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Egyptian Prosecutor Allows For Hosni Mubarak Release
A prosecutor allowed Monday for Hosni Mubarak to be released, his lawyer said, after an appeals court acquitted Egypt's ex-president of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Extends State of Emergency in Sinai
Egypt announced on Saturday it was extending for three months a state of emergency in parts of the restive Sinai Peninsula following a spate of attacks claimed by jihadists.
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Egypt forces 'clear' Cairo mosque after clashes; 800 killed in violence so far
Security forces cleared a Cairo mosque after a gunbattle with followers of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning the Islamist group.
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Brother of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri arrested in Egypt
Mohammed al-Zawahiri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo.
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Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said on Saturday, once again outlawing a group that held the pinnacle of government power just more than a month earlier.
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Egypt opposition: Police torture activist to death
An Egyptian opposition party on Monday claimed police tortured one of its members to death, electrocuting him and beating him repeatedly on the head - the latest case alleging police brutality in a crackdown on anti-government protesters.
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Egypt opposition takes to streets after deadly week
Thousands of opponents of President Mohamed Morsi returned to the streets of Egypt on Friday, demanding his overthrow after the deadliest violence of his seven months in power.
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Former judge challenges Egypt's constitution
The only female judge to sit on Egypt's highest court said on Tuesday she has filed the first legal challenge against the country's highly contentious constitution, which cost her the seat she held.
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Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter
Egyptian Islamists have clashed with opponents of a draft constitution in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after an ultraconservative cleric called on worshippers to approve the charter in a referendum.
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Egypt army gets temporary power to arrest civilians
Egypt's government has temporarily given the military the authority to arrest civilians to help safeguard a constitutional referendum planned for Saturday, the official gazette said.
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Mohamed Morsi gives Egypt army police powers ahead of referendum
President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt's army from Monday to take on police powers -- including the right to arrest civilians -- in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street protests.
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Egypt's Vice President suggests way out of crisis
Egypt's Vice President proposed ideas on Wednesday to defuse unrest over a draft constitution that has polarised the most populous Arab nation, with Islamists fighting opposition protesters near the presidential palace.
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Egypt's Mohamed Morsi returns to palace after mass rally
Egypt's president returned to his Cairo palace on Wednesday with hundreds of protesters still camped outside a day after a mass outpouring of anger that has given new momentum to the opposition demanding that the Islamist leader rescind decrees giving him sweeping powers.
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Egypt presidential polls by end of June 2012, says military
Amid mounting pressure to speed up transition to civilian rule, Egypt's embattled military rulers said on Tuesday that presidential polls will be held by end of June next year, as they accepted the resignation of the Essam Sharaf Cabinet, following a bloody protest that claimed 35 lives.
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As crowds swell in Cairo, military in crisis talks
A swelling crowd of tens of thousands filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, answering the call for a million people to turn out and intensify pressure on Egypt's military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government. The ruling military council held crisis talks with political parties across the spectrum to try to defuse growing cries for...
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Egyptian Prosecutor Allows For Hosni Mubarak Release
A prosecutor allowed Monday for Hosni Mubarak to be released, his lawyer said, after an appeals court acquitted Egypt's ex-president of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Extends State of Emergency in Sinai
Egypt announced on Saturday it was extending for three months a state of emergency in parts of the restive Sinai Peninsula following a spate of attacks claimed by jihadists.
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Egypt forces 'clear' Cairo mosque after clashes; 800 killed in violence so far
Security forces cleared a Cairo mosque after a gunbattle with followers of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning the Islamist group.
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Brother of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri arrested in Egypt
Mohammed al-Zawahiri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo.
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Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said on Saturday, once again outlawing a group that held the pinnacle of government power just more than a month earlier.
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Egypt opposition: Police torture activist to death
An Egyptian opposition party on Monday claimed police tortured one of its members to death, electrocuting him and beating him repeatedly on the head - the latest case alleging police brutality in a crackdown on anti-government protesters.
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Egypt opposition takes to streets after deadly week
Thousands of opponents of President Mohamed Morsi returned to the streets of Egypt on Friday, demanding his overthrow after the deadliest violence of his seven months in power.
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Former judge challenges Egypt's constitution
The only female judge to sit on Egypt's highest court said on Tuesday she has filed the first legal challenge against the country's highly contentious constitution, which cost her the seat she held.
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Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter
Egyptian Islamists have clashed with opponents of a draft constitution in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after an ultraconservative cleric called on worshippers to approve the charter in a referendum.
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Egypt army gets temporary power to arrest civilians
Egypt's government has temporarily given the military the authority to arrest civilians to help safeguard a constitutional referendum planned for Saturday, the official gazette said.
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Mohamed Morsi gives Egypt army police powers ahead of referendum
President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt's army from Monday to take on police powers -- including the right to arrest civilians -- in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street protests.
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Egypt's Vice President suggests way out of crisis
Egypt's Vice President proposed ideas on Wednesday to defuse unrest over a draft constitution that has polarised the most populous Arab nation, with Islamists fighting opposition protesters near the presidential palace.
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Egypt's Mohamed Morsi returns to palace after mass rally
Egypt's president returned to his Cairo palace on Wednesday with hundreds of protesters still camped outside a day after a mass outpouring of anger that has given new momentum to the opposition demanding that the Islamist leader rescind decrees giving him sweeping powers.
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Egypt presidential polls by end of June 2012, says military
Amid mounting pressure to speed up transition to civilian rule, Egypt's embattled military rulers said on Tuesday that presidential polls will be held by end of June next year, as they accepted the resignation of the Essam Sharaf Cabinet, following a bloody protest that claimed 35 lives.
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As crowds swell in Cairo, military in crisis talks
A swelling crowd of tens of thousands filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, answering the call for a million people to turn out and intensify pressure on Egypt's military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government. The ruling military council held crisis talks with political parties across the spectrum to try to defuse growing cries for...
