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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi sought to placate Islamist allies and denied he planned to fire his army chief, as a third day of strikes in a key Suez Canal city added to strains on his government.
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The speakers who took to the stage last month to praise Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh at the start of his Egyptian presidential campaign were a diverse bunch, including a Christian politician, a female movie star and a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood. More recently, he won backing from an ultraconservative Salafi group.
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Egypt’s first presidential race since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster had a rocky start as Islamists and one of the former regime’s most powerful figures readied for an electoral battle and questions were raised over candidates’ legitimacy.
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Qatar is courting Islamist groups across the Middle East, sometimes the same ones that make its neighbors nervous.
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Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into court in a hospital bed on the first day of his trial for conspiring to kill some of the protesters who drove him from office in February.
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There’s an old saying that liberals will support armed intervention in a foreign conflict only so long as nothing resembling a self-interest is at stake.
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Egyptian security forces readied for the possibility of violence as officials were due to announce the winner of a polarizing presidential race in which both candidates have claimed the lead.
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Egyptian expatriates began voting in a referendum on a new constitution, as the main opposition to President Mohamed Mursi urged voters to reject the charter.
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The Muslim Brotherhood may need to wrest power from Egypt’s generals to meet the expectations of voters, whose backing helped the group claim it’s on course for a historic election victory.
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Persian Gulf rulers say they understand that this year’s wave of pro-democracy uprisings has changed the Middle East. So far, they haven’t allowed it to change their own countries.
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