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Violence spreads outside of capital
Egypt

Violence spreads outside of capital

Angry demonstrations took place in governorates outside of Cairo Wednesday, with polarization between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy…
Update: Four reported dead in presidential palace clashes
Egypt

Update: Four reported dead in presidential palace clashes

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood started to pull out of the area surrounding the presidential palace late Wednesday night, state-run…
Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
Egypt

Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts

Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in…
Putting the pressure on
Egypt

Putting the pressure on

The widening rift between Islamist and opposition protesters was evident Tuesday night as tens of thousands of protesters who fear…
Scores demonstrate outside Maspero, cause traffic jam
Egypt

Scores demonstrate outside Maspero, cause traffic jam

Scores of demonstrators flocked Tuesday evening to the state television and radio building, known as Maspero, on the Nile Corniche…
Thousands demonstrate across the country against the draft constitution
Egypt

Thousands demonstrate across the country against the draft constitution

Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in various governorates Tuesday night to denounce the final draft of the constitution…
Interior Ministry warns of ‘infiltrators’ during Tuesday demonstrations
Egypt

Interior Ministry warns of ‘infiltrators’ during Tuesday demonstrations

“Infiltrators” may try to penetrate protests Tuesday, the Interior Ministry warned in a statement Monday. A security source said in…
Opposition calls for protest marches to presidential palace Tuesday
Egypt

Opposition calls for protest marches to presidential palace Tuesday

  Nearly 20 opposition political parties and activist groups have called for marches to the presidential palace on Tuesday in…
A referendum with judges, or no judges?
Egypt

A referendum with judges, or no judges?

Signs of “La,” Arabic for “No,” have already swarmed Facebook profiles and Twitter avatars; a visual reminiscent of the March…
Brothers and comrades in street politics
Egypt

Brothers and comrades in street politics

Islamists led by the ruling Muslim Brotherhood announced Thursday night that they would move their rally Saturday from Tahrir Square…
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