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    $1 Billion a Year in Military Aid to Egypt for 40 Years: Just Keep Giving?

    Sep 14, 2012 05:04 PM EST

    ... Prophet Muhammed. That led to a massive protest in Cairo that kicked off a week of demonstrations across the Arab world. It's interesting that Egypt should be the flashpoint for this anti-American rhetoric this time around. As illustrated in an interactive chart a few weeks ago, Egypt has ...

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    Candidates Spar Over Foreign Policy Following Attacks in Libya, Egypt

    Sep 13, 2012 12:35 PM EST

    Mitt Romney holds a press conference in the wake of the attacks in Benghazi and Cairo at his campaign office on Wednesday in Jacksonville. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Four years ago this week the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent shockwaves through the financial markets and the presidential race between Senators...

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    We Spend How Much on Egypt's Military?

    Aug 30, 2012 09:08 PM EST

    Soldiers stand guard along the route of the funeral of Omar Suleiman, former chief of intelligence in Egypt as well as a presidential candidate, on Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Cairo, Egypt. Photo by James Lawler Duggan/MCT via Getty Images. Our Arachne here on Making Sen$e, multimedia producer Elizabeth ...

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    Egyptian President Morsi Rejects Previous Limits on Presidential Power

    Aug 13, 2012 10:48 PM EST

    ... Egypt, things are quiet and it looks as though it's going to stick. But there have been so many twists and turns in this Egyptian transition, it's hard to say what's coming next. There's still a battle to be fought over the new Egyptian constitution, new ...

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    President Morsi Ousts Egypt's Defense Minister, Rewrites Power Restrictions

    Aug 13, 2012 04:00 AM EST

    ... the nation's intelligence chief after 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants in Sinai. Tantawi, longtime defense minister under former President Hosni Mubarak, took part in forcing Mubarak's resignation early last year. And for 18 months after, he and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ruled Egypt.

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    Instability on Sinai Border Poses Challenge for New Egyptian Government

    Aug 08, 2012 10:04 PM EST

    ... to the Egyptian military -- what led it to take action in the Sinai? What's behind this? NANCY YOUSSEF, McClatchy Newspapers: Well, on Sunday, 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed by Islamist militants along the border. It marked the deadliest day for Egyptian soldiers since the 1979 peace accords. And because ...

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    Conflict Erupts in Sinai Peninsula on Border Between Egypt and Gaza

    Aug 08, 2012 08:32 PM EST

    A member of the Egyptian security forces takes position on a sand dune during an operation in a northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. (AFP PHOTO/STRINGER) Sinai, the dusty, dangerous region connecting the land and fates of Israel and Egypt, has once again erupted in tit-for-tat bloodshed ...

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    Egyptian Government Cracks Down on Islamic Militants in 'Lawless Zone' of Sinai

    Aug 08, 2012 04:00 AM EST

    ... border were on heightened alert. The upsurge in violence along this border is a challenge to Israel, but it's an even bigger problem for Egypt's new Islamist government, a test of its ability and resolve to stick to security commitments that underpin the 30-year-old peace treaty ...

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    What Tossing Tomatoes at Clinton's Convoy Says About Egyptian Politics

    Jul 16, 2012 08:50 PM EST

    ... anti-Muslim Brotherhood Egyptians are accusing the United States of installing the Muslim Brotherhood in the government to help propagate its influence, she added. The Egyptian military and Muslim Brotherhood appeared locked in their own political struggle. On Sunday after meeting with Clinton, Egypt's top army general, Field Marshal ...

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    Egypt's First Civilian President to Take Helm of Divided Country

    Jun 25, 2012 10:34 PM EST

    er scenario is that, although they act as if they want to be like the Turkish military, to be the power behind the civilian leadership, they might do to Egypt what the Pakistani military did to Pakistan. And that would be a real tragedy. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, you're ...