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All About Muslim Brotherhood Branches Labelled Terrorist Organisations By US
The United States on Tuesday designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as terrorist organisations, fulfilling a long demand of Arab allies and US conservatives.
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Mohamed Morsi Briefly Made History As Egypt's First Democratically Elected President
When Mohamed Morsi, a leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, broke out of jail during the final days of Hosni Mubarak's presidency in 2011, he little imagined that the following year he would be president and, another year on, behind bars again.
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35 Egyptian Police Killed In Terrorist Ambush
At least 35 Egyptian police officers have been killed in an ambush by Islamist fighters near the Bahariya oasis in the country's Western Desert, security and medical sources said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt Acquits Al Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's Brother, Orders New Probe
An Egyptian court today acquitted Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother of charges of forming a "terrorist group" but ordered an investigation into a speech he made in court.
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Egypt Releases Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste left Egypt for his native Australia today after serving 400 days in a Cairo prison on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said.
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516 'Brotherhood Elements' Arrested on Egypt Anniversary
Egyptian police arrested more than 500 supporters of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood when deadly violence erupted on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising, the interior minister said on Monday.
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Egyptian Court Jails 68 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters
An Egyptian court sentenced 68 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms on Tuesday, judicial sources said, in a case related to deadly violence a year ago after the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
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Egypt Burns Books it Says Promote Violence, Brotherhood Ideas
Egypt has extended its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood to include burning books it says promote violence and ideas linked to the banned Islamist group, a local official and a security source said on Saturday.
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Explosion in a Muslim Brotherhood Leader's Farm Kills Three
Three people were killed yesterday after a bomb went off on a poultry farm in Egypt's Fayoum governorate, according to a security source.
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Egypt's Abdel Sisi to resign as minister, pave way for presidential bid: report
Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was meeting military leaders on Wednesday to tell them he was resigning as defence minister to run for the presidency, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website.
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Egypt tightens grip on mosques to curb Islamist dissent
Egypt's military-installed authorities are tightening their grip on mosques by laying down the theme for the weekly Friday sermons, in the latest move to curb Islamist dissent.
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Egypt sentences 139 pro-Morsi protesters
An Egyptian court has convicted 139 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on charges ranging from rioting to sabotage, and sentenced each to two-year prison terms.
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Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in February or March: foreign minister
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Friday, Egypt would hold parliamentary elections between February and March, followed by presidential polls in early summer, and that the political arm of ousted President Mohamed Morsi's banned Muslim Brotherhood could take part.
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Gunbattle at Cairo mosque as security surrounds Islamists
Egyptian police exchanged gunfire Saturday with Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi holed up inside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported.
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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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All About Muslim Brotherhood Branches Labelled Terrorist Organisations By US
The United States on Tuesday designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as terrorist organisations, fulfilling a long demand of Arab allies and US conservatives.
-
Mohamed Morsi Briefly Made History As Egypt's First Democratically Elected President
When Mohamed Morsi, a leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, broke out of jail during the final days of Hosni Mubarak's presidency in 2011, he little imagined that the following year he would be president and, another year on, behind bars again.
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35 Egyptian Police Killed In Terrorist Ambush
At least 35 Egyptian police officers have been killed in an ambush by Islamist fighters near the Bahariya oasis in the country's Western Desert, security and medical sources said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt Acquits Al Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's Brother, Orders New Probe
An Egyptian court today acquitted Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother of charges of forming a "terrorist group" but ordered an investigation into a speech he made in court.
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Egypt Releases Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste left Egypt for his native Australia today after serving 400 days in a Cairo prison on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said.
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516 'Brotherhood Elements' Arrested on Egypt Anniversary
Egyptian police arrested more than 500 supporters of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood when deadly violence erupted on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising, the interior minister said on Monday.
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Egyptian Court Jails 68 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters
An Egyptian court sentenced 68 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms on Tuesday, judicial sources said, in a case related to deadly violence a year ago after the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
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Egypt Burns Books it Says Promote Violence, Brotherhood Ideas
Egypt has extended its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood to include burning books it says promote violence and ideas linked to the banned Islamist group, a local official and a security source said on Saturday.
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Explosion in a Muslim Brotherhood Leader's Farm Kills Three
Three people were killed yesterday after a bomb went off on a poultry farm in Egypt's Fayoum governorate, according to a security source.
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Egypt's Abdel Sisi to resign as minister, pave way for presidential bid: report
Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was meeting military leaders on Wednesday to tell them he was resigning as defence minister to run for the presidency, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website.
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Egypt tightens grip on mosques to curb Islamist dissent
Egypt's military-installed authorities are tightening their grip on mosques by laying down the theme for the weekly Friday sermons, in the latest move to curb Islamist dissent.
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Egypt sentences 139 pro-Morsi protesters
An Egyptian court has convicted 139 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on charges ranging from rioting to sabotage, and sentenced each to two-year prison terms.
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Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in February or March: foreign minister
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Friday, Egypt would hold parliamentary elections between February and March, followed by presidential polls in early summer, and that the political arm of ousted President Mohamed Morsi's banned Muslim Brotherhood could take part.
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Gunbattle at Cairo mosque as security surrounds Islamists
Egyptian police exchanged gunfire Saturday with Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi holed up inside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported.
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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...
