Egyptians United Against US Interference

The Obama administration's plan to pour $65 million into Egypt this year, supposedly to help organize new political parties, has sparked a powerful backlash from the interim military government, Islamist parties and even some reform-minded activists. Groups taking...

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Mubarak, in Cage at Court, Pleads Not Guilty

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared in a Cairo court Wednesday to face charges of corruption and the killing of almost 900 anti-government protesters during February’s popular revolution that ousted him from power. Mubarak pleaded not guilty, declaring,...

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Egyptian Army Clears Tahrir With Force

The Egyptian army drove protesters out of Tahrir Square on Monday destroying tents and smashing signs the demonstrators had made. Human rights activists reported that perhaps a total of 150 people had been detained and dozens brutally beaten by military policemen and...

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