Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president
CAIRO - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators swarmed central Cairo on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against the rule of the country s longtime autocratic leader, President Hosni Mubarak. The crowd went unchallenged ...
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White House seeks end to violence against protesters
Obviously, if any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop immediately, spokesman Robert Gibbs said. He reiterated Obama s public call Tuesday evening, communicated directly to Mubarak in a telephone call, that ...
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Egypt Erupts in Jubilation as Mubarak Steps Down
An 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, shattering three decades of political stasis here and overturning the established order of the Arab world. This story was taken from this news timeline.
Egypt detains Mubarak and family in probe on wealth and crackdown on protests
CAIRO Egypt awoke Wednesday to something unthinkable only a few months ago: Hosni Mubarak, the former president who had held the worlds most populous Arab country in his hand for more than three decades, being called to account for the ...
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Egypt puts Mubarak on trial, transfixing Arab world
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt s Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world.
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Luke Gates, American student arrested in Cairo, wrote on Twitter of wanting to die in Egypt
Luke Gates, of the three American students from the American University in Cairo who was arrested and paraded on state televisionTuesday, wrote often on his Twitter account of his experiences in Tahrir Square and of wanting to die in the ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood Keeps Distance From Salafis
Responding to reports that the two Islamist parties together could form a majority of the new Parliament, the Brotherhoods Freedom and Justice Party denied that there was any alleged alliance with the ultraconservative party, ...
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U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving
CAIRO (Reuters) - Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo s new military rulers stop endangering ...
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Revolutionaries see reversal in Egypt vote
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt s revolutionaries did not take to the streets to replace Hosni Mubarak with another military strongman or to put an Islamist ideologue in charge, but that is the choice they woke up to after a first-round vote for the ...
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Challenges Multiply for Presidential Winner in Egypt
CAIRO As his supporters in Tahrir Square were chanting on Sunday for the end of military rule in Egypt, the countrys president-elect, Mohamed Morsi, had glowing words for none other than the army, saying he regarded it with a love ...
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Muslim Brotherhoods ascent in Egypt has profound implications for region
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Egypts president-elect Mohamed Morsi (R) attends Friday prayer at al-Azhar mosque in the old quarter of Cairo June 29, 2012. Muslim Brotherhood supporters flocked to Cairos Tahrir Square on Friday ...
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Obama invites Egypt s Islamist leader to U.S.
CAIRO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has invited Egypt s newly elected Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, to visit the United States in September, an Egyptian official said on Sunday, reflecting the new ties Washington is cultivating ...
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In power, Egypt s Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law
Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood s presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy pray during a rally against the delay of the Egyptian presidential results and against the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) at Tahrir Square in Cairo June ...
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