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Palestinian representative Riyad Mansour addressing journalists after a UN Security Council meeting, May 2014. (UN/Devra Berkowitz)
July 19, 2014, 12:53 am
Full text of Palestinian UN envoy’s Security Council speech
Mansour urges immediate halt of all IDF attacks in Gaza Strip, demands lifting of Israeli blockade
By TOI staff
Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour (photo credit: AP/Egyptian State Television/File)
March 21, 2014, 7:45 pm
Egypt: Hamas was wrong in support of Brotherhood
Acting president Adly Mansour justifies his country’s recent ban of the Gaza-based terror group, blaming it for meddling
By TOI staff
This aerial image made from an Egyptian army helicopter shows a general view of a pro-military rally marking the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
February 25, 2014, 5:16 pm
Egypt names new prime minister
Ibrahim Mehlib, a former construction company head, will replace Hazem el-Beblawi, who resigned Monday
By AP
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, visits a polling site in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, on the first day of voting in the constitutional referendum, on Jan 14, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Defense Ministry via Facebook/File)
January 28, 2014, 4:06 am
El-Sissi moves to cement his ‘one man show’ in Egypt
Military chief will likely sweep the vote in presidential elections due by April, and prompt an Islamist backlash
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Egyptian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, whom many Egyptians are urging to run for president, April 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jim Watson/Pool/File)
January 27, 2014, 5:14 pm
Egypt’s el-Sissi to run for president
Military chief is endorsed as candidate by country’s top general, honored by interim president
By AP
Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour (photo credit: AP/Egyptian State Television/File)
January 26, 2014, 4:59 pm
Leader: Egypt to have presidential elections first
Despite step towards establishing a formal government, violent protests continue across the country
By AP
Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour makes his first address to the nation since taking his post after the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian State Television)
January 23, 2014, 5:35 pm
Egyptian president: Police state at an end
Adly Mansour’s statements come despite continued reports of abuses by security forces
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
An armored military vehicles secures Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral on Monday (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
January 7, 2014, 6:33 am
Egypt’s Copts celebrate Christmas amid heavy security
Christian minority hopes that an upcoming vote on a new constitution will enshrine equality and criminalize discrimination
By Hamza Hendawi
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour, center, interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, fourth from left, and Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second from right, pray on the first day of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, in Cairo, Egypt, in October. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)
November 30, 2013, 6:13 pm
Egypt panel begins vote on draft constitution
50-member committee deciding on constitutional amendments as part of transition plan following July coup
By MARIAM RIZK and Tony G. Gabriel
Protesters throw rocks at supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Nasr City district in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/El-Shorouk newspaper, Sabry Khaled)
November 24, 2013, 6:53 pm
Egypt’s president issues law regulating protests
Legislation proposed by military-backed government is heavily opposed by rights groups and political activists
By AP
In this file photo taken Sunday, November 17, 2013, murals depicting Egyptian activists who died in anti-government protests look through barbed wire on a wall at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Partial translation of the Arabic reads, 'Glory to the martyrs, Abassiya, Tamarod.' (photo credit: AP/Nariman el-Mofty, File)
November 22, 2013, 12:49 pm
Egypt — a country in mourning
A flurry of deadly incidents this week have touched a raw nerve in the nation’s psyche
By Hamza Hendawi
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour, center, interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, fourth from left, and Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second from right, pray on the first day of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, in Cairo, Egypt, in October. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)
October 16, 2013, 3:47 am
Egypt tightens security during Eid celebrations
Troops seal off Tahrir Square with rows of armored vehicles and barbed wire, hoping to thwart protests by Islamists
By Tony G. Gabriel
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaking on state television, July 3. (photo credit: Screenshot AP/Egypt State Television)
October 9, 2013, 3:30 pm
Goodbye Brotherhood, hello military dictatorship
El-Sissi may emerge as a not-so-benevolent dictator, a columnist warns as the Muslim Brotherhood is disbanded in Egypt
By Elhanan Miller
A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi raises his hands with a gesture of an open palm with four raised fingers that has became a symbol for the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque where hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were killed by security forces in August, in Ramsis Square, Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: AP)
October 7, 2013, 12:59 pm
The Brotherhood who stole Yom Kippur
As Egypt celebrates its ‘glorious victory’ over Israel 40 years ago, the Muslim Brotherhood are party poopers
By Elhanan Miller
An Egyptian man gestures to Egyptian Army soldiers standing guard at an entrance to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, October 6, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
October 6, 2013, 5:53 pm
Divided Egypt marks anniversary of Yom Kippur War
At least one killed, 11 injured in clashes between supporters of ousted president and security forces
By AP and TOI staff
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