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May 1, 2013
3:53 pm

Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to journalists at his house in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Tuesday, April 30 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

ElBaradei says Islamists deluded about ability to rule

Egyptian opposition leader argues his camp would win large chunk, if not majority, of parliament in elections it is boycotting

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb

April 19, 2013
6:17 am

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s opposition split over election boycott

Liberals sending mixed messages on participation in parliamentary vote expected to be held later this year

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

April 8, 2013
5:21 pm

A tear gas canister is fired by Egyptian riot police into the compound of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes near Cairo over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mostafa El Shemy)

2 killed as Christians and Muslims clash in Egypt

89 injured in fighting outside Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral, stoking growing religious tension in the country

April 3, 2013
1:11 pm

Egyptian protesters hang an Arabic banner reading, “people demand an arrest warrant to the prosecutor general” during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 29, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Food poisoning catastrophe makes Egypt sick

Hundreds hospitalized, hundreds of others protest negligence and corruption; filming to start for ‘historical’ movie on Jews of Arabia

By Michael Bassin

March 25, 2013
8:48 am

Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, February 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Syria turning into ‘one big ball of fire’

Resignation of opposition leader Mouaz al-Khatib creates vacuum of instability; in Egypt, Brotherhood tries to shut down anti-Morsi media

By Michael Bassin

March 2, 2013
10:19 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, poses for a photograph with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, after their meeting in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kerry: Egypt needs political, economic viability

Secretary meets with business figures for a ‘very, very spirited’ discussion to set the stage for a large international aid deal

By AP and Michal Shmulovich

February 27, 2013
4:54 pm

An Egyptian man walks by a mural depicting ousted president Hosni Mubarak, right, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, left, with Arabic that reads 'Before the revolution, let them be amused, after the revolution, let them be paralyzed,' on a wall in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Morsi insists on elections despite opposition boycott

Salafis killed Tunisian oppositionist Belaid, interior minister declares

By Elhanan Miller

February 26, 2013
10:59 pm

Egyptians chant slogans and hold defaced posters with the photo of President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square, Cairo, May 2012 (photo credit: Fredrik Persson/AP)

Egypt’s main opposition group to boycott elections

National Salvation Front tells President Morsi to ‘dialogue with yourself,’ in move that could further divide the country

By Hamza Hendawi

February 17, 2013
8:01 am

Mohamed ElBaredei in 2007 (photo credit: CC BY World Economic Forum/Wikipedia)

Egyptian political leaders meet to defuse unrest

Mohamed ElBaredei had previously said he would boycott talks with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood

By Gabe Fisher and AP

February 8, 2013
11:54 pm

Egyptian protesters set off fireworks at the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 8 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

One dead, over 100 injured as police, protesters clash in Cairo

Tens of thousands of anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters take to the streets across Egypt

February 8, 2013
7:25 pm

Egyptian protesters shout anti-government slogans and display bread to symbolize the high number of people living in poverty, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, last month (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil/File)

Protests escalate to street clashes across Egypt

Thousands of anti-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators converge on presidential palace; security forces fire tear gas at rock-throwing activists in several cities

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

February 3, 2013
2:19 pm

Egyptian riot police beat a man, illuminated by the green light of a protester's laser, after stripping him, and before dragging him into a police van, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohammed Morsi's symbolic doorstep for the first time. (Photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Egypt fumes after police strip, beat protester

Video of Cairo incident stirs fury; Assad’s failure to hit back at Israel seen as shameful

By Michael Bassin

February 2, 2013
6:59 pm

Egyptian riot police beat a man, after stripping him, and before dragging him into a police van, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Police abuse video stokes anger in Egypt

Government vows to investigate beating of 48-year-old protester, which could further inflame popular anger

By Aya Batrawy

January 28, 2013
12:45 pm

Egyptians carry the coffin of a man killed during a mass funeral in Port Said, Egypt, Sunday, January 27, 2013. Tens of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the restive Egyptian city of Port Said on Sunday for a funeral for most of the 37 people killed in rioting a day earlier, chanting slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (photo credit: AP)

Port Said rioting turns Morsi into Mubarak

Egypt’s opposition says there’s no difference between new leader and his ousted predecessor; Arab papers warn of Israeli attack on Syria

By Michael Bassin

January 28, 2013
12:02 pm

File photo of Port Said after clashes between protesters and police, on January 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Clashes continue in Egypt despite state of emergency

Police fire tear gas at Tahrir Square protesters in fifth straight day of street unrest

By Hamza Hendawi

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