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Egyptians call for 'second revolution'
Protesters perform Friday Prayers in Cairo's Liberation Square on May 27, 2011.
Thousands of Egyptians have gathered in Cairo’s landmark Liberation Square to stage what they call a “second revolution” in the North African country.
The rally has been organized by the Coalition of the Revolution Youth that includes several movements behind the revolution that ousted former President...
12 Killed and 2 Churces set on Fire in Egypt religious clashes
Ablaze: Firemen fight a fire at a church surrounded by angry Muslims in the Imbaba neighborhood in Cairo last night.
Mobs set fire to two churches in sectarian clashes that kill 12 in Cairo – after rumours that a Christian woman married a Muslim.
Muslim mobs set two churches on fire in Cairo during sectarian clashes that left 12 dead and more than 200 injured last night.
The deepening religious...
US planning $1 billion debt relief for Egypt
The Obama administration has decided to provide about $1 billion in debt relief for Egypt, a senior official said Saturday, in the boldest U.S. effort yet to shore up a key Middle East ally as it attempts a democratic transition.
The aid would be part of a major economic aid package that also includes trade and investment incentives, officials said. It is intended to help stabilize Egypt after demonstrations...
Lara Logan reveals details of the horrors she experienced in Egypt
Set upon: Lara Logan was torn away from her film crew just moments after this picture was taken in Cairo's Tahrir Square. She was subjected to a prolonged sexual assault by a terrifying mob of at least 200 men.
Lara Logan has spoken out for the first time since her terrifying sexual assault in Egypt, describing how attackers ‘raped her with their hands’.
The 39-year-old CBS foreign...
Hamas, Fatah to sign unity deal in Cairo
Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmed (R), Hamas deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuq (L).
The Palestinian movements of Hamas and Fatah will sign a deal to form a unity government next week in the Egyptian capital Cairo, a senior Fatah official says.
Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal will meet Fatah leader and acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo to sign the deal, AFP...
Egyptians want to end deal with Israel
Egyptians burn the Israeli flag and wave the Palestinian one during a demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on April 25, 2011, calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and opening of the border with Gaza.
An opinion poll has shown that an overwhelming majority of Egyptians prefer that the country terminate a standing peace agreement with Israel.
The results of the poll,...
Hosni Mubarak arrested in bed after collapsing with heart problems
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was under arrest last night as prosecutors launched an investigation into alleged corruption and abuses of power during his hardline 30-year rule.
The 82-year-old one-time ally of Britain and the United States is in hospital after a suspected heart attack, but Egypt’s prosecutor-general still went ahead with a 15-day detention order yesterday.
With the army...
Knives and petrol bombs return to Cairo streets
Protesters run during clashes with men in plain clothes front of the state security headquarters in downtown Cairo March 6, 2011.
Men in plain clothes armed with swords and petrol bombs attacked protesters in Cairo on Sunday night during a demonstration demanding reform of security services with a reputation for brutality, witnesses said.
Dozens of men wielding knives and machetes and hurling bricks...
CBS News Correspondent Assaulted During Egypt Protests
CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan in Tahrir Square moments before she was attacked on Feb. 11, 2011.
On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration....
Crowds rejoice after Mubarak resigns
Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak at night in Tahrir Square.
Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square and Egypt exploded with joy and tears of relief after pro-democracy protesters brought down President Hosni Mubarak with a momentous march on his palaces and state TV. Mubarak, who until the end seemed unable to grasp the depth of resentment over his three decades...
Mubarak 'leaves Cairo' as protesters descend on palace
Extraordinary scene: Tens of thousands of protesters pray in Tahrir Square the day after Mubarak once again refused to step down.
Reports have claimed that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakand his family have left the capital Cairo.
TV news station Al Arabiya reported that Mr Mubarak had left for an ‘undisclosed location’, but was not thought to have fled the country. It is claimed he flew...
Egypt protesters mass for demonstrations
Mubarak transfers power to vice president.
Protesters enraged by Hosni Mubarak’s latest refusal to step down streamed into Cairo’s central square Friday and took positions outside key symbols of the hated regime, promising to expand their push to drive the Egyptian president out.
The standoff posed a major test for the military as protesters stepped up calls for the army to intervene against...
Israeli Squads to Infiltrate Egyptian Protests
The office of israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered their counterpart in the Egyptian government, Omar Suleiman, also head of Egyptian intelligence, to send death squad units, the groups of militant zionist murderers who wear Arab civilian clothes also known as “mistaaravim”, to infiltrate the protesters in Egypt in order to assassinate the leaders of the opposition and the revolutionary...
Suleiman says Egypt is "Not Ready for Democracy"
It has been pretty clear from comments over the past few days that the Obama Administration is keen on Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s newly appointed Vice President and long-standing spymaster, as a successor for dictator Hosni Mubarak. WikiLeaks cables have suggested he has long been Israel’s favorite successor candidate as well.
But while his decades near the head of Egypt’s torture-happy regime doesn’t...
WikiLeaks: Omar Suleiman, Egypt Vice President, Favored Over Mubarak By Israel
Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman was long seen by Israel as the preferred candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, secret U.S. diplomatic cables published Monday suggested.
According to an August 2008 cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on its website, a senior adviser from the Israeli Ministry of Defense told U.S. diplomats in Tel Aviv that the...