New York Times | Egypt's Morsi calls for 'national dialogue' but holds firm on referendum Washington Post CAIRO — With tanks and barbed wire ringing the presidential palace, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday called for a “national dialogue” but remained determined to press forward with a controversial referendum on an Islamist-backed ... Morsi Defends Wide Authority as Turmoil Rises in Egypt As Egypt's Morsi remains defiant, a former top Brother speaks out (+video) Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse crisis |
Protests roil Egypt Washington Post Egyptian riot police and soldiers deploy near the presidential palace to secure the site of overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. The Egyptian army sent tanks to the palace following clashes between ... |
CBS News | Egypt deploys tanks, troops to keep President Morsi's friends and foes apart ... CBS News CAIRO The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with tanks and barbed wire Thursday, a day after fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of the Islamist leader over a disputed constitution killed at least five people. Protesters ... |
Voice of America | Tensions Remain Outside Egypt's Presidential Palace Voice of America CAIRO — Under a heavy military presence, the bulk of demonstrators cleared out from an area near Egypt's presidential palace Thursday afternoon, reducing, for the time being, protests against President Mohamed Morsi and a proposed constitution. |
Egypt's constitutional crisis, explained as a simple timeline Washington Post (blog) Do not make the mistake, on seeing the photos and videos of Egyptian protests that have devolved into pitched battles on some Cairo streets, according to The Times of London's Evan Hill, of thinking that is is just status quo, another day of angry ... |
Wall Street Journal | Egypt Sees Largest Clash Since Revolution Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's president clashed Wednesday, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails and brawling in Cairo's streets, in the largest violent battle between Islamists and their foes since the country's ... |
Unrest in Egypt: Protesters Show No Sign of Slowing Down ABC News Transcript for Unrest in Egypt: Protesters Show No Sign of Slowing Down. There is a battle in the streets outside the presidential palace in egypt, again. And abc's nick schifrin is there. Reporter: Tonight, 10,000 egyptians taking the fight over their ... |
TIME | The New Battle for Egypt TIME Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clash with anti-Morsi protesters outside the Egyptian presidential palace, Cairo, Dec. 5, 2012. Share. Egyptians take sides and take to the streets as President Mohamed Morsi assumes emergency powers he ... |
Clash of Cultures Within Egypt Made Visible in Single Frame of Video New York Times (blog) As my colleague David Kirkpatrick observed in an interview on Thursday, the yawning political divide in Egypt stems from a kind of “national identity crisis — so debates aren't just about a matter of policy, they are about 'Who we are.'” The deadly ... |
NBCNews.com | It's fit for a king — Egypt's largest sarcophagus, that is NBCNews.com The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identified in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, say archaeologists who are re-assembling the giant box that was reduced to fragments more than 3,000 years ago. Made of red granite, the royal ... |