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Egypt
Morsi’s bold debut strikes a chord in Egypt and the US
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Egypt
Egypt broadened its offensive against militants in the Sinai Peninsula. Security forces captured a militant responsible for attacks last year on a police station and a bank in the Sinai Peninsula. President Morsi said Syria’s Assad regime must go.
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Egypt
Iran urges nonaligned nations role in Syria
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Egypt
At border with Egypt, Hamas sees opportunity
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Egypt
On his first trip to Iran, President Morsi called for Syrian President Assad to step down, and hinted that Egypt might take a more active role in the conflict. Morsi also warned Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran’s continued support for the Assad regime raises the risk of of Western intervention.
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Egypt
The military said it would continue its offensive against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula; Salafist groups said that the offensive had been called off. President Morsi promised to respect Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel.
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Al Qaeda
Egypt Leader Said to Reach out to Sinai Radicals
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Egypt
Israel wants Egypt’s Islamist president to visit
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Egypt
New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking “balance”
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Israel
Gaza not liveable by 2020 barring urgent action: UN
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Egypt
Egypt reached a ceasefire agreement with radical Salafist organizations in the Sinai peninsula. President Morsi proposed a new peace initiative for Syria. Egypt’s attorney general referred an anti-Islamist lawmaker for investigation.
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Egypt
An Egyptian court convicted 76 people for the attack on the Israeli embassy last year; 75 of those convicted received a suspended one-year sentence. A presidential delegation met with Islamist extremists in Sinai in an apparent attempt to broker a deal over militant attacks.
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Egypt
Egypt reopened a border crossing with Gaza, signaling improved relations with Hamas. Egypt has closed 120 smuggling tunnels across the border as part of the recent military operations in Sinai.
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Egypt
With a sneer, Egypt TV host challenges Islamists
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Egypt
Crowds rallied in Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere to protest the power of Egypt’s new president and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood. A crowd of about 1,000 protesters in Alexandria was attacked by a mob with sticks and knives; several people were injured. President Morsi outlawed the pretrial detention of a newspaper editor who had been jailed for “insulting the president,” but the editor will still face charges.
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Egypt
The chief editor of a private Egyptian newspaper was jailed for insulting President Morsi and “spreading lies.” The newspaper has criticized Morsi’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood. Last month, Egypt’s Shura Council, which is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reshuffled editorial posts at some 50 state-owned news outlets.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Islamist president to visit US next month
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Egypt
Israel deploys anti-rocket battery near Egypt border: army
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Egypt
Egypt to send aircraft and tanks into Sinai: sources
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Egypt
Egypt evolving along with Morsi’s relationship with military
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Egypt
Egypt’s government planned to cut the powers of the country’s judicial system. Hamas said it would cooperate with Egypt to restore order in the Sinai peninsula. Hamas arrested members of Salafist groups in Gaza.
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Egypt
Egypt president to visit Iran, a first in decades
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Egypt
In Paper, Chief of Egypt Army Criticized US
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Egypt
Organisers of first Syria protest – where are they now?
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Egypt
An Islamic militant group warned Egypt not to send its army into Sinai to hunt jihadists. Egypt’s new second-in-command of the military has said US troops should leave the Middle East.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Islamists Accused of Stifling the Media
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Egypt
At Islamic conference, Egypt’s Morsi calls for regime change in Syria
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The rise of a ‘German Salafist colony’ in Egypt
Al Qaeda supporter Muhammad Mahmoud has recruited German and Austrian Salafists to set up a “colony” in Egypt.
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Egypt
What’s it mean that an Islamist rules Egypt?
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Egypt
President Mohamed Morsi’s firing of military leaders was interpreted as a political strategy. The US said it was not surprised by the reshuffle. Egypt reopened its border with Gaza. An Egyptian court sentenced 14 people to death for an attack on a police station in North Sinai last year.
