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Profile: Egypt's Tamarod protest movement

Tamarod is a new grassroots protest movement in Egypt that has been behind the recent nationwide protests against President Mohammed Morsi, a year after he took office. The group, whose name means...

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Thousands gather for anti-Morsi protests in Egypt

Thousands of protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have gathered on Cairo’s Tahrir Square ahead of mass rallies. Many fear the protests could turn deadly. Waving Egyptian flags as...

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Egyptian Christian to U.S.: Quit helping Muslims

An Egyptian Christian human rights activist is so fed up with the American government assisting the Muslim Brotherhood that he believes the U.S. ambassador should be recalled. As protesters prepare...

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From Egypt petition drive, a new grassroot wave

Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, June 26, 2013, an Egyptian man holds a banner with an Arabic word Tamarod, or "Rebel," a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian...

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State Department trained Egypt protest activist

JERUSALEM – A group that is one of the main youth movements helping to organize the anti-government protests planned for Egypt this weekend participated in a 2008 U.S. State Department-sponsored...

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Egyptian coup could hurt Iran

Editor’s Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year or, for monthly trials,...

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Egypt's Revolution Stalls in Divide-and-Conquer Politics

By CHARLES LEVINSON and MATT BRADLEY CAIRO—Early Friday, 16 months after ousting former President Hosni Mubarak from power, Egypt's young revolutionaries huddled with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood,...

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Signature campaign on Egypt's streets tests Morsi

Click photo to enlarge In this Sunday, June 2, 2013 photo, an Egyptian woman signs a petition for Tamarod, Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and...

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Egypt's Summer of Discontent

Due to a moribund economy, fuel and food shortages, and a lack of political opportunities, Egypt faces a tumultuous summer, and conditions will likely continue to deteriorate thereafter. While...

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Will Western nations turn their back on Egypt’s Islamist President?

CAIRO - The West seems to be re-examining its huge support for the Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi as opposition accuses Brotherhood of pursuing a policy similar to that of the former regime...

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Obama online gurus trained Turkey protest leaders

JERUSALEM – The directors of a youth movement helping to lead the anti-government protests rocking Turkey participated in a 2009 U.S. State Department-sponsored training summit on how to use social...

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Egypt's Tamarod and the military united for now

Egypt's Tamarod movement mobilized thousands and paved the way for the coup against Mohammed Morsi. They depend on the support of the military, but will the alliance last? A handful of Egyptians...

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UN urges Egyptian factions to engage in dialogue as clashes leave more than...

Two Egyptians were killed and 28 wounded yesterday as UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon condemned violence against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi after 80 people died in weekend clashes...

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UN urges Egyptian factions to engage in dialogue

Two Egyptians were killed and 28 wounded yesterday as UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon condemned violence against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi after 80 people died in weekend clashes...

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Egyptian military opens new chapter of fear

Ahmed Maher is a founder of the April 6 Youth Movement, an Egyptian activist group. This spring, I participated in the grass-roots “Tamarod” campaign organized to protest the government of Egyptian...

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Egypt army crackdown splits Morsi opponents

The army-led ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 has fallen short of its stated goal to shield Egypt from unrest and political crisis, as the country suffered from its worst violence...

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Egypt crackdown: Five things to know

SHARECONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE What is the Tamarod movement? Tamarod, which means "rebel," is a coalition of Egyptians that includes liberals, secularists and union organizers whooppose the...

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Leading activist says Egypt revolution back at square one

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ahmed Maher's April 6 movement helped lead the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. With Mubarak now out of jail, he says the revolution is back to square one, and could take...

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New Egypt appointments so far going to advocates of military rule

CAIRO Transitional Egyptian President Adly Mansour, named by the Egyptian military to lead the country after it ousted Mohammed Morsi from office, announced several key appointments Sunday, all of whom...

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Egypt's Rebels Who Lost Their Cause?

Can the bizarre political alliance between anti-Morsi rebels and the Egyptian military last, especially as Tamarod turns on the army's biggest benefactor, the United States? Tamarod is the Arabic for...

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Egypt: Revolution Revisited

At various times over the past two years, People & Power has filmed with a key group of pro-democracy activists involved in the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath. The predominantly secular...

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Egypt’s ‘revolution’ is over as people accept imposition of military rule

CAIRO — Three months after the Egyptian military ousted the country’s first democratically elected president, Egypt now resembles the kind of police state whose oppressive policies gave rise to an...

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Egypt jails Brotherhood women, orders activist arrests

Cairo (AFP) - Egyptian authorities Wednesday jailed 14 women said to be Muslim Brotherhood members for 11 years, and ordered the arrest of two leading activists for demonstrating against a disputed...

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>Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the...

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Icons of Egypt’s protest movement imprisoned

CAIRO — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country’s most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the...

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Egypt court jails anti-Mubarak activists for 3 years

Cairo (AFP) - An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for organising an unlicensed protest, judicial...

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Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned

SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new...

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Trudy Rubin: Three years later, the hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone

Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It's hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...

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In Egypt, Arab Spring Gives Way To Military Winter

ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a supporter of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Dozens of Muslim...

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Hamas next Mideast domino to fall?

TEL AVIV – Hamas is growing increasingly concerned about the prospects of its future rule in the Gaza Strip following the ouster in July of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood....

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Hamas operatives arrested with explosives in Cairo

TEL AVIV — Seven members of Hamas were arrested in Cairo after being caught with explosive-laden cars meant to be used in a series of attacks in Egypt, according to a senior Egyptian intelligence...

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Trudy Rubin: Three years later, hope of Tahrir Square gone

Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...

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The hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone

Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, when Facebook-savvy activists rallied millions to the...

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3 years later, hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone

Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...

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Egypt's liberals pressing for democracy after coup

Click photo to enlarge FILE - This Saturday, July 6, 2013 file image released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency shows Tamarod opposition leaders from left, Hassan Shahin, Mohammed Abdel-Aziz...

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