Muslim Brotherhood Runs Millionaire for Egypt Presidency
The Muslim Brotherhood had insisted it would not run a candidate in Egypt's presidential elections, but growing conflicts with military rulers have spurred the Brotherhood to reverse course and...
View ArticleIn Egypt, Campaign 2.0 Looks a Lot Like Old Days
Egypt's top two vote-getters are heading into a runoff looking to broaden their traditional bases and shore up a vast middle ground, reports the AP . Neither are revolutionaries: Former air force...
View ArticleEgypt's Military Grabs Power After Election
Egypt was thrown into turmoil yesterday, after Egypt's military issued a decree taking most powers away from the country's newly elected president. Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi claimed...
View ArticleEgypt's Top Court, Military: Ruling on Parliament Final
Egypt's highest court insisted today that its ruling to invalidate the Islamist-dominated parliament was final and binding, setting up a showdown with the country's newly elected president after he...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi Cans Top Brass, Appoints VP
Egypt's president has ordered the defense minister and chief of staff to retire and has canceled the military-declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers. President Mohammed...
View ArticleEgypt's Brotherhood: Constitution Passed With 64%
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claimed today that the Islamist-backed constitution has passed with a 64% "yes" vote, the day after the final voting in a two-round referendum that deeply divided the...
View ArticleWhat's a 4-Letter Word for Military Ouster?
Here are some of the words the White House has used to describe the situation in Egypt, as rounded up by Dana Milbank in the Washington Post : incredibly complex, uncertain, polarized, challenging,...
View ArticleIn Surprise, Egypt's Government Resigns
In what the AP is calling a "surprise move," Egypt's interim PM today announced that the country's 7-month-old military-backed government will resign. Hazem el-Beblawi made the announcement regarding...
View ArticleEgypt Swears In a New President
Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in today as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes....
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