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Egypt adopts Islamist-backed charter: state media
by Samer al-Atrush CAIRO, Dec 23, 2012 (AFP) Egypt has adopted a new, Islamist-backed constitution with nearly two-thirds support in a referendum preceded by weeks of sometimes bloody protests,...
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Egypt Islamists say charter passed in referendum
by Samer al-Atrush CAIRO, Dec 23, 2012 (AFP) A majority of Egyptian voters have backed a controversial charter in a two-round referendum that deeply polarised the country, ruling Islamists and...
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Germany urges Egypt to probe referendum fraud charges
BERLIN, Dec 23, 2012 (AFP) Germany urged Egypt Sunday to get to the bottom of allegations of fraud levelled by the opposition after the adoption of a new, Islamist-backed constitution in a referendum....
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Officials confirm 64% of Egypt voters backed new charter
By Marc Burleigh CAIRO, Dec 25, 2012 (AFP) Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition...
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Egypt adopts new constitution as opposition cries foul
CAIRO, Dec 26, 2012 (AFP) Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition allegations of...
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Egypt’s Morsi signs disputed constitution into law
by Samer al-Atrush CAIRO, Dec 26, 2012 (AFP) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but on Wednesday he was left facing...
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Israel will not exist within a decade, says Muslim Brotherhood official
Jan 2, 2013 In a perceived attempt to temper controversial remarks made earlier in the week, a senior Egyptian official who also serves as an adviser to President Mohammed Mursi said on Tuesday that...
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Egypt opposition backs calls to topple regime, try Morsi
CAIRO, Feb 2, 2013 (AFP) Egypt's main opposition group, the National Salvation Front, said on Saturday it "completely sides with" calls to topple the ruling Islamists and called for President Mohamed...
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Egypt ex-presidential candidate party to contest polls
CAIRO, March 5, 2013 (AFP) Former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh said Tuesday his party will contest Egypt's next parliamentary elections, boycotted by the main opposition coalition....
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Mubarak wants Egyptians to rally round Morsi: lawyer
CAIRO, March 11, 2013 (AFP) Toppled president Hosni Mubarak, awaiting trial over his role in the deaths of protesters, believes Egyptians should rally around his Islamist successor and end violent...
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Egypt police takes over mosque with protester bodies: Islamists
CAIRO, August 15, 2013 (AFP) Egyptian police on Thursday entered a Cairo mosque containing the bodies of several dozen killed Islamist protesters after a brief standoff during which they fired tear...
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For Egypt ‘a future worse than Mubarak’s reign’, says US think-tank
ANKARA, August 18, 2013 (AA) Washington-based US Brookings Institution published an article titled "A future worse than Mubarak’s reign" in wake of the military coup in Egypt and police assault on...
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Legal group says anti-coup prisoner ‘died of torture’ in Egypt
Cairo- A coalition of judges and lawyers supporting Morsi held the Egyptian prosecution responsible for "violations against anti-coup prisoners and kidnapped revolutionaries." A coalition of judges and...
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Egypt’s Brotherhood condemns Mansoura blast
CAIRO – The Muslim Brotherhood has denounced a deadly explosion that targeted a police headquarters in the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya earlier Tuesday. The Brotherhood "considers this act a...
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Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
CAIRO - Egypt's military-installed government declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a "terrorist" group Wednesday, banning all its activities, including demonstrations,...
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Top US diplomat voices concern over terrorist designation of Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern on Thursday about the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in a phone call with his counterpart in Egypt...
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Pro-democracy students usher in New Year with fresh protests
CAIRO- Students also inaugurated a new protest campaign, dubbed "12Elsobh" ("12am"), which aims to mark midnight each day with shouts and chants against "military rule." In the early hours of...
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Egypt Christians hope for peace after months of unrest
by Jay DESHMUKH, Haitham EL-TABEI CAIRO- Egypt's Christians rang in the new year Wednesday with prayers for peace after months of unrest, but expressed no regrets over backing the military's overthrow...
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Washington Rejects UAE Inclusion of 2 American Muslim Groups as Terrorists
Rabat- The U.S. State Department has rejected the inclusion of two prominent Muslim American groups as terror organizations by the United Arab Emirates. In a move that drew immediate rejection from...
View ArticleRaissouni: I Was Very Comfortable With the Overthrow of Morsi
Rabat – The vice president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and former leader of the Movement for Unity and Reform (URM), Ahmed Raissouni, said, “I was very comfortable with the overthrow...
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