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Syrians in Cairo protest for the ouster of Assad

وقفة احتجاجية لمجموعة من السوريين المقيمين في القاهرة، أمام السفارة السورية بالقاهرة، 21 مارس 2011. طالب المتظاهرون خلال وقفتهم برحيل الرئيس السورى بشار الأسد، وتداول السلطة على نحو ديمقراطي، وإلغاء العمل بقانون الطوارئ الساري العمل به في البلاد، منذ أربعين عاماً، كما رددوا شعارات مناهضة للنظام السوري.
21 Mar 2011
Dozens of Syrians protested today in front of the Syrian embassy in Cairo for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, among other demands. They also protested for a democratic transfer of power, the free establishment of political parties...
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Egyptian university students demand removal of top officials

Around 500 Muslim Brotherhood students protest tarnishing their image in Egyptian media, Mansoura University, Daqahliya, September 28, 2010. MB students launched Reformers campaign by beginning of new academic year to introduce the group's beliefs and thoughts towards reform in Egypt.
21 Mar 2011
Hundreds of Egyptian students from various universities continued to protest today, calling for the dismissal of top university officials who they claim belong to the regime of toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Faculty members and students...
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Re-arrest of Zawahiri's brother for investigation in the case of ‘Albania returnees’

محمد الظواهري، شقيق الرجل الثاني في تنظيم «القاعدة» أيمن الظواهري.
21 Mar 2011
Egyptian security sources said on Monday that security forces rearrested Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the organization’s second-in-command. A prominent member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad...
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Moussa recants criticism of military action in Libya

عمرو موسى، الأمين العام لجامعة الدول العربية، خلال ندوة نظمتها رابطة خريجى مدارس الجزيرة، بإعتباره أحد خريجى هذه المدرسة، 20 مارس 2011. تحدث «موسى» خلال الندوة عن الأوضاع السياسيه الراهنة في مصر، والعملية الديمقراطية التي تشهدها البلاد، والانتخابات الرئسية القادمة .
21 Mar 2011
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said today that he respects the UN mandate for military action in Libya. Moussa had criticized the air and marine strikes that were launched on Saturday by the a coalition of forces from the US,...
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Ban Ki-Moon attacked by pro-Qadhafi protesters in Cairo

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the press after touring the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, February 28, 2011.
21 Mar 2011
Supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi today attempted to assault UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during his visit to the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Ban's car was attacked as it left the premises after his meeting with...
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Mubarak accused of complicity in death of Sadat

The former president Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat
21 Mar 2011
Roqaya al-Sadat, the daughter of former president Anwar Sadat, has accused ousted president Hosni Mubarak of involvement in the assassination of her father at the hands of Islamists in 1981. In a report she filed with the attorney general...
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3 injured in Upper Egypt shootout

21 Mar 2011
Three people were injured during a shootout between two families in a village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag on Sunday. Witnesses said fire engines and security forces were slow to respond, and did not appear until the fight...
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Experts, politicians see religious mobilization as a threat to democracy

Counting votes on constitutional amendments at a polling center, Port Said, March 19, 2011. As voting process came to an end, vote count started in earnest in one most anticipated poll in Egypt's history for decades. Egypt wintnessed an unprecedented polling turn-out since 8 AM at 54,000 polling centers nationwide, after a historic uprising which led to president Mubarak's ouster. Egyptians voted on amendments to nine constitution articles. The poll sees high controversy among political forces and Egyptians at large. So far, initial indications show "Yeah" outperforms "Nay" in count process. Sunday, March 20 evening, High Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Amendments announced 77.2% voted "Yeah" as opposed to 22.8% for "Nay" on amendments. Turnout, according to committee president, amounted to 18.5 million, at 41%, of registered voters.
21 Mar 2011
The use of religion to mobilize people politically is threatening the progress of democracy in Egypt, several of the country's politicians and experts said, in response to Saturday's referendum process. In interviews with Al-Masry...
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Rights groups demand inquiry into army's indecent assault of detainees

Army perosnnel hold a protester back as he shouts against a pro-Mubarak protester, Tahrir Square, Cairo, February 1, 2011.
21 Mar 2011
Seventeen Egyptian rights organizations released a statement on Monday calling upon the country's minister of health to investigate alleged incidents of indecent assault of detainees by army doctors. The groups accused the doctors of...
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Official results show Egyptians backing the amendments

An Egyptian man show his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station in Mansura, 120 kms north of Cairo, March 19, 2011 as voters got their first taste of democracy in a referendum to a package of constitutional changes after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish his 30-year grip on power last month in the face of mass street protests.
20 Mar 2011
The majority of Egyptians casting votes in Saturday’s referendum have backed the proposed constitutional amendments, with 77 percent voting in favor of changes, according to official results announced Sunday. Judge Mohamed Atiya, who...
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