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Report: In March, Egypt had highest rate of protest worldwide
Egypt Independent 01 Apr 2013
In a March report titled “Democracy Indicator,” an Egyptian rights center said Egypt has one of the highest...
Newly elected President Barack Obama arrives at White House with his wife Michelle, and his daughters Sasha and Malia, Washington D.C, 7 November 2012, upon his return from Chicago, one day after his re-election.  
Obama tells Morsy to 'protect' democracy
AFP 27 Feb 2013
US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsy has a "responsibility to...
Dozens of thousands of protesters gather in Tahrir Square to participate in million-man rally against the constitutional declaration issued by president Mohamed Morsy, last Thursday, demanding to bring it down, Cairo, 27 November 2012. Political forces called for massive protests in Tahrir Square, and other governorates against the constitutional declaration.
US study: Democracy in decline around the world
AFP 16 Jan 2013
WASHINGTON — Democracy around the world was in decline in 2012 for the seventh year in a row as the Arab Spring...
Boutros Ghali,President of national Council for Human Rights
Boutros Boutros Ghali: Egypt's future is bright
MENA 13 Nov 2012
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali expressed his optimism Tuesday that Egypt’s future would be...
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 130th graduation at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Obama is expected to make a major speech to the nation, which will address recent events in the Arab world including the death of Osama bin Laden.
Obama praises Muslim democracy-fighters
AFP 21 Jul 2012
US President Barack Obama on Friday praised the courage of dissidents fighting for democracy in Muslim countries, in a...
Mohamed Morsy's press conference at Fairmont Hotel
Update: Morsy says army has kept pledge to cede power
Egypt Independent
Reuters
30 Jun 2012
Newly elected President Mohamed Morsy said on Saturday that the military that took charge when Hosni Mubarak was...
US embassy in Garden City, Cairo.
US congratulates Egypt's Morsy on 'milestone' vote
Reuters 24 Jun 2012
  WASHINGTON —The United States congratulated Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsy on Sunday for his...
Military source: US aid part of Egypt-Israel peace treaty, reflects US trust in SCAF
Egypt Independent
Reuters
24 Mar 2012
US assistance to Egypt is part of the 1979 peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel, a senior Egyptian military source has...
Egypt steadily moving toward democracy, says Tantawi
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Egypt Independent
06 Mar 2012
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces,  said on Tuesday...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a joint press conference with Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr following meetings at the US State Department in Washington, September 28, 2011.
Clinton urges Tunisians to use social media to hold rulers accountable
Reuters 25 Feb 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tunisians on Saturday to protect their newly-won freedoms and called on...