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Thursday's papers: Fighting over a journalist's death

Mourners at the funeral of photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif, who was shot in the head while covering protests outside the presidential palace on 5 December and died from his injuries a week later.
13 Dec 2012
Newspapers on Thursday focus their coverage on the death of Al-Fagr photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif and the referendum on the draft constitution. Abu Deif died Wednesday of birdshot injuries he sustained to the head on 5 December...
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Wednesday's papers: 'Yes' vs. 'No'

12 Dec 2012
Scenes of streets full of protesters supporting or denouncing President Mohamed Morsy's decisions have become the daily routine over the past 10 days and Wednesday's papers continue to cover the unrest. State-owned Al-Ahram's...
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Tuesday's papers: Tax increases canceled, but referendum underway

11 Dec 2012
  Al-Shorouk writes this morning about the new taxes imposed and frozen by President Mohamed Morsy. The independent newspaper quotes sources saying that the Muslim Brotherhood blessed the new tax rise secretly but rejected it...
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Monday's papers: Islamists vs civil powers, round two

10 Dec 2012
After the National Salvation Front, representing numerous opposition parties, announced yesterday that it rejected the constitutional referendum that the president has set for Saturday, Monday’s papers report on the latest phase of...
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Sunday's papers: Competing statements from bitter rivals

Dozens of thousands of protesters gather in Tahrir Square against Constitutional Declaration, Cairo, 30 November 2012. Political forces called for mass protests all over Egypt to bring down the Constitutional Declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsy on 22 November.
09 Dec 2012
Sunday’s papers carry strong statements issued Saturday by weighty politicians on the bottleneck Egypt has been trying to pass through in recent months. The Armed Forces, which was largely sidelined after President Mohamed Morsy was...
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Wednesday's papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts

05 Dec 2012
Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Tuesday, the ongoing constitutional crisis, and media strikes against the...
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Monday’s papers: 'No to dictatorship'

03 Dec 2012
In an unprecedented move, privately owned papers including Al-Watan, Al-Tahrir, Youm7 and Al-Wafd share the same front-page headline: “No to dictatorship,” with a hint at the bottom saying the press strike will take place...
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Sunday’s papers: Morsy supporters fill the streets

02 Dec 2012
Sunday’s front pages report on the large pro-Mohamed Morsy protests staged Saturday, as opposition voices in Tahrir Square and elsewhere spoke out against the 22 November constitutional declaration issued by Morsy and the draft...
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Thursday's papers: On the brink of civil disobedience

Security forces arresting a protester during clashes in Simon Bolivar Square, near US embassy and Tahrir Square, 28 November 2012. Clashes continue between security forces and protesters, which left injuries, as security forces using teargas massively to disperse protesters away off US embassy.
29 Nov 2012
The ramifications of the president’s constitutional declaration, which grants Mohamed Morsy powers that go beyond even those enjoyed by his predecessors, are the source of speculation and dramatic headlines as the consequences...
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Wednesday's papers: Rumors and accusations fly amid protests

28 Nov 2012
Photos were the most dramatic element of Wednesday's newspapers, which focused on otherwise expected reporting of the anti-constitutional declaration protests that drew crowds evoking the 25 January revolution that toppled former...
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