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A picture shows the Syrian embassy in Cairo on June 16, 2013. The Syrian government condemned Egypt's decision to cut ties with Damascus and back the armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, calling it an 'irresponsible' move. Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, announced the 'definitive' severing of ties with war-torn Syria, and the recall of Egypt's charge d'affaires in Damascus.
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Ethiopia has aspirations to be a regional power at Egypt's expense ... It is taking advantage of the instability after the revolution, especially now that there's a weak Muslim Brotherhood president with no experience whatsoever who is not in sync with the institutions of the state.
Tamarud is a representative public reaction to the Muslim Brotherhood and Mursi’s failure to run the state
It’s as if the Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to the extremistsMore quotes »
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors
country's largest opposition grouping, The National Salvation Front, denounced the appointments in a statement and said the Muslim Brotherhood was pushing Egypt toward more confrontations."The new appointments clearly show the Muslim Brotherhood's real intentions 3:30 PM Read more »
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Syria lashes out at Egypt decision to sever ties
severing ties with Damascus and closing its embassy in the Syrian capital.Morsi, an Islamist who hails from Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, made the decision as calls proliferate from hardline Sunni clerics in Egypt and the region to launch a "holy war" Read more »
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Egypt's Islamists, opposition closely eye Turkey
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood appeared to be only hardening its stance in the wake of the protests.A member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, Farid Ismail, said protests in both countries amount to a "war, not against the regime or President Mohammed Read more »
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Egypt to try Brotherhood members on torture charge
-- Officials at the chief prosecutor's office in the northern Egyptian city of Damanhour have referred two local Muslim Brotherhood officials for trial for allegedly kidnapping and torturing three men at the group's headquarters there.The accusations stem Read more »
Around the web
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James Dorsey: Egypt's Morsi Turns to Syria and Soccer to Polish His Tarnished Image
President Mohammed Morsi and his flailing Muslim Brotherhood have turned to foreign policy and soccer to improve their battered image in advance of a planned mass anti-government protest at the end of this month and mounting calls for his resignation. In a 3:34 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Demonstrators attempt to storm Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Gharbiya
group of demonstrators attempted to break into the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Gharbiya governorate on Tuesday, an eyewitness said. They hurled petrol bombs and stones at the building, the eyewitness added. The demonstrators earlier attempted to barge 3:33 PM from Aswat Masriya Read more »
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Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests
2011. In the polarization, talk of national reconciliation is falling on deaf ears. Morsi opponents accuse him and the Muslim Brotherhood of using their victories in a string of post-Mubarak elections to monopolize power. June 30 is crucial, the campaigners 2:49 PM from Mail.com Read more »
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governor
— Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, 1:43 PM from The Bellingham Herald Read more »
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Europe questions Egyptian democratic reforms
Cairo, in Egypt, on February 1, 2013 as people took to the streets across the country in a show of opposition to Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian security used water cannon and fired shots into the air as protesters threw petrol bombs and stones 10:38 AM from United Press International Read more »
