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The Tamarod campaign gathers in Tahrir

May 01 2013

Egypt

Source:

Daily News Egypt

The Tamarod campaign called on Wednesday for a public gathering in Tahrir Square to collect signatures to withdraw confidence from President Mohamed Morsi.

On its Facebook page, the campaign announced that the gathering is set to take place on Wednesday at 5 pm. The campaign called on citizens to join the gathering and support their calls for withdrawing confidence from Morsi and holding early presidential elections.

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Street battles in Cairo leave dozens injured after Islamist protest

Apr 19 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Dozens injured as Islamist protesters clash with unknown rivals near Egypt's High Court in Cairo; firearms used and at least 95 injured

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Egypt Judge recuses himself in Mubarak retrial case

Apr 13 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

The judge in the retrial of the former president on charges of failing to protect demonstrators during the January 2011 revolution sends case to a different court.

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Egypt issues arrest warrant for satirist

Mar 30 2013

Egypt

Source:

al-Jazeera

Move against Bassem Youssef, whose TV show enjoys wide viewership, is latest legal action against president's critic.

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Egypt's FJP accuses Constitution Party of kidnapping

Mar 30 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Muslim Brotherhood's political arm FJP accuses liberal Constitution Party of kidnapping one of its members, warning that it can control his colleagues' reaction but not that of his family or friends.

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Egypt's presidency vs. judiciary, intelligence: A new faceoff

Mar 27 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Embattled presidency now faces two-front battle against both judiciary and – according to Muslim Brotherhood claims – Egypt's intelligence apparatus.

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Inside Egypt's Shura Council, new NGO law brings controversy

Mar 26 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Over objections of civil society organisations, upper house of Egypt's parliament approves 'in principle' new legislation – drafted by Muslim Brotherhood's FJP – regulating activities of foreign NGOs.

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Egypt's Shura council rubber-stamp two key bills on elections, protest rights

Mar 26 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Opposition figures argued that the protest law is draconian and reminiscent of policies under Mubarak.

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Egypt press syndicate accuses presidency of 'intimidating' journalists

Mar 25 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Amid ongoing protest outside Cairo's Media Production City against perceived anti-Islamist media bias, Press Syndicate accuses presidency of launching 'intimidation, incitement' campaign against journalists.

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Egypt's Morsi should head up new govt: Presidential advisor

Mar 25 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

PM Qandil government should be replaced with new one better able to realise objectives of Egypt's 25 January Revolution, presidential advisor tells Kuwaiti press.

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Egypt court postpones verdict on parliamentary elections

Mar 24 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Decision on fate of parliamentary elections delayed to allow presidency, head of Shura Council and justice ministry time to show they had authorised Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority to submit appeal on their behalf.

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Wasat Party to petition to strip ElBaradei of Nobel Prize

Mar 24 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Al Wasat Party freezes all their calls for national dialogue and the party leader will petition to strip ElBaradei of Nobel Peace Prize for his party's responsibility in Friday's violence.

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Dozens injured as clashes erupt in Egypt

Mar 22 2013

Egypt

Source:

al-Jazeera

Egyptian protesters have clashed with supporters of President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, and ransacked three offices nationwide including the group's headquarters in Cairo, leaving at least 90 people injured.

The group's spokesman Ahmed Aref said on Friday that men assaulted women in the office who were holding an event commemorating Mothers' Day, and then forced them into bathrooms before they destroyed the office's contents.

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We foiled chaos plan: Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya leader

Mar 22 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Assem Abdel Magued of the hardline Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya says his group skirted a conspiracy for an army takeover.

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Statements conflict over fate of Egypt's Hisham Qandil govt

Mar 12 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Ghad Al-Thawra Party head Ayman Nour says Qandil govt faces imminent dismissal, while cabinet spokesman says such a move isn't even being considered.

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Strong Egypt a 'serious oppositon party,' says founding member

Mar 11 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Prominent member of Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh's 'Strong Egypt' party tells Ahram Online that time may be ripe to 'consider possibility of holding early presidential elections'.

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Egypt's Shura Council seeks way out of electoral law stalemate

Mar 11 2013

Egypt

Source:

Ahram Online

Islamist-dominated Shura Council is about to discuss a new electoral law, after a court ruled the current law unconstitutional and said that elections would have to be postponed.