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Egyptians rally against new Islamist president
Several thousand Egyptians rallied Friday in the first significant protests against the country's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, accusing him and ...
Egypt: Editor freed after president issues new law
The editor of an independent Egyptian daily was released from jail late Thursday just hours after the country's Islamist president issued a law that ...
Egypt president issues law to free news editor
Egypt's president intervened to release a newspaper editor jailed over accusations of insulting him on Thursday, issuing a law for the first time ...
Ailing Egypt seeks $4.8 billion IMF loan
Egypt formally asked the International Monetary Fund for a $4.8 billion loan on Wednesday, seeking a desperately needed rescue package for its ...
Israel says Egypt violating peace treaty in Sinai
Israel objected Tuesday to a move by Egypt's new leaders to deploy tanks in a volatile border area, calling the action a violation of the landmark ...
Egypt: Contaminated water causes illness, protests
Villagers briefly locked the Egyptian health minister and a provincial governor inside a hospital room Tuesday after allegedly contaminated water ...
Egypt president to visit Iran, a first in decades
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, a presidential official said on Saturday, the first such trip for an ...
Egyptian TV presenter, chief editor to go on trial
An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered a popular TV presenter and a chief editor of an independent daily to face trial for insulting the country's ...
Egypt's president has powers that rival Mubarak's
Egypt's Islamist president has given himself the right to legislate and control over the drafting of a new constitution. He has installed at the top ...
Egypt, World Bank sign $200 million loan project
Egyptian Cabinet ministers and World Bank officials have signed off on a $200 million project aimed at creating 250,000 jobs after more than a year ...
Gaza: Egypt opening border ahead of Muslim holiday
Egypt on Tuesday opened its border with Hamas-ruled Gaza for a three-day period ahead of a major Muslim holiday this weekend, but imposed tight ...
Egypt military signals support for president
Egypt's military signaled its acquiescence Monday to the president's surprise decision to retire the defense minister and chief of staff and retake ...