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Victim sides with police after video shows naked beating in Egypt
CAIRO -- After a video showing Egyptian police stripping and beating a man went viral, the victim stunned the country when he appeared on state television and accused protesters, not security forces, of assaulting him. The video shows Hamada Saber, 48,...Tags: Egypt, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Human Rights, Activism
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Egyptian liberals, Islamists join in denouncing violence
CAIRO -- Egypt's young revolutionaries organized a rare gathering Thursday for deeply divided Islamist and liberal political parties to denounce the violence and unrest that have threatened the nation’s stability and economy. The meeting came...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Nobel Prize Awards, Islam, Elections, Mohamed ElBaradei
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Egyptian general warns against continued unrest
CAIRO — Egypt’s top military commander warned President Mohamed Morsi and opposition parties Tuesday to end days of bloodshed and unrest before the nation slides into chaos that may jeopardize the economy and “lead to the collapse of the...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Mohamed ElBaradei, Human Rights, National Government, Government
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Egypt protests continue; opposition rejects talks with Morsi
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CAIRO -- Egypt's main opposition coalition rejected talks with President Mohamed Morsi on Monday as anti-government protests gripped the nation for a fifth day and the army was given powers to arrest civilians. Six people died across the country,...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Religion and Belief, Upper House, Islam, Mohamed ElBaradei
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Tensions high as vote on proposed Egyptian constitution continues
CAIRO -- Egyptians cast ballots Saturday in the final phase of their voting on a controversial constitution draft that has sown dissension between the country’s Islamist and secular political camps. Some voters embraced the likely constitution...Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, Elections, Mohamed Morsi, Voting
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Egyptian human rights group says police abuses continue
CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights groups reported this week that torture and police brutality, which helped spark a national uprising two years ago, have continued under the new Islamist-led government. Over the course of 2011 and 2012, the...Tags: Egypt, Wars and Interventions, Revolutions, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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Sundance 2013: In Egypt doc 'The Square,' a new kind of muckraking
PARK CITY, Utah -- The bullets and tear-gas pellets were flying at Jehane Noujaim, but instead of scrambling backward with the rest of the Cairo protesters, the documentary filmmaker walked forward into the smoky haze, where hundreds of gas mask-clad...Tags: Religion and Belief, Revolutions, Movies, Arab Spring, The Square (movie)
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Abraham Foxman: Morsi must reject anti-Semitism
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's blatantly anti-Semitic statements nearly three years ago should hardly be shocking to anyone familiar with the history of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. In newly unearthed videos, Morsi is shown railing against...Tags: Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Islam, National Government, Israel
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Review: 'Uprising' details the Egyptian revolution
That the Egyptian revolution of early 2011 was launched via Facebook is just one of the many extraordinary aspects of the whirlwind movement that effectively ended the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The long-simmering events that led to this...Tags: Yemen, Entertainment, Movies, Revolutions, Arab Spring
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Syria refugees say rape is a key reason they fled, report says
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Rape is one of the primary reasons that Syrian refugees say they fled their country, “a significant and disturbing feature” of the war raging between rebels and Syrian...
Tags: Refugee, Human Interest, Sex Crimes, Rape, International Rescue Committee
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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Mo Yan, Arab Spring, Elections, Vladimir Putin
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Egyptian court acquits 26 in bloody camel attack on Tahrir Square
World NowAn Egyptian criminal court Wednesday acquitted 26 loyalists of deposed President Hosni Mubarak of charges of plotting the notorious attack in which camels and horses charged hundreds of protesters in Tahrir Square during last year's uprising....
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