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On Saturday, longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for his role in not stopping the killing of protesters during the Arab Spring. Also, his associates and sons were found not guilty. Gwen Ifill speaks with McClatchy Newspapers' Nancy Youssef about the intense demonstrations in Tahrir ...
... s by everyone's estimation a rather uncharismatic leader, but has the backing of a huge organized machine here, the best organized political machine in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, which really galvanized the vote on his behalf. And he has promised to bring back -- bring Egypt the kind of Islamic ...
... Muslim Brotherhood and how well you think they have or have not performed in the parliament. It's a vote on whether you think that Egypt has gone -- undergone too much change and has become too unstable or, in fact, hasn't done enough change and needs to do more ...
With this week's presidential election representing the end of the transition from a military to civilian government, many Egyptians will be watching not only the results but for a clean process as well. Egyptians are voting in the first round of elections on Wednesday and Thursday for a number ...
Egyptians chose among old regime, Islamist and secular candidates in their first presidential election Wednesday and Thursday since President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year reign came to an end.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Tensions are rising in the presidential race in Egypt after former spy chief Omar Suleiman entered the contest over the weekend. He said today he will not try to reinvent the Mubarak regime. But he's expected to gain support from the ruling generals. And the Muslim Brotherhood ...
... interesting. The Brotherhood's official reason for this is that Egypt right now is undergoing a tremendous crisis, and the government that is currently running Egypt, which was appointed by the military junta, is unable to meet Egypt's challenges. And so the Brotherhood are saying, in order for them ...
... We're just trying to help support the democratic process. RAY SUAREZ: But had the government, changing as it is in these troubled times in Egypt, signaled to you that they wanted you to back off or not do certain things while you were in Egypt? SAM LAHOOD: Well, in ...
... RAY SUAREZ: Finally tonight, Egypt's military rulers and the U.S. head for a showdown over Egypt's threat to bring to trial 19 Americans and 24 others working for non-government groups. Among those being held, Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. transportation secretary, Ray LaHood ...
In other news Friday, cities across Egypt erupted in fresh violence as protesters accused the ruling military of failing to stop a soccer riot that killed 74 people this week. Also, malaria may be killing twice as many people as experts had believed, according to a new study funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates...
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