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With Egypt's Morsi, US facing a familiar dilemma
The United States has been here before, praising an Egyptian leader for championing Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts while expressing concern over ...
Correction: Egypt story
In a story Nov. 25 about Egypt, The Associated Press misidentified reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a former director of the U.S. nuclear agency.
Egypt's president stands by his decrees
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi struck an uncompromising stand Monday over his seizure of near absolute powers, refusing in a meeting with top ...
Gaza cleric calls violation of Israel truce sinful
A leading Islamic cleric in the Gaza Strip has ruled it a sin to violate the recent cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas militant group that ...
ElBaradei warns of Egypt turmoil from Morsi decree
Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei warned Saturday of increasing turmoil that could potentially lead to the military stepping ...
AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 rejects Gaza arms halt
Gaza's ruling Hamas will not stop arming itself because only a strong arsenal, not negotiations, can extract concessions from Israel, the No. 2 in the ...
Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers
Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give ...
Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead
Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire ...
Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas
The courtship of Hamas between rivals Iran and Qatar has been one of the Middle East's intriguing subplots of the Arab Spring. The bloodshed in Gaza ...
Analysis: With cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt
In Egypt we trust. In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts heavy responsibility on Egypt's young Islamist ...
Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers
Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had ...
Egypt Brotherhood leader blasts peace with Israel
The top leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounced peace efforts with Israel and urged holy war to liberate Palestinian territories on Thursday ...
Hamas cries victory; truce with Israel holds
Hamas leaders and thousands of flag-waving supporters declared victory over Israel on Gaza's first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce ...
Hamas emerges with gains from Israeli offensive
Hamas has emerged from battle with the triumphal sense of a hard-won game change: By stopping its offensive when it did, Israel's hard-line government ...
Correction: Egypt-Weapons story
In a story Nov. 21 about a munitions seizure in Egypt, The Associated Press erroneously reported that troops from a multinational observer force in ...
Gaza deal seals major role for Egypt's president
The Gaza cease-fire deal reached Wednesday marks a startling trajectory for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi: an Islamist leader who refuses to talk ...