Egypt
Coverage of ongoing events in Egypt
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Police in Cairo fired tear gas on protestors in Tahrir Square early Wednesday, November 28, after a huge opposition protest there against President Mohamed Morsi’s grab of sweeping powers earlier in the week. There have been clashes between police and protestors through the night. This video shows a line of police in Tahrir facing large crowds of protestors. The uploader says an “unlimited amount of tear gas” was used on protestors.
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Police in Cairo fired tear gas on protestors in Tahrir Square early Wednesday, November 28, after a huge opposition protest there against President Mohamed Morsi’s grab of sweeping powers earlier in the week. There have been clashes between police and protestors through the night. This video shows violent clashes between police and what appears to be a group of protestors. Tear gas is being fired.
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Youths throw stones at police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 28, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators were in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a sixth day on Wednesday, demanding that President Mohamed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers, while two of Egypt's top courts stopped work in protest. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Egypt's Moussa slams bid to wrap up constitution fast
CAIRO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Leading opposition figure Amr Moussa said an effort by Egypt's constitutional assembly to finish the draft on Wednesday did not make sense because of widespread anger with the Islamist-dominated body.
"This is nonsensical and one of the steps that shouldn't be taken, given the background of anger and resentment to the current constitutional assembly," he told Reuters. -
EGYPTIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE AMR MOUSSA SAYS TRYING TO FINISH CONSTITUTION QUICKLY IS "NONSENSE"
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Egypt's Mursi to address nation on Thursday - source
CAIRO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi will address the nation on Thursday on matters including the decree he issued last week and the street protests that erupted afterwards, a presidential source told Reuters on Wednesday.
"The President will address the nation on state TV on Thursday evening and will speak about the constitutional decree and why it was issued as well as the events that ensued afterwards," said the source.
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Mursi to speak as Egypt's Islamists seek way out of crisis by Tom Perry and Marwa Awad
The body writing Egypt's new constitution began a session to vote on a final draft on Thursday, a move President Mohamed Mursi's allies in the Muslim Brotherhood hope will help end a crisis prompted by a decree expanding his powers.
Mursi is expected to call for national unity in a public address at 7.00 p.m. (1700 GMT) to ease the crisis, which has set off a week of protests and threatens to derail early signs of economic recovery from two years of turmoil.
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A protester sits down with a shield which belongs to a riot policeman during clashes along a road which leads to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 28, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators were in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a sixth day on Wednesday to demand that President Mohamed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers, and two of Egypt's top courts stopped work in protest. Protesters earlier beat up at least two riot police officers, whose bullet-proof vests and shields were taken away from them. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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EGYPTAIR CANCELS FRIDAY FLIGHT TO DAMASCUS DUE TO SITUATION AROUND DAMASCUS AIRPORT - CAIRO AIRPORT OFFICIAL
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EgyptAir cancels Friday flight to Damascus
CAIRO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - EgyptAir has cancelled its Friday flight to Damascus due to the "deteriorating situation" around the airport in the Syrian capital, a Cairo airport official said on Thursday.
The official, who asked not to be named, said the airline would hold an urgent meeting in the next few hours with Egyptian officials to discuss halting all flights between Egypt and Syria.
Emirates suspended flights to and from Damascus until further notice, the Dubai-based airline said on Thursday. -
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Sharia status unchanged in Egypt draft constitution
The assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution voted on Thursday to keep "principles of sharia" - Islamic law - as the main source of legislation, language unchanged from the previous constitution in force under former President Hosni Mubarak.
The issue was the subject of a long dispute between hardline Salafi Islamists and liberals in the assembly which will vote on each of 234 articles in the draft constitution before it is sent to President Mohamed Mursi for approval.
After that, Mursi must put it to a popular referendum.
(Writing by Tamim Elyan; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) -
Photographers Blog: Under attack in Tahrir Square by Amr Abdallah Dalsh
I was on assignment on the Turkish-Syrian border when I was asked to come back home to help the Cairo team as the situation in Egypt developed with protests and clashes.
I arrived in Cairo early yesterday morning and planned to go to Tahrir square later in the day. When I reached the scene of the clashes near the square, which has witnessed a lot of clashes in the last few days, I found some members of the riot police coming close to reaching protesters.
The police and the protesters normally do a tit for tat (cat and mouse) sort of thing. Police sirens blared. Usually the protesters run away quickly when they hear that sound. It was obvious that there were about five or six riot police to the left of the vehicle and they wanted to hit back at protesters with stones the protesters were hitting them with. Those few riot police entered a building near the protesters.
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FLASH: Egypt's constituent assembly votes to limit presidents' term of office to two 4-year terms -
Egypt draft constitution limits presidential terms
The assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution voted on Thursday to limit the president's term of office to two four-year terms, ending the system of unlimited tenure during the era of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years.
Members of the assembly approved the article in a final vote before the constitution draft is put to a public referendum within 15 days of the president's ratification.
"The president of the republic shall be elected for four years, which begin on the day following the end of the term of his predecessor. He may be re-elected only once," the article read.
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Egypt's judicial council to oversee referendum - Mursi adviser
CAIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council has agreed to oversee the referendum on the draft constitution, a legal adviser to President Mohamed Mursi told Reuters on Monday.
Some judges had said they would refuse to oversee the referendum after Mursi ignited a crisis last month by decreeing a temporary expansion of his powers, setting off nationwide protests.
