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... 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 ...
... 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.
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
A day after Egypt's run-off election, President-elect Mohammed Morsi began working on assembling a unity government and said Egypt "will preserve the international accords and treaties." Jeffrey Brown recaps the latest developments. ... GWEN IFILL: Egypt has a new president, one whose election could represent a sharp turn ...
Former President Carter helps an Egyptian voter at a polling station in Cairo on May 24 during the first round of presidential elections. Photo by Wissam Saleh/AFP/Getty Images. Former President Jimmy Carter, whose Atlanta-based Carter Center observed voting in Egypt's presidential election, criticized the ruling military ...
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a courtroom in Cairo. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. Updated July 16 at 1:26 p.m. ET: The prosecutor general's office ordered former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak back to prison on Monday after about a month in a military hospital, a sign ...
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