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Violence spreads outside of capital
Egypt
December 5, 2012
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
December 5, 2012
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
December 5, 2012
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
December 5, 2012
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
December 4, 2012
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
December 4, 2012
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
December 3, 2012
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
December 2, 2012
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
December 1, 2012
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
November 30, 2012
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…