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Israel nervous, but major change in Egypt relations unlikely

Palestinians hold the red, white and black Egyptian flag along with the Palestinian flag, during a rally in support of Egypt at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011, after Egypt reopened the border, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years.
31 May 2011
Before Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, bringing the Sinai Peninsula back into Egypt’s possession, Moshe Dayan, Israel’s eye patch-wearing foreign minister, had no doubt about what the...
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Govt's electoral reform raises ire of revolutionary groups

30 May 2011
Political forces voiced mixed reactions Monday over a set of military-backed draft amendments to the electoral laws that would allow a combination of a single-winner system and party-based proportional representation for the first time in...
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Activists seek to follow Tunisia, exclude regime party from politics

Senior ruling National Democratic Party leaders follow the activities of its 6th annual conference. In the photo, from right to left, Mr. Kamal el-Shazly political bureau member, Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Dr. Fathi Surur Chief of the People's Assembly, and Dr. Atef Ebeid former Prime Minister.
30 May 2011
The revolutionaries of the 18-day uprising that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak had more than just the president in their sights - they hoped to bring down the entire corrupt system. Now, the presence of figures from Mubarak...
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Egypt, Tunisia finding that road to freedom is rocky

أحد المعتصمين داخل ميدان التحرير، يضع الأسلاك الشائكة على أحد مداخل الميدان، وسط القاهرة، 10 أبريل 2011.عاد مرة أخرى ميدان التحرير مقر للاعتصام، بعد أن قرر مئات الثوار قبل يوم، المبيت فيه لحين محاكمة الرئيس السابق، محمد حسني مبارك، وهو ما تسبب في تصاعد وتيرة الخلاف بين الثوار والمجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة، الذي حاول من جانبه إخلاء الميدان بالقوة.
27 May 2011
After successfully dislodging decades-old autocracies, pro-democracy activists in Egypt and Tunisia are striving to protect their hard-won gains through fragile transitions dotted with setbacks. It took just weeks to unseat Tunisian...
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Muslims rush to restore torched Egyptian church

Mohammed Fathi, a restoration specialist, works over an icon of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus inside St. Mary church in Imbaba, Cairo.
26 May 2011
Mohammed Fathi worked his brush gently over an icon of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, removing soot from its surface inside a church gutted in an attack by Islamist militants this month. "It takes a lot of careful work to do that,"...
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Islamists and secularists battle for the heart of the nation

Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims raise a Cross and a Koran, Islam's holy book, at Tahrir Square, February 6, 2011 on the 13th day of protests calling for ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
26 May 2011
Egypt stands at a political crossroads; the decisions made and battles won at this juncture mean the difference between success or failure in the quest for a transition to genuine democracy. As the options are pondered, a debate over the...
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Activists continue their battle against military trials as SCAF releases detainees

Ruling military council member Major General Mamdouh Shahien while announcing the constitutional declaration, Cairo, 30 March, 2011. The council issued a constitutional declaration for the interim period including 63 articles. However, constitutional amendments approved by 77 percent of Egyptians orders upcoming parliament to issue new constitution.
25 May 2011
Activists’ fight against military trials have faced a series of setbacks and breakthroughs over the last two weeks. More than 300 protesters referred to military trials were released with suspended sentences, while the military also...
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Adl Party seeks to displace Brotherhood from center ground of Egyptian politics

Adl Party in Tahrir Square
24 May 2011
The newly formed Adl Party, launched on 6 May, has its sights set on replacing the Muslim Brotherhood as the key political force in Egyptian politics in the medium term. However, while the new party has gathered the 5000 members required...
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Egyptian Islamist group eyes politics

عبود الزمر(إلى اليسار)، عضو مجلس شورى الجماعة الإسلامية، في حديث جانبي مع عصام دربالة، رئيس مجلس شورى الجماعة، على هامش الذي تعقده الجماعة الإسلامية بالنادي النهري لنقابة المحاميين، القاهرة، 24 مايو 2011. أعلنت الجماعة خلال المؤتمر عزمها إنشاء حزب سياسي ممثل لها، وسيكون مفتوح أمام كل الأطياف بشرط قبول برنامج الحزب والمرجعية الإسلامية له.
24 May 2011
An Egyptian Islamist group that took up arms against the state in the 1980s and 1990s wants to form a political party and contest the country's first free elections in decades, one of its senior members said on Tuesday. Gama'a al-...
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Internet activists stage online day of protest against military council

23 May 2011
The Twitter updates kept on coming, sometimes at a rate of ten a minute. “The sheer spite they had for us and for the revolution will never be forgotten,” tweeted Mosa’ab al-Shamy at around 12.30 pm. Shortly afterwards,...
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