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Mass March by Kairo Women in Protest over Abuse by Soldiers

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick, Mayy el-Sheik - Dec. 20 (News Report) - Several thousand women demanding the end of military rule marched through downtown Cairo on Tuesday evening in an extraordinary expression of anger ..

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General Reasserts Military's Power in Post-Election Egypt - New York Times

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick - Dec. 07 (News Report) - CAIRO — Egypt's military rulers said Wednesday that they would control the process of writing a constitution and maintain authority over the interim government to check the power of Islamists who have taken a commanding lead ...Egypt Military Alters Terms of Constitution's Drafting

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U.S. Warns Egypt as Military Stalls Transition

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick, Steven Lee Myers - Nov. 16 (News Report) - The Obama administration has expressed concern that the failure to move to civilian control could undermine the defining revolt of the Arab Spring.

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Fact checking the South Carolina debate

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Nov. 14 (Fact Check) - The GOP candidates met for a debate Saturday night sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, with a specific focus on foreign policy and national security. In foreign policy, there is often no right or wrong answer; the results of a policy are often ambiguous and its effectiveness is usually only determined by history. Still, there were a number of statements made by the candidates that were factually challenged, exaggerated or lacking context. Read full article ...

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Egyptian mother on hunger strike to free blogger son from prison

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Nasser Nasser - Nov. 09 (News) - The mother of a prominent Egyptian blogger has gone on a hunger strike until her son is released from jail. Laila Soueif, an Egyptian activist and mathematics professor, told the media she will not eat until her son, Alaa Abdel Fattah, is freed from military custody.

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Mubarak on trial: Egypt, Syria, Libya and Middle East live blog

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Haroon Siddique, Paul Owen - Aug. 03 (Breaking News) - It is a historic day in Egypt where Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, goes on trial to face charges of corruption and unlawful killing.

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Egypt fires 600 top police officers in purge

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Leila Fadel - Jul. 13 (News) - Egypt sacked nearly 600 top police officers Wednesday, the start of a promised cleansing of a force blamed for chronic abuses during the rule of Hosni Mubarak, state television reported.

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Egypt protesters demand Tantawi ouster

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jul. 13 (News Report) - Tahrir Square demonstrators continue push for removal of field marshal, who chairs ruling military council.

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U.S. shifts to closer contact with Egypt Islamists

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Arshad Mohammed - Jun. 30 (News Report) - The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Thursday, saying it was in Washington's interests to deal with parties committed to non-violent politics.

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China's changing tone on African investment

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Antoaneta Becker - Jun. 10 (Special Report) - Jasmine blossoms' fall from grace in the Chinese flower industry is not the only blow Chinese businesses have suffered as a result of the North African and Middle Eastern democratic uprisings this spring. China is evaluating the impact of the Jasmine revolution on its overseas investment and outward business expansion strategy.

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After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ibrahim Barzak - May. 28 (News Report) - Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts to isolate the militant group.

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Egypt's crackdown now wears camouflage

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 20 (News Report) - "Please, go ahead to military prison," a policeman said. "You'll really enjoy it there, you youth of the revolution." By positioning itself as the guardian of stability, the army has garnered support from a public that remembers clearly how the loathed police force abdicated responsibility for the looters, vandals and street thugs unleashed by the regime against the revolution just a few months ago. But since it was deployed to the streets on January 28, that same army has subjected thousands of ordinary Egyptians to incommunicado detentions, trials and sentencings in front of military courts that provide little or no due process. Soldiers have stormed demonstrations in Tahrir Square and have beaten activists with metal bars, ropes and electrified batons.

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Barack Obama's Middle East speech – live coverage

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Richard Adams - May. 19 (Breaking News) - Follow live updates as President Obama makes a key speech on the 'Arab spring' and the US's role in the Middle East

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More than 350 hurt in protests at Israel's embassy in Cairo

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - May. 16 (News) - More than 350 people were injured in a protest held outside Israel's embassy in Cairo to mark the displacement of Palestinians during when the state was created in 1948, the Egyptian state news agency said on Monday.

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Egypt Christian protest attacked

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - 15 May 2011 Last updated at 04:33 ET There are growing fears for law and order in Egypt At least seven people have been injured in clashes at a Christian protest site in central Cairo, officials say. The demonstrators outside Egypt's state TV building we

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12 dead in Egypt as Christians and Muslims clash

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londono - May. 08 (News) - Clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a Cairo suburb left 12 people dead, dozens wounded and a church charred in one of the most serious outbreaks of violence the country’s interim rulers have faced since taking power in February.

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Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Avi Issacharoff - Apr. 30 (News) - Egypt's foreign minister said in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Thursday that preparations were underway to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on a permanent basis.

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Mubarak and sons' detention a victory for Egypt's opposition

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Kristen Chick - Apr. 13 (News Report) - Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons detained Wednesday for 15 days for corruption investigations, in what appeared to be a response by Egypt’s military rulers to escalating pressure from protesters to see their former ruler behind bars.

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NPR’s Andy Carvin, tweeting the Middle East

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Paul Farhi - Apr. 13 (News Report) - Since December, Andy Carvin, a social-media strategist at NPR in Washington, has become a one-man Twitter news bureau, chronicling fast-moving developments throughout the Middle East.

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Hosni Mubarak detained over corruption allegations

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Adam Gabbatt, Jack Shenker - Apr. 13 (News) - Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been detained and his two sons are being held in prison as officials investigate allegations of corruption and abuse.

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Libya Rebels Push West, Take Back Key Oil Town From Gaddafi Forces

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Mar. 27 (News Report) - Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Muammar Gaddafi's military.

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MoD: no evidence of Libyan civilian casualties

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:29:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - Mar. 21 (News) - Maj Gen Lorimer said strikes on Libya had been effective at disabling Col Gaddafi's air force capability. According to opposition forces, pro-Gaddafi troops are withdrawing from Benghazi and are now attacking other rebel-held areas.

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Rebels Lose Ground in Libya

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Matt Bradley, Charles Levinson, Stephen Fidler - Mar. 14 (News) - Forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi pressed their offensive into eastern Libya on Sunday, as an unraveling and demoralized rebel force fled the coastal oil town of Brega and began to lose its grip on power in its de facto capital city of Benghazi.

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13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Richard N. Leiby - Mar. 10 (News) - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.

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Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge a revolutionary idealism

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Richard Leiby - Mar. 10 (News) - Although clashes between Muslims and Christians are not new in Egypt, they often take place far from the capital. That the overnight violence continued for hours near the heart of Cairo is bound to add to concerns among Christians that weeks of tumult in Egypt have left them particularly vulnerable in a country that is overwhelmingly Muslim.

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