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  Former Brotherhood leader wishes for army intervention

  Former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Kamal Al-Helbawi, said on Friday that he wishes for the Armed Forces to intervene to keep the state from falling apart if the president does not quit his authoritarian approach.   Read More
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  Protests against Mursi's visit to Sohag

  Clashes broke out in Sohag between the security forces and protesters who tried to forcefully enter the stadium where President Mohamed Mursi is holding a press conference to launch the development plan of Upper Egypt.   Read More
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  Brotherhood's popularity declined - Head of Building and Development Party

  Head of the Building and Development Party(Bena'a & Tanmia), Nasr Abdel Salam, said on Saturday that the popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood has recently declined, attributing this decline to the statements of the Brotherhood leaders and the recurring protests to the decisions of President Mohamed Mursi and his government.   Read More
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  Pope Tawadros II calls upon Coptic movements to choose 'peaceful struggle'

  Tawadros II met several Coptic movements to discuss recent crisis in Libya and call upon groups to struggle peacefully.   Read More
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  Brotherhood leader says Egypt's opposition will participate in elections

  Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Helmi Al-Gazzar, said on Saturday that the Party will only acquire a simple majority in the upcoming elections, not an absolute majority, pointing that the Brotherhood's popularity has not been affected by media attacks.   Read More
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  Ultras demand release of detained members of their group

  Thousands of hardcore football fans (Ultras Ahlway) marched on Saturday to Cairo's Supreme Court demanding the release of protesters belonging to their group who were detained in Monofeya clashes, reported Nile News TV channel.   Read More
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  Egypt rejects all forms of violence against women: Presidency

  Egyptian presidency releases a statement on women's rights, after Muslim Brotherhood rejects United Nations document on violence against women.   Read More
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  U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

  A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.   Read More
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  Egypt's Islamists warn giving women some rights could destroy society

  Egypt has joined Iran, Russia and the Vatican - dubbed an "unholy alliance" by some diplomats - in threatening to derail the women's rights declaration by objecting to language on sexual, reproductive and gay rights.   Read More

Latest Analyses

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  Food price rises put restive Egypt on edge

  With croissants, baguettes and bagels spilling off metal trolleys at the bakery where Mohammed Alif works in central Cairo, food is not scarce, but profits certainly are.   Read More

  
  
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  Egypt needs urgent help to stop it sinking

  The Muslim Brotherhood needs urgent help to fix Egypt's finances. The country is gripped by shortages and the options for attracting aid are narrowing. A recent court ruling means there is no certainty on when parliamentary elections will be held. Cairo is tempting financial and social disaster the longer it delays a deal with the International Monetary Fund.   Read More

  
  
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  Egypt's opposition scents chance in election debacle

  To Egypt's opposition, a court ruling throwing the electoral process into limbo offers an opportunity to force Islamist President Mohamed Mursi into compromise as the country heads towards chaos.   Read More

  
  
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  Stop-gap IMF loan could prove lifeline for Egypt

  Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is unlikely to find the political support needed to win a full-fledged International Monetary Fund bailout before elections begin in April, but he might be able to secure temporary IMF aid.   Read More

  
  
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  Egypt is in for trouble with or without the IMF

  Egypt is at risk of a "revolution of the hungry" two years after Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising, as food and energy prices will soar with or without an IMF deal.   Read More