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Crowds rally against Islamists in Egypt
Hundreds gather in Cairo square to protest against influence of Muslim Brotherhood and others on constitution drafting.
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Egypt football season in limbo
Egypt’s football association delays indefinitely the start of the domestic season because of February’s deadly stadium riots.
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Mursi U-turn on Egypt prosecutor
President Mohammed Mursi of Egypt agrees to allow the Mubarak-era chief prosecutor to keep his job after an embarrassing public row.
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Egypt prosecutor-general to remain in office
President Morsi agrees to deal that will allow defiant Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud to stay in his post until retirement.
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Backers, critics of Egypt president clash in Cairo
CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt’s new Islamist president clashed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, hurling stones and concrete and swinging sticks at each other in the first such violence since Mohammed Morsi took office…
Egypt president removes prosecutor-general
Mohamed Morsi removes top prosecutor after Mubarak loyalists acquitted in “Camel Battle” case.
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Egypt Coptics mark massacre anniversary
March staged to commemorate dozens of Coptic Christians killed in Cairo last October by security forces.
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Egypt president pardons political prisoners
President pardons a number of political prisoners who were arrested during the revolution in 2011.
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US plan for Egypt aid hits roadblock
The chairwoman of the US House committee blocks US government’s move to transfer 0m in assistance to Egypt.
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Egypt sentences 14 to death over Sinai attack
Criminal courts uphold initial Supreme court decision to sentence the 14 to death over Sinai killings in July 2011.
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Clinton summit draws new leaders of Egypt, Libya
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s annual philanthropic summit will attract the new leaders of Egypt and Libya plus this year’s U.S. presidential candidates to a forum that once again competes for attention with the United Nations…
Egypt in ‘end insults’ call to US
Egypt’s PM Hisham Qandil tells the BBC that the US must do all it can to stop people from insulting beliefs, as protests continue over an anti-Islam film.
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Islamists protest in Egypt and Yemen
Angry demonstrations are continuing against an amateur film made in the US and deemed blasphemous to Islamdespite attempts to calm tensions
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Egypt president urges Muslims to protect embassies
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president says it’s up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.
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U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed
SANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related…
Opinion: Will Egypt leaders fan crisis?
Isobel Coleman says Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi is walking a fine line in his response to the anti-American protests
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Fresh Egypt protests over anti-Muhammad film
Despite the Morsi government’s call for calm, demonstrations are ongoing outside the US embassy in Cairo.
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Demonstrators attack U.S. compounds in Egypt, Libya
Armed protesters attacked U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday, citing in both instances an online film considered offensive to Islam.
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Egypt protesters tear down US embassy flag
Demonstrators in Cairo tear down the Stars and Stripes at the US embassy and replace it with Islamic flag.
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