Fighting is breaking out across Egypt as Egyptians wind down voting on a deeply divisive constitutional referendum. Saturday will mark the final stage of voting on the new constitutional draft, which was hastily rushed through Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly in the midst of a political legitimacy crisis. The new constitution,...

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Egypt’s political legitimacy crisis, triggered by a November 22 power grab by President Mohamed Morsi and deepened when a constitutional draft was rushed through the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly, is negatively impacting efforts to bolster the country’s economy. Concerns over Egypt’s democratic transition have caused Germany to suspend debt relief,...

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Egypt’s opposition is calling for protests and declaring that a weekend referendum on Egypt’s new constitution was marred by irregularities. The draft constitution was hastily passed weeks ago by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly, as the country was in the midst of a political legitimacy crisis triggered by a power grab...

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An Egyptian court has sentenced a 27 year old Copt, computer science graduate Alber Saber, to three years of prison for insulting Islam. Saber’s trial and conviction, which revolved around accusations that he uploaded sections of the anti-Mohamed film “Innocence of Muslims” to the Internet, have deepened concerns over the...

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Egyptians will go to the polls this weekend to vote on a new draft constitution, controversy over which has triggered violence throughout Egypt and raised concerns about Cairo’s uneven transition to democracy. Decisions by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and rulings by Egyptian courts have deepened fears that the post-Arab Spring...

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Acting on a tip from Israel, Italian security officers seized a cache of Egypt-bound weapons, including rocket launchers, at the Port of Naples. The final destination of the weapons has not been identified, but the majority of weapons smuggled into the Gaza Strip for use by Hamas come through tunnels...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is brushing aside calls to rescind a decree under which he reserved for himself sweeping powers and insulated his office from judicial review. The November 22 power grab deepened concerns that religious extremists will use the Egyptian Arab Spring to bring the country under Islamic law,...

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President was forced to flee from the Presidential palace yesterday, as thousands of demonstrators battled with police in the area. A deepening crisis in political legitimacy, triggered by a power grab under which Morsi reserved for himself sweeping powers and exacerbated by the rushed approval of a...

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Egypt’s political legitimacy crisis, which began weeks ago with a powergrab by President Mohamed Morsi that granted him sweeping powers and insulated him from judicial review, spiraled further into violence today. By day’s end, tanks were deployed into Cairo’s streets to clear out demonstrators, after protests outside the Presidential palace...

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Independent and opposition newspapers in Egypt refused to publish editions on Tuesday, as protests in response to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s recent power grab and to the subsequent rushed constitutional draft approved by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly. The crisis in political legitimacy – which began when Morsi issued a decree...

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