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... a military core, is never going to allow this to happen, the fall of the president by the pressures of the people. MARGARET WARNER: A recipe for a standoff between two seemingly implacable foes over the future for Egyptians who have learned these past two weeks never to say never.
EGYPT ATTEMPTS TO QUIET UNREST | The Egyptian government moved Monday to defuse protests, offering public-sector workers a pay raise. Margaret Warner reports from Cairo with reaction from people inside and outside the city's central square. Then Jeffrey Brown discusses negotiations between opposition leaders and the government of President ...
... of the problems that the demonstrators have raised, the military members themselves have felt." The military first and foremost sees itself as the upholder of Egypt's sovereignty and national security, but it also has a sizable role in the Egyptian economy -- and gets contracts from the state -- so it ...
... off is emerging. It's not just between the protestors and the government. It's also between the youthful demonstrators and the vast middle of Egyptian society, the folks making $100 a month as waiters and salespeople who haven't shared in the riches that Egypt's economic liberalization has ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's political developments, including the most recent unemployment report, the U.S. response to unrest in Egypt and the brewing fight in Washington over government debt.
... here, I think the Obama administration is taking a step back a little bit. I mean if -- you know, if it's acceptable to the Egyptian opposition parties for Mubarak to leave the presidency in the sense of no longer having any official duties and being moved off to his ...
As protests continue in Cairo calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, we turned to the NewsHour video vault for some additional perspective on the Egyptian leader's background. In a 1993 NewsHour interview, Mubarak said Egypt is "very keen on democracy" but "don't expect that we'll ...
Tens of thousands of protesters convened in Cairo for what was called a "day of departure" for President Hosni Mubarak, but he continues to reject calls to leave office immediately. Writer and blogger Wael Nawara, a key opposition figure, tells Margaret Warner that Mubarak "is putting the country's interests at great risk."
... are in tune with that attitude. Out in Burley, Idaho, a Mormon Outpost that we follow, local newspaper editor Jay Lenkersdorfer says the protests in Egypt are barely a blip. "Burley, Idaho, isn't paying much attention to the problems in Egypt," he writes in an e-mail. "[We are ...
... in Egypt since it has escalated over the course of the last week. The president has made two statements to the press solely focused on Egypt. Both came following lengthy phone conversations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but he did not answer questions. The New York Times reports Friday that ...
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