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... point. The polarization in this country right now is somewhat unprecedented between the two Egypts, as people are calling it, the secular, liberal, more diverse Egypt, and the rising Islamist juggernaut that seems to be changing the face of Egypt and much of the rest of North Africa. On these ...
Thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators again took to the streets Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt, ahead of a constitutional referendum this weekend.
... evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. It would affirm many tenets of Sharia as the law of the land. SAID KASSEM,Egypt (through translator): I support the president. And I think that opponents of the president claim that Egypt would turn into an Islamic state. But ...
HARI SREENIVASAN: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. Opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of Islamists and curb human rights. Security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace, where protesters remain camped out ...
... East at the Atlantic Council. Michele Dunne, welcome back. How serious a crisis is this for this new Egyptian government of President Morsi and for Egypt himself? MICHELE DUNNE, Atlantic Council: This is a pivotal moment in the Egyptian transition and in the history of Egypt after this revolution. What ...
... and Gaza. Since then, he's granted himself unlimited power and rushed through a draft constitution branded by liberals and Christians as a betrayal of Egypt's transition to democracy. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood had 70 years in Egypt's political wilderness to prepare for government. His supporters point out ...
The opposition to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi felt a change in their spirits after descending on the presidential palace to protest. Jeffrey Brown talks to Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers from Cairo about the role of the police and military in the conflict and the upcoming constitutional referendum. ... JEFFREY BROWN ...
GWEN IFILL: Protests surrounding Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's recent power grab and a hastily drafted constitution turned violent again today. Jeffrey Brown reports. JEFFREY BROWN: Police outside the presidential palace in Cairo retreated this evening after a crowd broke through their lines. Officers fired back with tear gas, but ...
... ended. AMR MOUSSA, former Egyptian presidential candidate (through translator): The message is clear. No one should think that the Egyptian people are not capable. The Egyptian people have moved from the level where they were told what to do to the level of real sovereignty. The Egyptian people have to ...
... rule Egypt's politics and society going forward? DAVID KIRKPATRICK: Well, this is it. This is the whole thing. This is the road map for Egypt's future. And I think in the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagined quite a sweeping overhaul of Egypt's institutions ...
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