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Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Marwa Awad and Tamim Elyan Reuters 12/18/2011
Day of shame in the Middle East: Female protesters beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets

Shocking images revealing the brutality of Egypt’s armed forces in quelling protests caused outrage around the world yesterday. In a video broadcast on the internet, security forces dressed in riot gear are seen chasing a woman and beating her to the ground with metal bars before stripping her and kicking her repeatedly. One soldier stamps his foot hard on her chest. Other images showed women beaten unconscious.

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, extending their lead in the three-stage vote.

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel

An Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed Sunday, the 10th such attack this year, but no fire erupted because the line that runs through North Sinai was already disabled, a security source said.

Protesters in Egypt call on military to leave power

Several thousand protesters in Cairo called on the ruling military on Friday to promptly transfer power to a civilian government and exclude old regime figures from politics.

Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25

Tamim Elyan and Shaimaa Fayed Reuters 10/10/2011

Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19

MAGGIE MICHAEL My Way News 10/09/2011
Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25

Egypt's Coptic Christians turned their fury against the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops broke up a protest, deepening public doubts about the military's ability to steer the country peacefully toward democracy.

Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19

Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said. It was the worst violence since the 18-day uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.

Turkey Predicts Alliance With Egypt as Regional Anchors

ANTHONY SHADID The New York Times 09/18/2011
Turkey Predicts Alliance With Egypt as Regional Anchors

A newly assertive Turkey offered on Sunday a vision of a starkly realigned Middle East, where the country’s former allies in Syria and Israel fall into deeper isolation, and a burgeoning alliance with Egypt underpins a new order in a region roiled by revolt and revolution.

Egypt's military rulers ignored pleas from US as mob attacked Israeli embassy

Egypt's military leaders have been accused of turning a blind eye to the mob attack on Israel's Cairo embassy at the weekend as it emerged that they ignored repeated telephone calls from the Obama administration.

'Mossad plotted to harm Egyptian fertility'

Roee Nahmias Ynetnews 08/17/2011
Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

A media watchdog on Saturday called for the immediate release of a blogger sentenced by Egypt's military to three years in jail, warning that he might die after he stopped eating and drinking.

'Mossad plotted to harm Egyptian fertility'

Israeli citizen Ofir Harrari, recently accused by Egypt of spying for Israel, was allegedly involved in a complicated scheme intended to harm Egyptian reproduction abilities, Egypt's official state paper Al-Ahram has claimed.


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