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NSF leaders reject Morsy call for unity

National Salvation Front meeting at Wafd Party
11 Jun 2013
National Salvation Front (NSF) leaders' have rejected President Mohamed Morsy’s call for a comprehensive national reconciliation, following his speech at an Islamist summit on Monday. “The timing for a call for national...
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Morsy speech offers reconciliation with opposition

Mohamed Morsy during Egypt's water rights conference
11 Jun 2013
President Mohamed Morsy on Monday urged political groups to put their differences behind them and pursue comprehensive national reconciliation to face the myriad challenges currently facing Egypt. Morsy’s call came during a speech...
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Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes

President Mohamed Morsy speaks to the press at the Almaza airforce base after the release of the seven Egyptian soldiers on 22 May 2013\
11 Jun 2013
Egypt does not want war with Ethiopia but will keep "all options open," President Mohamed Morsy said on Monday, piling pressure to an ongoing dispute over the giant dam Addis Ababa is building across the Nile. In a televised...
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Tamarod approaches 15 million signatures

An Upper Egyptian farmer in Sohag signs the Tamarod petition, calling for early presidential elections. (10 June 2013. Photo by: Abdel Fatah Abbas/Al-Masry Al-Youm)
10 Jun 2013
Egypt's groundswell opposition Tamarod campaign has almost gathered 15 million signatures, according to spokesperson Mahmoud Badr.    The umbrella group, which means "rebel" in Arabic, originally set the goal of 15...
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Salafis vow to disperse Culture Ministry protests

Group of intellectuals and artists staging protest, Culture Ministry, Cairo, 27 February, 2011. Protesters chanted and played music during protests against caretaker culture minister Mohamed al-Sawi, describing him as traditional businessman who is not the one for the post. They also described his appointment as undermining intellectuals of Egypt.
10 Jun 2013
The Salafi Watan Party has warned its members will disperse a sit-in set up outside the Culture Ministry in Cairo on Tuesday.   The move would allow Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz to re-enter his office, the party said,...
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Prosecution: Alaa and Gamal Mubarak will remain in detention

File photo of deposed President Mubarak's sons Gamal (R) and Alaa.
10 Jun 2013
Assistant Public Prosecutor Hassan Yassin has said that Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of former president Hosni Mubarak, will not be released, as they will be detained in relation to three cases pertaining to illicit gains, manipulation of...
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Teen's post-FGM death draws condemnation

Girls of Minya Governorate protest against female genital mutilation/cutting in March 2009, carrying anti-FGM/C banners.
10 Jun 2013
The United Nations' Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Population Fund (UNFPA) have urged Egypt to halt female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures after a recent operation led to the death of a 13-year-old girl.   Soheir al-...
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Factbox: Female genital mutilation in Egypt

10 Jun 2013
While female genital mutilation (FGM) remains a shocking fact of life in Egypt, recent evidence suggests younger generations may be challenging the practice.   According to the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey of Egypt, 91.1 percent...
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PM: Renaissance Dam may reduce water and electricity supply

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
10 Jun 2013
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said on Monday that Ethiopia has decided to build the Renaissance Dam, and that it would diminish Egypt’s share of Nile water and weaken its electric power generation. “Their decision raises many...
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Socialist party mulls splitting from Egypt’s main opposition coalition

National Salvation Front meeting at Wafd Party
10 Jun 2013
The Socialist Popular Alliance Party said Monday that its political bureau had discussed in a recent meeting whether it should continue to move forward as part of the National Salvation Front, Egypt’s leading opposition coalition....
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