Dec 19 Watch Protestors and Police Clash Anew in Cairo For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch In Egypt, Signs of Heavy Turnout as Second Round of Voting Begins Second Round of Voting Begins in Post-Revolution Egypt… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch Syria’s Assad Denies Ordering Deadly Crackdown as Sanctions Drive Down Currency Syria's President Bashar al-Assad denied in a Wednesday interview that he ordered a deadly crackdown on protesters. Jeffrey Brown speaks with NPR's Deborah Amos, reporting from Beirut, about how the interview will be viewed inside Syria, the state of the… Continue watching
Dec 07 In Egypt, a ‘Real Street Fight’ as Parties Try to Win the Upper Hand By Larisa Epatko Egypt's top two Islamist parties -- the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists -- are squaring off in runoff elections this week. "Now we have a real street fight in the precincts," says Charles Sennott, executive editor of GlobalPost. "Who puts… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch The Role of Rising Food Prices in Egypt’s Revolution Egypt's rising food prices are helping fuel the revolution that led to this week's parliamentary elections. In collaboration with The Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace, Sandy Tolan reports as part of a new series called "Food for… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch In Egypt and Congo, Questions of Election Legitimacy Remain Millions of Africans voted Tuesday in two very different elections. Margaret Warner discusses elections in Egypt and Congo with The International Republican Institute's Scott Mastic, who's leading an election monitoring team in Cairo, and Soloman Moore of The Wall Street… Continue watching
Nov 29 International Monitor: Among Egypt’s Electorate, a ‘Sense of Pride’ By Larisa Epatko Despite some rumors of political parties trying to entice votes through payments and other means, a second day of voting in Egypt came without the violence many had feared. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch How Will Latest Protests Affect Egypt’s Elections? On Friday the Obama administration issued a statement urging Egypt's ruling military council to speed up the transition to civilian rule, as angry protesters reiterated their impatience for change. Margaret Warner discusses the latest developments with the International Crisis Group's… Continue watching
Nov 25 Thousands Rally in Cairo to Ratchet Up Pressure on Military Rulers Ahead of Elections By Larisa Epatko Egypt's election scene, complete with campaign ads on TV and posters and billboards plastered around town, is just like any other country. But little else is similar. Continue reading
Nov 24 Calm in Egypt as Police and Protesters Call a Truce By Larisa Epatko After five days of heated -- and sometimes deadly-- confrontations with police this week, protesters and Egyptian authorities have called a truce in the capital Cairo just days before parliamentary elections are set to begin. Continue reading