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Islamist Split in Egypt Buoys Radical Wing - Wall Street Journal Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:20:05 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Islamist Split in Egypt Buoys Radical Wing
Wall Street Journal
The next polls are critical because the new Parliament will draft laws fleshing out Egypt's new Islamist-tinged constitution. That charter, approved last month in a national referendum, leaves wide room for legislators to interpret Islam's role in the ...
Egypt's Salafist Parties Split, Weakening InfluenceAl-Monitor
Egypt's Salafis see political rift deepenFinancial Times
Egypt's Largest Ultraconservative Party SplitsABC News
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Call by Brotherhood official for Egypt's Jews in Israel to return causes stir - Washington Post Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:00:34 GMT

The Economist

Call by Brotherhood official for Egypt's Jews in Israel to return causes stir
Washington Post
CAIRO — A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state won't ...
The crisis of government isn't overThe Economist
Egypt's New Year ResolutionNew York Times
The Revolution Is Still Going on in Egypt—in Tiny FlashesVICE
Saudi Gazette -Shanghai Daily (subscription)
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Egypt Cracks Down on Future Protests - Daily Beast Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:37:01 GMT

Egypt Cracks Down on Future Protests
Daily Beast
Lawyer Malek Adly of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) says the draft law is not at all new, with many of the stipulations dating back to the British protectorate over Egypt, such as Law 14 of 1923, which criminalized anti ...


This Christmas, Egypt's Coptic Christians are asking for respect - Globe and Mail Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:41:48 GMT

Globe and Mail

This Christmas, Egypt's Coptic Christians are asking for respect
Globe and Mail
Jackline Nessim and Wael Sedrak, like many of Egypt's Christians, long for a present that is unlikely to arrive before Coptic Christmas on Jan. 7. In fact, it may be a very long time in coming. “We want an end to the Muslim Brotherhood,” said Mr ...
Worry taints Egyptian Coptic ChristmasBBC News

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Egypt fights to prop up ailing currency as anxiety grows - Reuters Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:36:14 GMT

Central Banking (subscription)

Egypt fights to prop up ailing currency as anxiety grows
Reuters
Egypt reserves proportionately half those of its peer Turkey. * Higher inflation could cause much more instability - analyst. * IMF mission will visit Egypt this month. By Patrick Werr and Sujata Rao. CAIRO/LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Egypt dipped deeper ...
Egypt's currency slides as central bank attempts managed devaluationFinancial Times (blog)
Egypt pound's decline slows at 4th auctionSaudi Gazette
Central Bank of Egypt grapples with falling currencyCentral Banking (subscription)
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Egypt steps up campaign against critical media - CPJ Press Freedom Online Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:53:24 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Egypt steps up campaign against critical media
CPJ Press Freedom Online
New York January 3, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a series of investigations into independent Egyptian newspapers on accusations of insulting the president or reporting false news. Some newspapers and media professionals ...
Meet Egypt's Jon Stewart, who is now under investigation for satireWashington Post (blog)
For Egypt's satirists, Morsi's power is no jokeChristian Science Monitor
'Egypt's Jon Stewart' Under Investigation For Mocking President Morsi [Video]The Inquisitr
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Egypt's politics stripped naked - Haaretz Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:10:01 GMT

Haaretz

Egypt's politics stripped naked
Haaretz
“Sharia is not a constitution” is a sentence that many Egyptian secularists and progressives would, under normal circumstances, wholeheartedly agree with. However, when these words are scrawled in lipstick red on the totally naked body – except for ...

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Egypt says to reassure IMF in January visit - Reuters Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:26:05 GMT

Independent Online

Egypt says to reassure IMF in January visit
Reuters
CAIRO Jan 3 (Reuters) - An IMF mission will visit Egypt in January for talks on a $4.8 billion loan agreement that was postponed last month at Cairo's behest because of political turmoil in the country, the government spokesman said on Thursday. "They ...
Washington Concerned Over Crack Down On Freedom of Expression in NationAllAfrica.com

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Egyptian league to resume next month despite violence - BBC Sport Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:26:18 GMT

BBC Sport

Egyptian league to resume next month despite violence
BBC Sport
Egypt's Premier League will resume next month, despite football-related violence in Port Said on Wednesday. Reports said there were clashes between fans of local club Al Masry and some Port Said University students, who were believed to be supporters ...
Fresh Egypt violence prompts league concernClubcall
55 Injured in Port Said New Football ClashesAllAfrica.com

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Egypt's 'Jon Stewart' faces probe for insulting Morsi - Haaretz Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:24:38 GMT

Haaretz

Egypt's 'Jon Stewart' faces probe for insulting Morsi
Haaretz
In a separate case that fuels concern about press freedom, one of Egypt's leading independent newspapers said it was being investigated by the prosecutor following a complaint from the presidency, which accused it of publishing false news. Youssef rose ...
Popular Egypt satirist accused of mocking presidentBBC News
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