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Woman bids to lead Egypt Islamist party
For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist group.
Egypt's hardline Islamist party unravels
Internal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt's ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the ...
Egyptian steel magnate jailed for money laundering
An Egyptian court on Thursday convicted a Hosni Mubarak-era steel magnate of money laundering, sentencing him to seven years in prison and fining him ...
Rights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse
Amnesty International on Tuesday took Egypt's new president to task for failing to address the "bloody legacy" of abuses by security forces committed ...
Islamist-secular struggle over Egypt constitution
Islamists are seeking to enshrine in Egypt's long-awaited new constitution a number of articles that secularists and liberals fear would bring ...
Egypt TV presenter in incitement trial arrested
The owner of a TV station on trial for incitement after calling for the killing of Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was arrested on Sunday ...
Egypt's president heads to Turkey to build on ties
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi travels to Turkey on Sunday to strengthen an emerging alliance between two moderate Islamist governments in a region ...
Egypt: Christians flee town after militant threats
Coptic Christian families have fled their homes in a town in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, fearing for their lives after receiving death threats from ...
Egypt: 14 get death sentences for Sinai attacks
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 14 members of an extremist group to death by hanging for attacks against police in the Sinai Peninsula, ruling ...
Egypt's president wants more independence from US
On the eve of his first visit to the United States as Egypt's president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi said he will demonstrate more independence from the U
Egypt's chief forensic doctor says Mubarak is well
Egypt's chief forensic doctor told a state-run newspaper in an interview published Saturday that Hosni Mubarak has never suffered a stroke and that ...
Defending graffiti, and debating Egypt's future
Under cover of darkness, a few municipality workers quietly began to paint over an icon of Egypt's revolution: a giant, elaborate public mural on the ...
Arab Winter? Unrest sparks debate on US policy
Has the Arab Winter arrived? It's a question analysts in Washington are asking as angry demonstrations spread across North Africa and the Middle East ...
Mubarak's last PM referred to trial for corruption
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday referred Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister to trial on corruption charges in a case involving the ousted leader's ...
Egypt vows structural reforms, meets US executives
Egypt's Islamist leader vowed to carry out tough structural reforms to overhaul his country's ailing economy and create a better environment for ...
US executives seek Egypt assurances for investment
The largest ever U.S. trade delegation to the Arab world, visiting Egypt this weekend, is sounding out the new Islamist-led government over plans for ...
Egypt: 4 top police cleared of killing protesters
A Cairo court on Thursday found four senior policemen not guilty of killing protesters during last year's popular uprising, the latest acquittal of ...
President has not tackled Egypt's biggest problems
Power and water outages are common across Egypt. Crime is rampant. The value of the currency is slipping. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi ...
Turkey accuses Syria of 'state terrorism'
Turkey accused Syria of "state terrorism" Wednesday after a sharp spike in the death toll from the Syrian civil war, and Iran came under new scrutiny ...
Islamists installed in Egypt state institutions
Egypt's Islamist leadership took a new move Tuesday to put its stamp on the country's government, appointing members of the fundamentalist Muslim ...
A first: Veiled woman reads news on Egypt state TV
A female Egyptian news presenter appeared on state television wearing a veil for the first time on Sunday after the Islamist-dominated government ...
A test looms for Egypt's new leader: Garbage
The pile of trash overwhelmed the median divider on Ahmed Zaki Street and spilled into oncoming traffic — egg shells, rotten eggplants, soiled ...
Drama in Iran wins Egypt president a bold image
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's international debut made its biggest splash at home. After he publicly denounced Syria's regime while being hosted ...
Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels
In a sweeping message that Iran is on the wrong side of Syria's civil war, Egypt's new president urged the world Thursday to support the rebels ...
Egypt leader said to reach out to Sinai radicals
Egypt's Islamist president is using former jihadists to mediate with radical Islamists in Sinai, trying to ensure a halt in militant attacks in return ...