So why did Morsi resort to this new constitutional arrangement? Is he looking to make a gentle transition to a new period of dictatorship? Or is Morsi justified in his actions?
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A divided Egyptian nation begins voting Saturday on a controversial, hastily drafted constitution promoted by President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood organization from which he hails.Demonstrators from both camps were
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Aboutrika has never played in a lucrative European league and he may never do so. He has not had the plaudits other players from the continent have, neither is he spoken about in the same breath as some of them. He is an understated hero and he is comfortable with that
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has granted the army powers of arrest in the run-up to the referendum on the country's controversial new constitution. The move comes one day ahead of planned mass opposition protests.
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi last night rescinded his recent decision removing checks on his power and making the constitution-writing process immune from judicial review, a move that brought thousands of people into the street.
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has cancelled a decree that would have given him sweeping powers. The move came after uproar from civilians and politicians.Following protests that culminated in thousands of people storming
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More than 10,000 protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi swarmed the square in front of his Cairo palace on Friday evening, breaking through barbed wire barriers protecting the compound. A cordon of soldiers
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Opponents of Morsi remained in their tent city in Tahrir Square while the Egyptian army deployed tanks outside the presidential palace to clear out demonstrations there.The military was stationed at roads leading to the palace
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The anti-Morsi protests turned into a second 'Battle of the Camel,' in reference to 2 February 2011, when Mubarak loyalists converged on Cairo's Tahrir Square where they viciously attacked anti-regime demonstrators.
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An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt's worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of "topple the regime!" from protesters who waved their shoes
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Egypt's mainly secular opposition rejected an offer of dialogue from Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Friday raising the prospect of further escalation of a crisis that already turned bloody earlier this week.
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The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with tanks and barbed wire Thursday, a day after fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of the Islamist leader over a disputed constitution killed at least six people.
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Egypt's political crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new constitution and decrees by President Mohammed Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted
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Egypt's foreign minister says the political unrest roiling his country after President Mohammed Morsi seized more power should not affect Egypt's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a $4.8 billion loan.The IMF deal agreed to
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Egyptians swarmed Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand that their first freely elected leader respect their wishes, hoping to revive a democratic groundswell that swept the country's former strongman from power nearly two years ago.
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Thousands of people gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday, filling the air with chants once used against Hosni Mubarak, now recycled for president Mohamed Morsi.Egyptians have again taken to the streets of Cairo and other cities to protest
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The United States has been this route before with Egypt. The US is praising Egypt's leader for championing Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts but is also expressing concern over his commitment to democracy at home.
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Mohammad Morsi 's party approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel with a rushed,
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Prime Minister Hesham Qandil sends what he describes as a “clear message” urging the people to focus on production and stability.
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and top Egyptian judges on Monday moved to defuse a crisis in the country, with both side backing down from a battle over Morsi’s sweeping self-appointed powers.Coming out of emergency meetings
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An Egyptian opposition figure has said protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square will continue until President Mohamed Morsi reverses a decree granting himself extra powers.
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Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi is expected to meet with senior judges on Monday in an attempt to find a solution to a crisis over his new constitutional declaration, which gives Mursi sweeping new powers, Arab media reported.
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Brokering a Gaza ceasefire has enhanced Mursi’s standing with the western world as Cairo seeks aid and trade
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Let America, by all means, give Asia the attention it deserves, but the world will not afford it the luxury of downgrading the importance of the other two regions
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Israeli troops at the Gaza border shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 more yesterday, health officials said, in the first fatality since a cease-fire
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The European Union has approved a US$6.3 billion financial aid package for Egypt. The news comes as Europe is paralyzed by a general strike and mass protests as people are tired of deepening recession and strangled by constant budget cuts.
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Ten civilians and two field commanders from the Islamic Jihad faction were killed and at least 30 other Palestinians were hurt in the new air strikes, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from six days of clashes in Gaza to 85.
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It seems the truce negotiations in Cairo to put an end to Tel Aviv’s aggression against the Gaza Strip have failed as the Israeli cabinet announced it is not interested in de-escalation of violence against the enclave, Israeli media report.
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The Zionist regime seeks an end to the peace treaty struck with Egypt and a justification of aggression against the Palestinians, Mark Glenn of the Cross and Crescent Solidarity Movement from Idaho tells Press TV.
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One foreign country that has been mentioned a fair bit during the 2012 campaign is Israel. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both gone out of their way to express their commitment to Israel’s security. What they haven’t talked about much at all is the Middle East peace process
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