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    Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Aid to Egypt, Obesity and Cancer

    Feb 04, 2011 05:55 AM EST

    Backers of Egyptian President Mubarak on the streets of Cairo. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images U.S. Aid to Egypt in Question Massive demonstrations against Egypt's President Mubarak and a deteriorating security situation in the streets of Cairo have thrown the future of U.S. foreign aid to the ...

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    News Wrap: Egypt Unrest Rattles Energy Market, Prompts Senate Hearing

    Feb 03, 2011 10:26 PM EST

    ... Gulf. Egypt's not a major exporter. It's, in fact, a slight importer, but about 2 to 4 percent of global supplies does transit Egypt. And what happens in Egypt obviously has an impact beyond its borders in the Middle East. HARI SREENIVASAN: Oil prices fell slightly today, but ...

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    Turmoil Grips Egypt as Mubarak Plots Next Move

    Feb 03, 2011 10:15 PM EST

    I think that there is still serious miscommunication going on, sometimes purposeful, on what the Egyptian leadership is choosing to hear from those trying to give it inputs on how -- how to move. I mean, we're talking about negotiations here with the opposition. That seems to me to be ...

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    On Thursday's NewsHour: Unrest Escalates in Egypt, Planets Discovered

    Feb 03, 2011 10:14 PM EST

    EGYPT UNREST | Chaos continued to escalate in Egypt as President Hosni Mubarak told ABC News that stepping down now would create further turmoil. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attacks on foreign journalists and rights groups. There were also signs of growing discontent in Yemen and Algeria, raising questions ...

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    'Great Sense of Threat and Menace' in Egypt's Chaos

    Feb 03, 2011 05:00 AM EST

    ... a -- there's a sense of foreboding. On the one hand, the -- the organizers that I talked to and the activists said they think the Egyptian people will again turn out, that, tomorrow -- and one Muslim Brotherhood leader said to me today, is, February 4, it will be like our ...

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    Video: Scenes From Egypt's Streets

    Feb 02, 2011 11:00 PM EST

    Given the important nature of events on the ground in Egypt, the PBS NewsHour is offering live streams through a combination of sources which may include Egypt TV, ABC, APTN and Al Jazeera English's channel to our web and mobile audiences. Airing another broadcaster's commentary and editorial during ...

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    Mubarak Supporters' Offensive Heightens Volatility in Egypt

    Feb 02, 2011 09:07 PM EST

    Supporters of President Mubarak and Egypt's ruling party went on an offensive Wednesday. The ensuing clashes left hundreds injured. Jeffrey Brown discusses the volatility of the situation with Nader Hashemi of the University of Denver, Leslie Campbell of the National Democratic Institute and Cornell Law School's Chantal Thomas.

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    In Egypt, Hundreds Hurt as Factions Clash in Cairo Streets

    Feb 02, 2011 09:03 PM EST

    ... new warnings from around the world today. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called the situation unacceptable. And British Prime Minister David Cameron said Egypt's government must begin rapid and credible political change. In Washington, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Mubarak government must rein in ...

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    Tracking the Egypt Crisis via Google, News Curation Tools

    Feb 02, 2011 08:01 PM EST

    After a widespread shutdown of Internet and mobile phone service in Egypt as street protests intensified last week, there were reports Wednesday that Web access was restored in the country. Google's Transparency Index has been tracking web traffic to its services in Egypt. Note the drop on Jan. 27 ...

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    In Egypt, Who Will Emerge to Negotiate Over Nation's Political Future?

    Feb 01, 2011 10:52 PM EST

    ... two articles in the constitution that have to do with what kind of candidate can run. And this has been a longstanding problem in the Egyptian constitution.Basically, after protests in 2005 in Egypt and pressure by the then Bush administration, Mubarak changed -- amended, rather, the constitution to allow other ...