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    News Wrap: British Prime Minister David Cameron Visits Egypt

    Feb 21, 2011 11:08 PM EST

    ... $4 in New York trading, back above $90 a barrel. U.S. stock markets were closed for Presidents Day. British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Egypt today, the first world leader to do so since President Mubarak resigned. Cameron told officials in Cairo he wants to help ensure a genuine ...

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    Crowds in Bahrain Mourn Dead, Protests Continue in Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Iraq

    Feb 18, 2011 03:00 PM EST

    ... pro-government gathering in the city's Green Square. Gaddafi has been in power since 1969, making him the region's longest-standing ruler. Although Egypt's uprising resulted in to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, protesters filled the symbolic Tahrir Square again Friday to keep pressure on the country ...

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    Egypt Moves Toward Reforms, But Labor Protests Grow

    Feb 16, 2011 06:13 PM EST

    An Egyptian police man shouts as he and others take to the streets during a protest in al-Mansuriya on Feb.16, 2011, as workers in banking, transport, oil, tourism, textiles, state-owned media and government bodies went on strike to demand higher wages and better conditions. (AFP/Getty Images ...

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    Egypt Protests' Death Tally at Least 360; Labor Strikes Continue

    Feb 16, 2011 05:00 AM EST

    JIM LEHRER: And we return to Egypt and to Jeffrey Brown. JEFFREY BROWN: In the first official accounting, Egypt's Health Ministry said today that at least 360 people died in the 18 days of anti-government protests, a preliminary count that did not include police or prisoners. In the ...

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    How Did Egypt's Government Halt Internet Access?

    Feb 16, 2011 05:00 AM EST

    ... percent are technologically sophisticated enough, they have various tools that if the Net -- if the Net is not completely brought down, like it was in Egypt, people can get videos uploaded to other countries. They can share information.But what's interesting is what we have seen in Iran and ...

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    Egypt-Inspired Protests Echo in Middle East as Obama Urges Nonviolence

    Feb 16, 2011 01:41 AM EST

    ... change, you can't be behind the curve.I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt, when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to ...

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    Live Chat | Teaching Egypt: Lessons in Democracy, Culture, Technology

    Feb 15, 2011 06:11 PM EST

    ... students and provide voices from the region, media resources and lesson plans for the classroom. Egypt & Democracy: A Teacher's Guide to the Unrest in Egypt Learn more about PBS NewsHour Extra's Student Voice reports, featuring first hand accounts from a teenage journalist living in Alexandria, Egypt. Watch excerpts ...

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    Early Takes on Egypt's Revolution

    Feb 15, 2011 03:37 PM EST

    ... a violent, militant revolution found resonance in countries where changing the old order appeared hopeless to the population. "Enter the Tunisian people and now the Egyptian people," Telhami writes. "If they succeed, Al Qaeda may remain a force, but its public appeal will ring hollow. If they fail, the energy ...

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    Debate Continues Over Social Media's Role in Egyptian, Arab World Protests

    Feb 14, 2011 11:00 PM EST

    Jeffrey Brown talks with three analysts and Margaret Warner about how traditional and social media factored into the protests in Egypt and the region. ... JEFFREY BROWN: And we return to Egypt, where much of the action moved away from Tahrir Square to other kinds of protest. With Egypt's mass ...

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    On Monday's NewsHour: Federal Budget Battle, Social Media in Egypt

    Feb 14, 2011 10:43 PM EST

    ... from Sen. Rob Portman, a member of the Senate Budget Committee and former budget director under George W. Bush. ROLE OF MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA IN EGYPT'S REVOLUTION | The role of social media continues to be discussed as a key factor in Egypt's ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak ...