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Egypt Top Cleric: Protests Against Morsi Permitted - ABC News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:29 GMT

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Egypt Top Cleric: Protests Against Morsi Permitted ABC News Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, in a snub to hard-line Islamist backers of Mohammed Morsi who declared that those behind opposition protests planned for June 30 are heretics. Egypt minister quits over new Luxor governorAljazeera.com Latest blow to Egypt's tourism: Luxor's governorChristian Science Monitor Egypt: Appointment of new Luxor governor sparks angerBBC News The Guardian -The Independent all 322 news articles »

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Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run ... - Washington Post (blog) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:13 GMT

Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run ... Washington Post (blog) It was only 16 years ago, in 1997, that members of an Egyptian militant group called Gamaa Islamiya stormed the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, a tourism magnet, and massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves, part of their insurgent ...

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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors - USA TODAY Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:24:09 GMT

Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are strong. The protests signaled increasing ...

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Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases in a New Egypt - New York Times (blog) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:30 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases in a New Egypt New York Times (blog) DEIR EL GABRAWI, Egypt — Egypt's prosecutors have been flooded with blasphemy complaints since 2011 as Islamists exercising their new societal clout have pushed for prosecutions and courts have handed down steep fines and prison terms for insulting ... Egypt's Blasphemy Laws – Still a Bad IdeaThe American Conservative all 3 news articles »

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Egypt girl's death puts spotlight on genital mutilation - BBC News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:01 GMT

Egypt girl's death puts spotlight on genital mutilation BBC News The death of a 13-year-old girl during a genital mutilation procedure has brought the issue back into the spotlight in Egypt. While some Egyptians are fighting for the practice to be eradicated, others justify it in the name of religion, as the BBC's ...

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An Egyptian Journalist's Nightmare - The Atlantic Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:47:22 GMT

An Egyptian Journalist's Nightmare The Atlantic In a long and distinguished career in Egyptian journalism, Yehia Ghanem has been a foreign correspondent and an editor for Al-Ahram, the country's most respected newspaper. He has written four books, participated in international forums, and in recent ...

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Ethiopian refugees face dam backlash in Egypt - Aljazeera.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:08:27 GMT

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Ethiopian refugees face dam backlash in Egypt Aljazeera.com Cairo, Egypt - For months, Gutama Gallatobati, a proud farmer and mechanic of Oromo descent languished in an Ethiopian prison over accusations he burned an Ethiopian flag. While inside, guards physically abused him. Sada Ahmed, a mother of five ... Egypt and Ethiopia try to roll back threats of warCBS News Egypt and Ethiopia vow to defuse Blue Nile dam rowBBC News Egypt sees Ethiopian dam as risk to water supplyThe Guardian Ahram Online -Yahoo! News -Sudan Tribune all 141 news articles »

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Morsi Critics Demand Early Egypt Elections - Voice of America Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:54:33 GMT

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Morsi Critics Demand Early Egypt Elections Voice of America CAIRO — For many Egyptians, the year since Mohamed Morsi became the nation's first democratically elected president has been a failure. After a year of dreadful economic decline, energy and water shortages, lack of security and what some see as the ... and more »

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Party of Egypt's Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors - Fox News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:48:36 GMT

Party of Egypt's Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors Fox News CAIRO – Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. A Wednesday statement by the Freedom and Justice party, political arm of the Muslim ...

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Egypt's top cleric says peaceful protests against Islamist president are ... - Fox News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:32:50 GMT

Egypt's top cleric says peaceful protests against Islamist president are ... Fox News CAIRO – Egypt's top Muslim cleric says peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar ...