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Egyptian islander's fight for their homes - 21 Dec 07

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Five thousand Egyptian islanders whose community has been on the Nile river for centuries have been forced out of their homes after an argument with the government. The army has moved into the island to secure it, it is thought for development as a resort. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Cairo.

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  • Corruption is the best friend of capitalists in developing countries.

  • the egyptian government is really terrible.

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  • shut up

  • Egypt's government and corrupt police are disgusting me!!! such a beautiful country and beautiful people.....

    shame, wallah haram

  • Could the party that runs Egypt be any more self-interested?

  • When Italy evicted the people living in the Roman archaeological sites they had the same problem.  Hopefully the people are compensated.

  • Thank you AlJazeeraEnglish! You show us how poor people are suffering in Egpyt, a thing that we never see from other networks! Let us hope the International Community will see and rescue! Thanks Youtube, we now see Egyptian Africa's poor, imaginalized, oppressed, disenfranchised, and voiceless underclass! Keep posting! When things like this happen in Zimbabwe, the whole world gets to know, but when it happens to these Egyptian poor, it becomes "a secret"! Good job AlJazeeraEnglish!

  • Capitalism is not fascism. So when you say corruption is the best friend of capitalism you are wrong. Capitalism is the recognition of private property rights. You are talking about a  faux recognition of private property with artificial privilege to some at the expense of others which is sometimes called state capitalism. Capitalism in its true meaning is free market capitalism

  • you gotta love eminient domain. This is just like America taking land for the nafta super highway.

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