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Egypt's opposition rejects call for unity talks - USA TODAY Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:52:49 GMT

NPR

Egypt's opposition rejects call for unity talks USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's largest opposition group on Tuesday rejected calls by the president for national reconciliation talks as "too late" as pro and anti-government protesters briefly clashed ahead of plans for a mass rally calling for his ouster later ... Egypt Said To Be In Talks With Ethiopia Over Nile Dam PlanNPR Egypt warns Ethiopia over Nile damAljazeera.com Ethiopia dismisses Egypt's 'psychological warfare' on damReuters Africa Yahoo! News -New Statesman all 237 news articles »

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Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes - Reuters Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:29:19 GMT

Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes Reuters Egypt, whose fast-growing population of 84 million uses almost all of the Nile's supply that reaches them to meet their needs, cites colonial-era treaties guaranteeing it the lion's share of the water to defend its position. Ethiopia, the second most ...

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Fuel-short Egypt faces long, hot summer - Reuters Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:01:48 GMT

Fuel-short Egypt faces long, hot summer Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - A gift of gas to Egypt from tiny Qatar shows just how tough this summer is shaping up to be for the government in Cairo, facing a funding crunch and power cuts as it struggles to contain explosive public discontent. Daily blackouts ...

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Egypt's Perils and Paradoxes - The American Conservative Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:14:07 GMT

The American Conservative

Egypt's Perils and Paradoxes The American Conservative CAIRO, Egypt — “The country that was the beacon of tranquility, the society that was an example of peacefulness and tolerance — one that had never witnessed a civil war in over seven thousand years — has turned into … a breeding ground of aggression. Italy deports 28 Egyptians for illegal entryAhram Online all 4 news articles »

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Some in Congress question aid to Egypt over NGO prison sentences - MiamiHerald.com Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:56:51 GMT

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Some in Congress question aid to Egypt over NGO prison sentences MiamiHerald.com CAIRO -- An Egyptian court's decision to convict 43 democracy proponents – along with a proposed Egyptian law that would restrict how nongovernmental organizations here operate – has spurred a chorus of concern from European leaders, members of the ... Take a thorough look at human rights abuses in EgyptThe Hill (blog) Why Egypt's New Law Regulating NGOs is Still CriminalHuman Rights Watch The Trials, Figurative and Literal, of Robert Becker in EgyptThe Nonprofit Quarterly all 14 news articles »

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Egypt's Mursi warns all options open over Ethiopia Nile dam dispute - Al-Arabiya Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:29:45 GMT

Egypt's Mursi warns all options open over Ethiopia Nile dam dispute Al-Arabiya Angry Egyptian lawmakers accused the country's prime minister and government earlier in the day of doing nothing to prevent Ethiopia from building the dam. Prime Minister Hesham Kandil had just finished addressing parliament about how the government ...

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Egyptian warning over Ethiopia Nile dam - BBC News Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:40:13 GMT

Egyptian warning over Ethiopia Nile dam BBC News Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has said "all options are open" to deal with any threat to his country's water supply posed by an Ethiopian dam. Mr Morsi said he was not "calling for war", but that he would not allow Egypt's water supply to be ...

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Artists Clash with Islamists at Egyptian Culture Protest - Voice of America Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:35:03 GMT

Voice of America

Artists Clash with Islamists at Egyptian Culture Protest Voice of America Leftist politician and movie director Khaled Youssef told Reuters he believed culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz was bent on filling posts with Morsi loyalists who “will carry out the instructions of the Muslim Brotherhood in destroying the Egyptian ... and more »

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Egypt's worrying rise in criminal blasphemy cases - Amnesty International Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:29:37 GMT

Egypt's worrying rise in criminal blasphemy cases Amnesty International Before the latest two convictions, Amnesty International had received numerous recent reports of others accused and convicted of blasphemy in Egypt. Bloggers and media professionals whose ideas are “deemed offensive” as well as Coptic Christians ...

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Ethiopia rejects Egyptian protests over Nile dam - The Guardian Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:28:18 GMT

The Guardian

Ethiopia rejects Egyptian protests over Nile dam The Guardian Ethiopia has refused to halt work on a controversial giant dam across the river Nile that Egypt fears will severely curb its water supply. The refusal came after the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, promised to "defend each drop of Nile water with ...