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USA Update Barbara Walters announces retirement: How she changed TV news (+video)
Barbara Walters was America's TV's first evening news anchor, but in addition to that, she set a standard for television journalism though her tireless work ethic.
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Notorious Egyptian terror group tries to carve a nonviolent path in politics
Al Gamaa al-Islamiya, which waged a deadly campaign of terror against the government for decades, says it has renounced violence and wants a spot in Egypt's fledgling democracy.
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Egypt's Copts lash out at government's anti-Christian rhetoric
Egypt's Coptic Church unleashed one of its strongest criticisms ever of the government after back-to-back deadly attacks on Copts that the pope insists were incited by harsh anti-Christian rhetoric.
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Focus Bread riots or bankruptcy: Egypt faces stark economic choices
Egypt needs IMF money to stay afloat, but the international lender is demanding tough subsidy cuts from an already-embattled government.
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Satirist arrested: Egypt's rulers not amused by Jon Stewart's kind of humor
Egypt arrested Bassem Youssef, a popular TV comedian who modeled his show after Jon Stewart's Daily Show. His arrest is seen as aimed at silencing critics of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
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Cover Story Egypt's unfinished revolution
Can the government of President Mohamed Morsi survive – and what do its struggles portend for a region where other Islamist political movements are on the rise?
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Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Egypt, the first by an Iranian leader since 1979, is historic. But it comes up against deep-seated animosity between Tehran and the Sunni Gulf states, who back Egypt.
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Backchannels The drip, drip, drip of Egypt's bad economic news
The Egyptian pound has tumbled in recent weeks, but it could go much further. Here's why.
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Backchannels In Egypt, the army wins. Again. (+video)
Egypt's presidential election Sunday was supposed to be the culmination of a transition to democracy. Instead, the military junta made it clear it has no interest in a truly democratic transition.
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Backchannels Egypt's ruling junta consolidates its position
With parliament dissolved, a retired air force general and long-time Mubarak crony in a runoff for the presidency, and democracy activists in disarray, Egypt's ruling junta is in the catbird seat.
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Focus Are terrorists beyond redemption?
The record shows that some radicals can be persuaded to give up the gun when inducements and local conditions are right. The Pentagon recently spent $4.5 million to find out more.
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Backchannels Israeli ties with Egypt strained by transition?
Though Egypt and Israel insist the decision to end a gas sales contract wasn't political, it's hard to see annulling the largest ever contract between the two countries as anything but.
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In 1978 Egypt, Jimmy Carter had cachet. In 'new' Egypt, not so much.
Jimmy Carter brokered the Camp David Accords that normalized Egyptian-Israeli relations. This week Egypt's military rulers dissed the ex-president, refusing to allow his Carter Center to observe the presidential election next month.
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Mike Wallace: the legendary '60 Minutes' career that almost wasn't (+video)
Mike Wallace, who died this weekend, considered another path after covering the 1968 presidential campaign. But in the end, he set a high standard for serious long-form investigative journalism.
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Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interrogator, gave show journalistic heft and a showman's flair (+video)
Wallace had such a fearsome reputation as an interviewer that 'Mike Wallace is here to see you' were among the most dreaded words a newsmaker could hear.
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Egypt's Coptic pope: How he negotiated waves of sectarianism
When Pope Shenouda III became pope in 1971, sectarianism was on the rise. Banished briefly by Sadat, he later worked to promote better ties with the Mubarak regime to help Christians.
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Egypt's Coptic Christians mourn pope, mull more activist future
Pope Shenouda III, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, died Saturday. His successor will help shape the role Christians will play in the new Egypt.
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Opinion: US and Israel haven't learned their history lessons. Palestinians and Abbas have.
Billions in US aid dollars to individual economies and militaries in the Middle East have not strengthened peace. The success of post-war Europe shows the key to unity is to get citizens of different nations to work together. That hasn't really happened with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt.
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Israel and Egypt: The view from Cairo
The Israel-Egypt relationship can't be the same again.
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Opinion: Send mediators to Washington
There is a way to resolve political impasses like the one that nearly caused a default on US debt. Every day, mediators settle business, divorce, and employment disputes. A George Mitchell or Kenneth Feinberg could do the same for Washington.
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Key force in Tahrir Square: Egypt's labor movement
Kamal Abu Eitta endured years of torture and arrest trying to build an independent labor movement in Egypt. Now organized labor is trying to emerge as a real force in Egypt's transition.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri: Who is Al Qaeda's new leader?
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's operational leader for many years, will succeed Osama bin Laden as the terror group's new chief.
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Al Qaeda reportedly taps Saif al-Adel as successor, potentially signaling a rift
Al Qaeda senior leaders reportedly chose Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel as an interim successor to Osama bin Laden, instead of expected next-in-line Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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The future of Al Qaeda and its likely leader
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's chief strategist, is poised to take command of a group that has been in decline for years.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri: How will he shape Al Qaeda?
Al Qaeda's former No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen worldwide as the top leader of Al Qaeda. But he may lack the charismatic Osama bin Laden's ability to rally followers.
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