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In other news Wednesday, the price of oil spiked as Egypt's political situation unfolded. For the first time in over a year, the cost of a barrel passed the $102 mark. Also, France called for a two-week suspension of trade talks between the U.S. and E.U ...
Jeffrey Brown talks with Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers in Cairo, Michelle Dunne of the Atlantic Council and Samer Shehata of the University of Oklahoma about what led up to the dramatic power shift in Egypt, how Egyptians are responding to the removal of former President Mohammed Morsi and what ...
In Tahrir Square, hundreds of thousands of protesters erupted in celebration after Egypt's military commander announced Mohammed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, had been removed from office and the constitution suspended. Margaret Warner reports.
Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but as wire services scrambled this afternoon to see if they could get a reaction from Mohammed Morsi, (the newly deposed former President of Egypt) they turned to a quote via a Twitter account where he allegedly called the military's actions ...
... was expected to be sworn in as interim president on Thursday. Read Morsi's full statement, issued prior to his removal, as posted on the Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page: Egyptian Presidency: Press Release, June 3, 2013 The Egyptian Presidency renews its adherence to the roadmap to which all national ...
GWEN IFILL: Outside the Aviation Ministry, armored vehicles ringed the compound in a show of military force. Soldiers stood by as observers. But Morsi supporter vowed to resist any efforts to drive the Egyptian president from office. AHMED AABDEL HADI, Egypt: Gen. al-Sisi yesterday did a great service to ...
An outpouring of dissent by millions of Egyptians prompted a threat of intervention by the Supreme Military Council. Michele Dunne of the Atlantic Council and Hussein Ibish, a Middle East commentator, join Margaret Warner to discuss the protests, the military's ultimatum and what it all means for Egypt and ...
... The battle is over the identity of this state right now. Since the revolution happened, the forces that we call secular are fighting so that Egypt's identity will not be an Islamic identity, but I insist that Egypt's identity must be Islamic. MARGARET WARNER: Once clear difference from ...
Protesters marched Feb. 6 against the government, saying it hasn't done enough to protect women from violence in Tahrir Square and Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Cairo. Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters. Tahrir Square in Cairo, the site known around the world for Egypt's historic revolution, has another ...
... As he drives past the graffiti-laden buildings of the city, he talks about his frustrations with slow business and his hopes of a better Egypt for his children. On Friday, PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Margaret Warner explores the state of Egypt's economy two years after the revolution, and ...
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