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Egypt Lifts a Junior Corps Impatient Over Military Failure - New York Times Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:16:50 GMT

New York Times

Egypt Lifts a Junior Corps Impatient Over Military Failure
New York Times
CAIRO — In his purge of Egypt's top generals, President Mohamed Morsi leaned on the support of a junior officer corps that blamed the old guard for a litany of problems within the military and for involving the armed forces too deeply in the country's ...
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Sinai Crisis Gives Israel, Egypt and Hamas a Common Enemy - Bloomberg Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:34:45 GMT

The Daily Star

Sinai Crisis Gives Israel, Egypt and Hamas a Common Enemy
Bloomberg
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was so riled by the Ramadan attack that he ordered fierce counterstrikes on suspected terrorist sites. He then forced out senior security officials including the intelligence chief, the military chief of staff and, most ...
Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt's SinaiReuters

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Frustrated Hamas seeks light at end of Egyptian tunnel - Reuters Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:52:56 GMT

Haaretz

Frustrated Hamas seeks light at end of Egyptian tunnel
Reuters
GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas, stunned by Egypt's closure of its border with Gaza, said on Monday the new Islamist leadership in Cairo was imposing the same pain on the Palestinian enclave as ousted former president, Hosni Mubarak.
Gazans hope for easing of Egypt's clampdown on smuggling tunnelsHaaretz
Egypt to ease Gaza border closure - PalestiniansEgyptian Gazette

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Egypt expects Qatar deposit within a week: minister - Reuters Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:01:27 GMT

The National

Egypt expects Qatar deposit within a week: minister
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar should deposit $500 million in Egypt's central bank within a week, the Egyptian finance minister said, as the country battles to pull its economy out of a tailspin after 18 months of political turmoil. The Gulf emirate said on ...
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Qatar offers Egypt $2bn loan packageThe National

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Egypt's President Morsi ousts top military officers - Washington Post Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:37:50 GMT

Egypt's President Morsi ousts top military officers
Washington Post
Aug. 13, 2012 - In an on-going power struggle, Egypt's new Islamist president forced out the head of the military. In addition, President Mohammed Morsi also cancelled new constitutional amendments that had given top generals wide powers. (/CBS News) ...

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Film shows Egypt's "Winter of Discontent" spark hope - Chicago Tribune Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:13:47 GMT

Film shows Egypt's "Winter of Discontent" spark hope
Chicago Tribune
The film trails an activist, a journalist and a state security officer in 2009 and the way they converge two years later during Egypt's 18-day "Arab Spring" uprising against Mubarak and his widely hated state security apparatus. In an interview with ...

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Egyptian troops kill 6 suspects in Sinai border incident - MiamiHerald.com Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:44:06 GMT

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Egyptian troops kill 6 suspects in Sinai border incident
MiamiHerald.com
AL JORA, Egypt -- Egyptian police and soldiers on Sunday killed six people here suspected of participating a week ago in the deadliest attack on Egyptian troops since the 1973 war with Israel. It was the first confirmed strike by authorities in an ...
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Egypt president sweeps out army rulers - Reuters Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:46:25 GMT

Egypt president sweeps out army rulers
Reuters
The armed forces, which had supplied Egypt's presidents for six decades after ousting the monarchy, have shown no sign of challenging the move announced late on Sunday, though a senior judge did speak up on Monday to question Mursi's right to act.


Egypt military signals support for president - The Associated Press Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Egypt military signals support for president
The Associated Press
Egypt's official news agency quoted an unnamed military official late Sunday as saying there has been no "negative reaction" from within the military. And a day after the orders, no unusual military movements were detected anywhere across the nation.


PMO denies reports PM denounced Egypt firings - Jerusalem Post Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:51:14 GMT

PMO denies reports PM denounced Egypt firings
Jerusalem Post
Israel's official silence Monday on the sacking of the military leadership in Egypt the day before did not keep the Egyptian media from quoting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as saying that the forced ouster of defense minister Mohamed Hussein ...

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