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  Egypt detains Brotherhood spokesman Haddad - sources

  Egyptian police arrested Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad on Tuesday, three security officials said, a high-profile detention in the army-backed authorities crackdown on the Islamist movement.   Read More
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  Court supports prosecutor order to freeze Brotherhood assets

  A Cairo criminal court has endorsed a prosecutor-general's order to freeze the assets of Muslim Brotherhood leaders.   Read More
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  Pro-Mursi alliance calls for more protests

  The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, called for demonstrations on Tuesday.   Read More
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  Gunmen open fire on Damietta police, no causalities

  Unknown assailants opened fire on a Damietta police station early on Tuesday before running away.   Read More
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  Salafi representative walks out of constituent assembly over phrasing

  The representative of the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party, Bassam al-Razqa, walked out of Monday's constituent assembly meeting after his suggestions regarding the phrasing of some of the articles were turned down by the assembly.   Read More
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  Egyptian security forces storm Islamist - controlled town

  Egyptian security forces stormed a town controlled by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi on Monday and arrested 56 residents as part of a crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood, officials said.   Read More

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  Brotherhood leaders liken Egypt jail cells to graves

  Murad Ali says he was put in a foul-smelling cell on death row, sleeping on a concrete floor, and denied light and human contact after his arrest in Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. "It was as dark as a grave," he wrote in a letter addressed to friends and family and seen by Reuters.   Read More

  
  
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  Egyptian welcome mat pulled out from under Syrian refugees

  Syrian Ghassan el-Shahada enjoyed tolerance and an affordable life when he first fled to Egypt as a refugee. But everything changed after the army took over in July.   Read More

  
  
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  June 30: Mubarak's state reinstated?

  The concept of suspending some rights and freedoms of individuals to face an imminent danger is agreed upon in several democratic states. However, procedures and implications of declaring state of emergency differ from one country to another showing the difference between democratic and repressive regimes. Additionally, when this “danger” lasts for a long time, regimes become more or less repressive by nature, as suspension of rights and freedoms would become predominant instead of exceptional.   Read More

  
  
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  Muslim Brotherhood newspaper soldiers on despite Egypt crackdown

  Whenever Muslim Brotherhood journalist Islam Tawfiq files a story about the group's struggle for survival for its newspaper Freedom and Justice, he fears his Internet address will tip off state security agents to his whereabouts.   Read More

  
  
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  Egypt lacks "pharaoh" to provide for unsettled nation

  The pharaohs of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty knew what they were doing. As soon as they ascended the throne, they began building a pyramid that would not only see them through to the afterlife, but also give work and purpose to an unsettled nation.   Read More