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U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the

Egypt: Ex-PM Ahmed Nazif jailed for corruption

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

A court in Cairo has sentenced Egypt’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison for corruption. Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister

Egyptians angry at film scale U.S. embassy walls

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over

Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For

Egyptian attack on ‘oppressive’ Syria sparks walkout

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

Egypt’s president has told a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) that the Syrian uprising is a “revolution against an oppressive regime”. Mohammed Mursi, making

Egyptian leader in Iran for first time since 1979

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

DUBAI (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi arrived in Tehran on Thursday, the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979.

Egypt troops step up campaign against Sinai militants

YoopyaAug 29, 20120

Egyptian security forces have killed 11 militants since launching an offensive in the Sinai peninsula earlier this month, the defence ministry has said. The operation,

Scuffles as Egyptians challenge Islamist president

YoopyaAug 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Opponents of Egypt’s president scuffled with his supporters on Friday at a demonstration that was billed as a test of Mohamed Mursi’s popularity

Backers, opponents of Egypt president scuffle

YoopyaAug 24, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival groups of demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, some protesting against Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and others supporting him, scuffled and

Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving