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Egypt: Gunfire at military building leaves 40 dead

CAIRO: Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left at least 40 people killed, including

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US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over

WASHINGTON : The Obama administration is turning to top officials to tout democracy, political transparency and peaceful protest for Egypt, a message that took on a hollow tone as the

26 killed in clashes as Egypt Islamists protest army coup

CAIRO: At least 26 people were killed in clashes across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi turned out to protest his ouster

Egypt’s Brotherhood calls for protests Friday

CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests Friday, furious over the military’s ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining

Egypt swears in Mansour as interim leader after Morsi ousted

CAIRO: The top judge of Egypt’s Constitutional Court, Adly Mahmud Mansour, has been sworn in as interim leader, hours after the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi and put him under

Egypt army ousts, detains, president Morsi; Interim president to be sworn in

CAIRO: Egypt´s army ousted and detained Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday after a week of deadly clashes and mass protests calling for him to go after a year in

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Egypt army gives Mursi 48 hours to compromise in crisis

CAIRO: Egypt’s powerful armed forces issued a virtual ultimatum to Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Monday, calling on the nation’s feuding politicians to agree on an inclusive roadmap for the

Egypt’s army says it’s ready to save nation

CAIRO: Egypt’s army chief warned on Sunday that the military is ready to intervene to stop the nation from entering a “dark tunnel” of internal conflict. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi spoke

Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

CAIRO: The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards

Mubarak appears in Egypt court; retrial adjourned

CAIRO: An upbeat and alert-looking Hosni Mubarak waved to his supporters after he was wheeled into a Cairo courtroom on Saturday for the first session of his retrial on charges