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Adly Mansour listens to a speech during his swearing in as Egypt's interim president, on July 4, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil/File)
July 6, 2013, 8:07 pm
Egypt’s new president asserts authority
Mansour's office names opposition leader ElBaradei as new interim PM but then backtracks due to Islamist objection
By Hamza Hendawi
Supporters of Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a rally in Nasser City, Cairo, on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
July 5, 2013, 8:59 am
Army beefs up presence in Cairo ahead of Islamist ‘day of rejection’
Troops mass outside mosque where backers of deposed president Morsi plan rally against military overthrow; many fear street violence
By AP and TOI staff
An Egyptian woman holds a national flag as she listens to speakers, not pictured, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
December 5, 2012, 11:27 pm
In Egypt, it’s Islamists versus the world
As a political standoff turns violent, President Mohammed Morsi finds himself increasingly isolated
By Elhanan Miller
Head of the powerful Egypt Judges Club Ahmed el-Zind (center) speaks at a press conference on Sunday, announcing that judges will not oversee the Dec. 15, 2012 referendum to approve a contentious draft constitution in Cairo (photo credit: Ahmed Ramadan/AP)
December 3, 2012, 9:36 pm
Egypt’s president braces for civil disobedience
Mass demonstration called Tuesday to protest new Islamist-dominated constitution
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
The Islamist-dominated panel vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 29 (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Asad)
November 29, 2012, 4:39 pm
Egypt’s Islamists rush to approve constitution before court puts on the breaks
Voting moved up by two months; Experts fear new charter will give clerics excessive powers
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Hamza Hendawi
Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
November 29, 2012, 4:04 pm
Egyptian president pushes Islamist reforms, triggering fears of second revolution
Even with thousands at Tahrir Square, Mohammed Morsi refuses to back down and further cements his position of power
By Hamza Hendawi
Attempts to write a new constitution for Egypt have faced difficulties (Photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)
October 16, 2012, 6:04 pm
Egypt’s top court criticizes Islamist-led panel’s draft constitution
Supreme Constitutional Court member says panel's proposed provisions undercut group's mandate
Syrian ambassador to Iraq Nawwaf Fares sworn in, 2008 (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)
July 12, 2012, 2:17 pm
Middle Eastern musical chairs
Egypt's president heads to Saudi Arabia and a Syrian ambassador defects to Iraq
By Elhanan Miller
Egyptian lawmakers meet briefly in parliament Tuesday (photo credit: AP photo)
July 11, 2012, 12:33 pm
Court talks back to Morsi and Algeria invites a Jewish singer
Minister denies Enrico Macias has been banned by Algiers
By Elhanan Miller
Workers clean inside the Egyptian parliament in Cairo on Monday, July 9, 2012. (photo credit: Mohammed Asad/AP)
July 10, 2012, 3:05 am
New crisis looms in Egypt over legislature’s fate
Supreme Constitutional Court warns president against opening shuttered parliament
By Hamza Hendawi
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