"The Supreme Judicial Council has met and agreed to delegate judges to oversee the constitutional referendum," Mohamed Gadallah, the legal adviser to Mursi, told Reuters. About 10,000 judges are needed to monitor the vote, he said.
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Violence stops EgyptAir flight to Damascus - airline official
CAIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - An EgyptAir flight from Cairo to Damascus turned back on Monday because of the "bad security situation" at the Syrian capital's airport, an EgyptAir official said.
"Egyptian authorities told Flight 721 to go back to Cairo, based on information received from Damascus," the official said. -
READER COMMENT: Egypt fell from her glory many centuries ago, to be cursed forever, as recorded in historical writings and continues to pay this huge humanitarian price. They live now in futility and only might be made whole again if they change the name of the land. -
CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-Egypt must protect peaceful protesters - Pillay
(Corrects story after UN releases corrected statement without reference to prosecuting government members)
GENEVA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Egypt's government must protect peaceful protesters and prosecute anyone inciting violence, including politicians, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said on Thursday.
"People have the right to protest peacefully and they have the right not to be killed or injured for doing so. The current government came to power on the back of similar protests and so should be particularly sensitive to the need to protect protesters' rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly," Pillay said.
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AJE host just said they expect Morsi's speech to happen "in the coming hours." Plural. Ugh, I hope they're wrong.by Andy Carvin via twitter 12/6/2012 8:05:33 PM -
Egyptian President Mursi: I feel responsible for riots by Egyptian citizens
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FLASH: Egyptian President Mursi says feels sorrow for those killed on both sides in violence around palace - TV
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Morsi: We must all transcend our differences. The interests of the homeland can't be solved thru violence or angry crowds.by Andy Carvin via twitter 12/6/2012 8:10:26 PM
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Egyptian President Mursi: Political crisis should be resolved through dialogue
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Egyptian President Mursi (via translation): While we respect the right of freedom of expression...I cannot tolerate that any person perpetrate any killing or vandalism.
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Egyptian President Mursi: Those who protested on Tuesday...some of the protesters resorted to violence, assaulting the motorcade of the president
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Mursi: Some detained have direct links with those who are associate themselves with political parties
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Mursi: More than 700 injured, six fatally, during clashes
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Morsy: We will declare who the people who are financing these protesters (using violence) internally and from outside the countryby SultanAlQassemi via twitter 12/6/2012 8:20:59 PM -
Morsy: These (protesters) are implicated with the former regime, spending their dirty moneyby SultanAlQassemi via twitter 12/6/2012 8:21:01 PM
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"Those who have taken advantage of the situation, hiring thugs, buying arms, handing out funds, are being punished by law" - #Morsi #Egyptby ASE via twitter 12/6/2012 8:22:34 PM -
Mursi: Decree to shield decisions from legal action did not aim to stop judicial work, adds decree only applies to "sovereign" matters of state
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Morsi: I'll continue to discharge my duties no matter what the circumstances are.by Andy Carvin via twitter 12/6/2012 8:25:49 PM
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Egyptian President Mursi: Powers of his decree to end after constitutional referendum, whether vote is yes or no
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Morsi: I'm not exercising individual authority. The final say is with the people - those who safeguard the revolution.by Andy Carvin via twitter 12/6/2012 8:33:00 PM
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Egypt's Mursi says dialogue needed to end crisis
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Thursday that a political crisis sparked by his move to expand his powers should be resolved by dialogue not violence.
"Such painful events happened because of political differences that should be resolved through dialogue," the Islamist president said in a televised address to the nation after two days of violence during protests.
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READER COMMENT: Mursi needs to say it more directly? instead merely implying it for those in the know...I do not understand the fear of simply calling out the c.i.a. for their cooperation & funding of those violent "protesters(al-queda)" -
READER COMMENT: THOSE who have provided funds" will be punished??? I truly hope the U.S. and Isreal fail in toppling the Mursi regime if only to delay certain war with IRAN
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Members of the Republican Guard blocks off a road leading to the presidential palace in Cairo, December 6, 2012. Egypt's Republican Guard restored order around the presidential palace on Thursday after fierce overnight clashes killed seven people, but passions ran high in a struggle over the country's future. Hundreds of supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi who had camped out near the palace overnight withdrew before a mid-afternoon deadline set by the Republican Guard. Dozens of Mursi's foes remained, but were kept away by a barbed wire barricade guarded by tanks. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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FLASH: Egyptian President Mursi calls for national dialogue meeting on Saturday, December 8; says will form new assembly to write constitution if current draft rejected
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FLASH: Egyptian opposition protesters break through military barricade keeping them from presidential palace - Reuters witness
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Anti-Mursi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo December 7, 2012. [REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany]
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Egyptian protesters break through barrier at presidential palace
Egyptian protesters broke through a barbed wire barricade keeping them from the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday and some climbed onto army tanks and waved flags.
Up to 10,000 protesters had been penned behind the barrier, guarded by tanks that were deployed on Thursday after a night of violence between supporters and opponents of the Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, in which seven people were killed. -
RT @DaliaEzzat_: Morsi minister lays out possible presidential strategies to end turmoil http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/60018.aspxby Andy Carvin via twitter 12/7/2012 9:04:07 PM
U.S. mulls leaving some troops in Syria to guard oil: Pentagon
DOHUK, Iraq/KABUL The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday. | Video
