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Another political turmoil in Egypt: Court overrules President over parliament
Egypt's Islamist-led parliament reconvened on Tuesday in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved it last month. The Supreme Court swiftly ruled the newly elected, Islamist president had acted illegally in summoning the assembly, heightening a confrontation between the newly elected head of state and an establishment that once served Hosni M...
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Islamist group is rising force in a new Egypt
In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the mili...
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After revolt, Egyptians now struggle to shape new politics
When a few youthful organizers of the Tahrir Square revolution brought their democracy road show to this graceful Suez Canal port one recent evening, an animated throng rushed the tented stage as the speeches ended. Some merely wanted to touch the Tahrir icons or take snapshots with them. But many shouted questions in a cacophony that drowned out t...
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Another political turmoil in Egypt: Court overrules President over parliament
Egypt's Islamist-led parliament reconvened on Tuesday in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved it last month. The Supreme Court swiftly ruled the newly elected, Islamist president had acted illegally in summoning the assembly, heightening a confrontation between the newly elected head of state and an establishment that once served Hosni M...
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Islamist group is rising force in a new Egypt
In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the mili...
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After revolt, Egyptians now struggle to shape new politics
When a few youthful organizers of the Tahrir Square revolution brought their democracy road show to this graceful Suez Canal port one recent evening, an animated throng rushed the tented stage as the speeches ended. Some merely wanted to touch the Tahrir icons or take snapshots with them. But many shouted questions in a cacophony that drowned out t...
