Protests continue to roil Egypt in the aftermath of a power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood-linked President issued a decree more than a week ago reserving for himself broad powers and insulating him from judicial review, prompting widespread protests in response to what many Egyptians saw...

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Protests in Egypt directed at the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President have already injured over 500 people and show no signs of abating, as efforts by the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly to dampen popular outrage by passing a draft constitution have thus far failed. The current round of unrest began last...

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Protests in Egypt directed at the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President have already injured over 500 people and show no signs of abating, as efforts by the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly to dampen popular outrage by passing a draft constitution have thus far failed. The current round of unrest began last...

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Fresh rioting has erupted in Cairo in the aftermath of a power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood-linked President has according to CNN “show[n] no signs of backing down” from a constitutional decree that gave him vast powers and insulated his actions from judicial review. The protests...

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A significant majority of Americans are concerned about the rise of the Islamist government of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, and nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters favor cutting aid to Egypt if the country abrogates its peace agreement with Israel, according to a recent poll (Charts) conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner...

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More than 500 people have been injured in protests sparked by the power grab of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who on Friday issued a decree widening his powers and shielding himself from judicial review. Both opponents and supporters have announced demonstrations for today, with the Muslim Brotherhood – to which...

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Iran is “finding ways to resupply Hamas,” moving weapons through Sudan and Egypt and then into the Gaza Strip, according to U.S. officials. Jerusalem launched Operation Pillar of Defense after a month-long escalation in the amount and sophistication of weapons used by Hamas against Israelis, and Israeli forces proceeded to...

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Terror groups in the Sinai Peninsula launched rockets into Israel Friday night, another worrying sign that the territory may be in the midst of a percipitous slide into anarchy and violence. The rockets caused some damage but no injuries. The Morsi government has overseen a dramatic deterioration in the security situation in...

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Egypt’s struggle to create a new constitution was at the center of marches in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, as about 10,000 Salafist protesters took to the streets to demand the immediate implementation of strict Islamic law. CNN reports that the Muslim Brotherhood, with which the government of Egyptian President...

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Senior Israeli defense official Amos Gilad declared today that the regime of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is “an appalling dictatorship,” and outlined the degree to which ties between Jerusalem and Cairo have degraded since the Muslim Brotherhood-linked president took control of the Egyptian government. While emphasizing that the Camp David...

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