Jul 16 What Tossing Tomatoes at Clinton’s Convoy Says About Egyptian Politics By Larisa Epatko During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Egypt over the weekend to reaffirm Washington's support for the North African country's transition to democracy, protesters showed their displeasure at her and the United States by lobbing tomatoes and shoes at… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Egypt’s First Civilian President to Take Helm of Divided Country Egypt's First Civilian President to Take Helm of Divided Country… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Reporting a Revolution: Lindsey Hilsum on Libya, its War and its Future Reporting a Revolution: Lindsey Hilsum on Libya, its War and its Future… Continue watching
Jun 20 Jimmy Carter: If Egypt’s Ruling Military Goes Through With Plan, Same as Coup By Larisa Epatko Former President Jimmy Carter, whose Atlanta-based Carter Center observed voting in Egypt's presidential election, criticized the ruling military's latest actions in the North African nation's troubled move toward democracy. Continue reading
Jun 19 Ex-Egyptian President Mubarak Unresponsive After Stroke By Larisa Epatko A physically weakened Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as Egypt's president in February 2011 after massive anti-government protests shook the country, suffered a stroke and his heart reportedly stopped beating Tuesday, officials said. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Ousted Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak on Life Support There were conflicting reports tonight about the health of critically ill former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Gwen Ifill talks to Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers in Cairo, who says the ousted president is in a "critical state."… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch After Parliament Dissolved, Egyptian Generals Put on ‘Charm Offensive’ After Parliament Dissolved, Egyptian Generals Put on 'Charm Offensive'… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Egypt Politics ‘Entering New, Dangerous Period’ More than 200 policemen were deployed outside Egypt's parliament Friday after a court nullified recent elections. Jeffrey Brown and Harvard University professor Tarek Masoud discuss the dashed hopes of the Egyptian people as voters head to the polls this weekend… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Tensions High in Egypt Ahead of Post-Mubarak Presidential Election Ahead of this weekend's first presidential election in Egypt since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, tensions were high as more than 200 policemen were deployed outside parliament to block lawmakers from entering. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports from… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch News Wrap: Egypt’s High Court Quashes Parliamentary Elections In other news Thursday, Egypt's highest court dealt a double blow to the newly empowered Muslim Brotherhood. The judges found the law governing last fall's elections unconstitutional and ordered the new Islamist-dominated parliament dissolved. Also, U.N. observers finally entered the… Continue watching