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Thursday's papers: Everyone's invited, but no one wants to talk

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses a news conference in Berlin in this November 20, 2009 file photo. ElBaradei pulled out of the race to become Egyptian president on January 14, 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying
31 Jan 2013
In Thursday’s papers, a baffling dialogue dilemma unfolds in all its glory. Many of the country's political forces see national talks, designed to bring a variety of polarizing figures together, as the only way to end ongoing...
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Wednesday's papers: Black Bloc hysteria, and the curfew gone with the wind

Members of a black bloc group calling themselves the
30 Jan 2013
The headlines of Egypt's various newspapers on Wednesday highlight the ongoing street and political deadlock, but from two different perspectives. While state-owned newspapers and the mouthpiece of the ruling party celebrate...
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Tuesday’s papers: Opposition shuns dialogue, protesters defy curfew

29 Jan 2013
On the second anniversary of the Friday of Anger, Tuesday’s papers reveal how the country is trapped between a deepening domestic political rift and an escalating wave of violence. In its leading story, flagship state paper Al-Ahram...
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Monday's papers: Clashes continue, and a Black Bloc emerges

28 Jan 2013
“Violence sweeps Suez Canal, Cairo and Alexandria” headlines on the front page of state-owned Al-Akhbar newspaper read.  Two people were shot dead and 312 were injured in Port Said on Sunday during the funerals of 33...
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Sunday’s papers: Between retribution and turmoil

Violent clashes in Port Said, after verdict of Port Said massacre, 26 January 2013.
27 Jan 2013
Both state-run and independent newspapers Sunday juxtaposed the celebrations and chaos that erupted in Cairo and Port Said respectively after the court ruling in the Port Said football case on their front pages. State-run daily Al-Ahram...
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Thursday’s papers: 25 January starts early

Thousands of protesters participate in Protests of Friday of Reclaiming the Revolution, Tahrir Square, Cairo, September 30,2011, calling for activating of Treachery Law, ending military trial for civilians, ending the state of emergency and amending the law regulating the upcoming parliamentary elections.
24 Jan 2013
  Days ahead of the 25 January revolution's second anniversary, Thursday’s papers report on ultras' protests yesterday as a preview of the larger demonstrations expected Friday to commemorate the start of the revolution...
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Wednesday's papers: New Port Said evidence, old regime prison diaries

23 Jan 2013
As the second anniversary of the 25 January revolution approaches, headlines about protest martyrs and the Port Said massacre take front and center in most newspapers this morning. Al-Shorouk leads with "An arms-smuggling mafia is...
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Tuesday’s papers: Revolutionaries up in arms, Islamists celebrate

Murals show scenes from 25 January revolution in Tahrir Square, Cairo, May 19,2012.
22 Jan 2013
Tuesday’s papers show that revolutionaries are rolling up their sleeves for the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising and intending to flood the streets of Egypt after reaching a political deadlock with President Mohamed Morsy...
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Monday's papers: Fighting the police, insulting the president, and getting ready for 25 Jan

Egyptian newspapers
22 Jan 2013
Monday’s daily papers were full of news pertaining to violent clashes between protesters and police forces that occurred on Sunday in Alexandria and Shubra al-Kheima. They also carried news of other nationwide protests and general...
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Thursday's papers: Nation mourns loss of innocent lives

Wreckage of taxi collided with train heading Sohag, while it was crossing the track of the train in Ard al-Lewaa, Giza, 16 January 2013. Four people killed, driver and all passengers of taxi.
17 Jan 2013
Grief is a prominent press theme Thursday following the deaths that resulted from a train taxi-collision in Giza and two building collapses in Alexandria and Mansoura Wednesday. "Calamities besiege Qandil's government,"...
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