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Tuesday

Africa

Does Egypt's Crisis Signal The End Of Political Islam?

We take a look at what the Muslim Brotherhood's fall from grace means for the future of religion and politics in Egypt. Was it tested, failed and now dead?

Does Egypt's Crisis Signal The End Of Political Islam?

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Friday

Africa

Morsi Supporters Fear Nearing Crackdown On Islamist Groups

There have been more mass protests in Cairo and other cities. Analysts fear more violence amid expectations of a crackdown on Islamists by the army and police.

Morsi Supporters Fear Nearing Crackdown On Islamist Groups

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Middle East

Dispute Between Military, Morsi Supporters Flares In Egypt

Mass demonstrations are expected in Egyptian cities Friday amid fears of an imminent crackdown by security forces on supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi. The military chief who ousted Morsi urged Egyptians to come out in force to give the army a mandate to deal with "violence and terror." Muslim Brotherhood leaders have called for rival protests, after accusing the military chief of calling for civil war.

Dispute Between Military, Morsi Supporters Flares In Egypt

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Wednesday

Africa

Military Signals Impending Crackdown On Morsi Supporters

Amid continuing violence in the streets of Cairo and other cities — including gun battles between supporters and opponents of the ousted Islamist president — Egypt's military chief is appealing for a "mandate to face terrorism." The general's speech and mass pro-government rallies planned for Friday have raised fears of an imminent crackdown on Mohammed Morsi's supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood.

Military Signals Impending Crackdown On Morsi Supporters

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Friday

Middle East

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Transitions From Rulers To Protesters

At a mosque in eastern Cairo, many of the Muslim Brotherhood's former power brokers — the youth minister, supply minister and top figures in the political wing — have gone from ruler to protester. They line up for media interviews, order marches to the streets and hope through disruptive protests they can return to the halls of power from which they were ousted.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Transitions From Rulers To Protesters

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Tuesday

Political Crisis In Egypt

Some Worry Egypt Could Become A Repressive Police State

Some of Egypt's liberal politicians are worried that they've allied with the enemy against the ousted president. After the January 2011 revolution, the military ruled during the transitional period for 18 months, when hundreds were killed in protests. Now the military is squarely back in power with the backing of millions of people. Some say there is a danger that Egypt's deep state will take hold again and turn the nation back into a police state. But they are still squarely in the minority.

Some Worry Egypt Could Become A Repressive Police State

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Friday

Political Crisis In Egypt

Egypt's Polarization Descends Into Personal Relationships

Ahmed Assem has become the poster child of what Muslim Brotherhood leader's are calling a massacre — last Monday's assault by security forces on angry Islamist protesters. Assem was a photographer who filmed his own death. An army sniper shot him down. The killing has torn Assem's family apart. His brother is a police officer who blames the Brotherhood for the violence, but the family, like Egypt itself, is now deeply divided and unsure what is to come.

Egypt's Polarization Descends Into Personal Relationships

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Thursday

Political Crisis In Egypt

With President Morsi Out, Gulf States Open Their Checkbooks

In Egypt, many are hopeful that with the Islamist president out of power, stability will return — and so will foreign investment. Already, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pumping billions into Egypt now that the Muslim Brotherhood is no longer in power. And miraculously, the fuel shortages and power cuts that were plaguing the nation seem to be gone.

With President Morsi Out, Gulf States Open Their Checkbooks

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Wednesday

Political Crisis In Egypt

Egyptian Military Pushes Ahead With New Constitution Plans

Egypt's interim president will shortly appoint the members of two panels who will draft amendments to the constitution that will then be put to a nationwide referendum. It's the first step in the transition plan announced by the military after the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

Egyptian Military Pushes Ahead With New Constitution Plans

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Tuesday

For Now At Least, Egypt's Police Are Seen As The Good Guys

A member of Egypt's police special forces stands guard next to an armored vehicle on July 3, protecting a bridge between Cairo's Tahrir Square and Cairo University where Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered. Manu Brabo/AP hide caption

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Political Crisis In Egypt

For Now At Least, Egypt's Police Are Seen As The Good Guys

Long reviled by many Egyptians as the backbone of a corrupt and abusive state, the country's police have become unlikely heroes for opponents of now-ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The police haven't been reformed, but frustration with the Islamist ex-president trumps public anger at the police.

For Now At Least, Egypt's Police Are Seen As The Good Guys

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Monday

Political Crisis In Egypt

At Least 50 Egyptians Killed In Bloody Clash

Egyptian troops opened fire on Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Cairo on Monday, leaving more than 40 people dead and hundreds more wounded. There are conflicting accounts of what sparked the bloodshed, but police and troops have cleared the square in front of the Republican Guard headquarters where the Brotherhood protesters had gathered to demand the release of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

At Least 50 Egyptians Killed In Bloody Clash

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Friday

Political Crisis In Egypt

Thousands Of Protesters Stage Opposing Rallies In Cairo

Friday saw a very tense situation in Cairo. Anti-Morsi crowds filled Tahrir Square and pro-Morsi crowds gathered on the Sixth of October bridge. There were skirmishes between the two groups but no major clashes. There was also almost no police presence in the area, except in helicopters flying above the fray. There were also confrontations in Alexandria.

Thousands Of Protesters Stage Opposing Rallies In Cairo

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Middle East

Egypt's Islamists Call Coup 'Dark Day' For Democracy

Since the military coup on Wednesday that toppled Egypt's first democratically-elected civilian president, the army has been cracking down on his Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. There are, however, many in Egypt who continue to support the ousted Islamist government.

Egypt's Islamists Call Coup 'Dark Day' For Democracy

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Thursday

Political Crisis In Egypt

In Post-Coup Egypt, Morsi Allies Feel Effects

One day after Egypt's military deposed the nation's first democratically elected president, it began a crackdown on Mohammed Morsi's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.

In Post-Coup Egypt, Morsi Allies Feel Effects

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Middle East

President Morsi Supporters Furious, Other Egyptians Jubilant He's Out

Egypt is about to get a new ruler. A caretaker head of state is being ushered into power Thursday following Wednesday's dramatic military coup. President Mohammed Morsi was forced from power just a year after winning the country's first free election. He lost the public's trust amid a failing economy and fears that he was imposing an Islamist agenda.

President Morsi Supporters Furious, Other Egyptians Jubilant He's Out

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