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Egypt's Mursi calls elections beginning April 27 - Reuters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:24:45 GMT

BBC News

Egypt's Mursi calls elections beginning April 27 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday called parliamentary elections that will begin on April 27 and finish in late June, a four-stage vote that the Islamist leader hopes will conclude Egypt's turbulent transition to democracy. The vote ... Egypt to hold parliamentary elections in AprilCNN Egypt Wants Its Business Tycoons to ReturnBusinessweek Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has called for parliamentary elections ...Voice of America Fox News -BBC News all 102 news articles »

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Police Brutality, Catalyst for Egypt's Revolution, Continues Under Morsi - New York Times (blog) Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:57:27 GMT

Police Brutality, Catalyst for Egypt's Revolution, Continues Under Morsi New York Times (blog) More than two years after tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on Police Day to demand the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and an end to impunity for the security forces, activists report that civilians continue to be raped, tortured and ...

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Islam or death? Egypt's Christians targeted by new terror group - Fox News Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:22:56 GMT

Ahram Online

Islam or death? Egypt's Christians targeted by new terror group Fox News A group of Christian priests from a local Coptic church in Egypt were told to convert to Islam or face death, according to an Arabic news site. The incident, which comes in the midst of continued persecution and pressure on Egypt's Christian community ... Campaigners call for counseling sessions for converts to IslamAhram Online all 2 news articles »

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Egypt Tries to Lure Back Exiled Businessmen - Voice of America Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:26:06 GMT

Voice of America

Egypt Tries to Lure Back Exiled Businessmen Voice of America Hassan Malek, chairman of the Egypt Business Development Association and a senior informal adviser to Mursi, told Reuters on Sunday he had been involved in efforts to persuade wealthy Egyptians to return and invest in the country, though he said court ... Egypt govt offers convicted investors 'reconciliation'Ahram Online all 5 news articles »

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US denied direct access to Benghazi suspect held in Egypt - Fox News Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:48:25 GMT

US denied direct access to Benghazi suspect held in Egypt Fox News The U.S. has been denied direct access to the only publicly known suspect in custody in connection with the Benghazi terror attack, Fox News has learned, with U.S. interrogators still unable to sit in the same room as the Egypt-held prisoner to ask ... and more »

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Egypt passes electoral law, paves way for elections - Reuters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:26:33 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt passes electoral law, paves way for elections Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted on Thursday an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for President Mohamed Mursi to set a date for lower house elections. Mursi is expected ... Shura accepts top court's reservations on Egypt's electoral lawAhram Online Egypt's parliament passes electoral lawThe Voice of Russia all 7 news articles »

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UPDATE 2-Egypt to seek IMF talks as it reveals grim economy data - Reuters Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:51:40 GMT

AsiaOne

UPDATE 2-Egypt to seek IMF talks as it reveals grim economy data Reuters CAIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Egypt plans to invite an IMF mission to Cairo within a week, the government said on Thursday, flagging an early resumption of negotiations for a $4.8 billion loan as it struggles with an acute foreign currency shortage ... Egypt IMF Deal Needed to Halt Economic Crisis, El-Arabi SaysBloomberg Egypt's budget deficit nears 10% of GDPFinancial Times Egypt to invite IMF team within a week for talksAhram Online AsiaOne -Gulf Business News all 12 news articles »

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Egypt accused of crowdsourcing censorship - CNET Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:57:59 GMT

Fast Company

Egypt accused of crowdsourcing censorship CNET ... highly attuned to the sound of John Madden saying "Boom!" So imagine how much hard work the world's online censors are having to do. Egypt has reportedly come up with an idea to solve this problem. It comes from our most modern thoughts and times. Egypt Crowdsources CensorshipFast Company all 2 news articles »

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Lack of unity stalls Egypt's youth revolution - Aljazeera.com Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:11:34 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Lack of unity stalls Egypt's youth revolution Aljazeera.com "All the political elite, including the Salvation Front (SF) [Egypt's main opposition coalition] does not represent the youth," Shady Al Ghazaly Harb, the founder of the Al Wai (Awareness) party and now a founding member of ElBaradei's party, told Al ...

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Egypt Floods Gaza's Smuggling Tunnels - Al-Monitor Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:13:17 GMT

The Atlantic Wire

Egypt Floods Gaza's Smuggling Tunnels Al-Monitor Business was quiet at the smuggling tunnels in the al-Salam neighborhood, which straddles Gaza's border with Egypt, unlike other border areas where bulldozers and young workers loaded construction materials and food products onto trucks. Egypt's Army Says It's Determined to Block All Tunnels to GazaBloomberg Egypt's Fighting Palestinian Smugglers with SewageThe Atlantic Wire Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / REUTERSTIME Egypt Independent all 23 news articles »