Topic: Mohamed Morsi
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In Egypt, Libya fierce clashes cause damage, death (+video)
Response to a U.S. film protestors say insulted the Prophet Mohammad lead to the death of one American and injured others in Benghazi, Libya. Protestors demanded the movie be banned and asked for an apology.
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Death toll rises to 30 in Aleppo car bombing
The blast, in Syria's largest city, occurred near two hospitals. Some reports say both military personnel and civilians are among the victims.
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NAM summit: Iran attempts to prove Western efforts to isolate it have failed
Though Iran pulled out all the stops this week as host of the Non-Aligned Movement summit, it was met with some heavy international criticism.
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The Monitor's View: Egypt's call for 'ethical duty' in Syria
The Middle East is truly a new place when an elected Muslim leader of Egypt speaks out in Iran on the need for the world to help free Syria. Such moral stands can have real results.
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Iran's charm offensive at NAM summit thwarted by Syria, nuclear work
Iran's effort to prove that international isolation efforts have failed was undermined by discord with the UN and Egypt over its nuclear work and continued support for Syria's President Assad.
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Egypt President Morsi's harsh words for 'oppressive' Syria regime
The rallying call by Mohammed Morsi showed the huge divide between Iran's stalwart support of Assad and the growing network of regional powers pushing for his downfall.
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Egypt continues pursuit of Sinai militants
With their statement, the Egyptian military is trying to counter a Salafi Muslim claim that the Sinai offensive was called off.
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The Monitor's View: Egypt's Morsi puts military on right side of history
The elected president, Mohamed Morsi, purged the top brass that had constrained his authority. With civilian rule asserted, Morsi's own Muslim Brotherhood must now also bend to popular will and not use the state to hold onto power.
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Focus
What's it mean that an Islamist rules Egypt?Egypt's President Morsi moved to consolidate his power this weekend. Here's what Morsi and the new Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Libya want to do.
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Backchannels
Egypt's Morsi cleans house. But a coup? HardlyThe new heads of Egypt's military branches come from within the system, and the outgoing old guard retains both influence and great wealth.
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Backchannels
Egypt's President Morsi fires senior general Tantawi, asserting his powerEgyptian President Morsi didn't just fire Tantawi today. He overturned a constitutional declaration from Tantawi's military council that sought to tie the hands of the civilian president.
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Egypt's president sacks top military general in bid for civilian supremacy
President Morsi and Field Marshal Tantawi have been gripped in a power struggle for months. In a surprise move, Morsi fired Tantawi today.
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Opinion: Wisconsin shooting and its violent echo around the world
It is feeling pretty rough out there: the Wisconsin and Colorado massacres, a civil war in Syria, killings in the Sinai. These violent events call leaders and individuals to acts of moral courage, and to remember what we have in common with each other.
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Backchannels
With 16 Egyptian soldiers murdered, Sinai is front and center for President MorsiThe murder of 16 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula highlights long-simmering problems there. And now it's up to Mohamed Morsi and Egypt's politically powerful military to deal with it.
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Sinai attack seals up Gaza to outside world (+video)
In the wake of yesterday's attack on Egyptian guards in the Sinai, Gaza's border crossings with Israel and Egypt, as well as smuggling tunnels, have been shut down.
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Terrorism & Security
Sinai attack presents Egypt's Morsi with first security challenge (+video)A militant attack on Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday left at least 16 people dead, the latest violent incident along the sensitive border with Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt's beleaguered Christians worry about persecution, neglect under Morsi
The past 18 months have been particularly trying for Egypt's Christians, who have clashed with Muslims and lost a religious leader. Now they wonder what life will be like under an Islamist president.
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Religious freedom report: World is sliding backwards, Clinton says
Marking the State Department release of its annual report on religious freedom, Secretary Clinton says the US will be closely monitoring countries in political transition, such as Egypt.
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Egyptian president names unknown as next prime minister
That Egyptian President Morsi chose an obscure former government minister for the post, which he promised to fill with an independent, likely indicates he had a hard time finding a willing taker.
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Israel to Clinton: Tell us what Egypt is thinking
US Secretary of State Clinton is in Israel after meeting with new Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi. Israel is hoping Clinton will shed some light on how to repair frayed Israel-Egypt ties.
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Hillary Clinton to meet Egypt’s new president: what is at stake
Hillary Clinton is delivering important US messages to Egypt's newly-elected president from the Muslim Brotherhood: on women, minorities, the peace treaty with Israel, and US support for democracy.
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For region's Islamists, Morsi win in Egypt expands sense of the possible
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which now controls both the presidency and much of parliament, has counterparts and allies across the region who are expecting President Morsi to bring change.
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Egypt's President Morsi leaves for Saudi on 1st foreign trip
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has said his administration has no plans to 'export' Egypt'srevolution, an implicit reassurance to Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, who have been nervous over the possibility of Arab Spring revolts reaching their shores.
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Morsi-military standoff: How big a blow to Egypt? (+video)
While Egypt’s transition has been on uncertain legal footing from the beginning, the confrontation between President Morsi and the military and judiciary could upend Egypt's legal order.
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Terrorism & Security
Not so defiant: Egypt's parliament meets for 5 minutesEgypt's parliament defied a military order for its dissolution and convened briefly today, but did so merely to determine how to respond to a Supreme Court ruling declaring the parliament invalid.
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