fail, of course.
  7. AP: "Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker" bit.ly/KZQ00p #Jan25
  8. LA Times on a roll: "Brotherhood...has characterized Shafik as a Darth Vader-like holdover from the Mubarak era." #Egypt
  9. @Marwa_Thabet صح. عندنا مراسل في بيروت، محمد جمجوم الذي يغطي احداث سورية و بعد مجزرة الحولة سوف نكثف التغطية
  10. @fisherperry I report on events in Egypt. I think you mistake me for an editorial writer.
  11. @fisherperry Egypt story IS important. I am in Egypt to cover Egypt. I can't thus cover stories "elsewhere". Does that make sense?
  12. @fisherperry thank you for you kind words, sir.
  13. @bencnn: Photo: defaced Ahmed Shafiq billboard just up the street from his campaign HQ in Doqi. #Egypt #EgyElections twitter.com/bencnn/status/…