Cairo Protests

Water Cannons, Rocks To Disperse Protesters

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.05.2012

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CAIRO — Egyptian troops blasted protesters with water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition, trying to prevent them from marching on the Defense...

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Thousands Rally To Denounce Violence Against Protesters

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 02.22.2012

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CAIRO — Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday to denounce violence against protesters, especially outraged by i...

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Stripped And Beaten: Women March To Protest Police Brutality

Posted 12.20.2011

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Thousands joined a rare protest by women on Tuesday in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The "Million Women" march protesting police brutality and violent a...

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Troops, Police Shoot At Protesters In Pre-Dawn Raid On Tahrir Square

AP | Posted 02.18.2012

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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's ruling generals are coming under mounting criticism at home and abroad for the military's use of excessive force against unarmed...

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Egypt: Bouts Of Violence In 3rd Day Of Clashes

Reuters | Posted 02.17.2012

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* Troops and protesters battle in central Cairo * Violence clouds election set to empower Islamists (Adds details on late night pro...

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Egypt Ruler Warns Of 'Extremely Grave' Consequences

AP | BY HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 01.27.2012

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CAIRO — Egyptians prepared to vote Monday in the first elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a milestone many hoped would usher in a democrati...

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French Journalist Says She Was Assaulted By Cairo Protesters

AP | Posted 11.25.2011

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PARIS -- A French TV journalist said Friday she was punched and roughed up, then sexually assaulted while covering protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square, ...

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Egyptian Court Orders Release Of 3 U.S. Students, Say Officials

AP | KATHY MATHESON and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 01.24.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A court in Egypt has ordered the release of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo, a lawyer in Philadelphia ...

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Hedges Its Bets (Which Is Why It's Still on Top)

Kurt J. Werthmuller | Posted 01.23.2012

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A deft move by the Muslim Brotherhood demonstrates exactly why the organization's party is poised to sweep the country's parliamentary elections, regardless of when they are held.

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Death Toll Rises As Clashes Between Egyptian Police, Protesters Continue

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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Associated Press CAIRO -- An American film maker has told a colleague by phone that she was arrested by Egyptian police while documenting clashes i...

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Doctors Say 3 People Killed In Tahrir

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 01.20.2012

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CAIRO — Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault...

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Police Unleash Tear Gas On Cairo Protesters In 2nd Day Of Unrest

AP | Posted 01.20.2012

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Associated Press CAIRO -- Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day in downtown Cairo with thousa...

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Conservative Muslims Turn Out For Egyptian Protests

AP | SARAH EL DEEB and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 09.28.2011

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CAIRO — Tens of thousands of ultraconservative Muslims in long beards, robes and prayer caps thronged Cairo's central Tahrir Square in a massive...

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Egypt Demonstrators Decry Stalled Political Momentum

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 09.09.2011

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CAIRO — Army troops firing in the air clashed Sunday with stone-throwing protesters in the strategic city of Suez after crowds blocked a key hig...

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Egypt Protesters, Police Clash For Second Day In Cairo

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.29.2011

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CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces clashed with hundreds of youths for a second day Wednesday in Cairo over demands that the country's military rulers ...

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Cairo in Wisconsin: Eating Egyptian Pizza in Downtown Madison

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011

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In calendar terms, the demonstrations in Wisconsin, you could say, picked up right where the Egyptians left off. I've slept on the cold, stone floor of the Wisconsin state Capitol (twice), and believe me, the spirit of Cairo is here.

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Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Coming To Wisconsin For Concert

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

MADISON, WIS. - For the past week, the protests outside of the Wisconsin statehouse have had a background soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen, Journey and...

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Hosni Hubarak: Exit Stage Left

Mike Spicer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Egypt's Community Organizers Teach the World a Lesson

Marwan Bishara | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the last few days, I have watched and spoke to many community organizers taking center-stage in Tahrir Square. One of these coalition builders is George Ishak.

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Victory for Egypt's Leaderless Revolution

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

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The revolution was successful because it had no leaders, only coordinators of bottom up energy. Its use of social media was brilliantly conceived to meld online organizing with offline action, not supplant it.

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The Long Goodbye: Mubarak and the Shah

Scott MacLeod | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Tahrir Square, the feeling came over me: Egypt is another Iran. I don't mean in the sense that Egypt's revolution will bring a radical, Islamist regime into power.

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No Quick Solutions for Egypt

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anyone who thinks that Cairo's massive calls for freedom can lead to a rapid democratization of Egypt is dangerously naive.

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Why Tahrir Is Not Tiananmen

Scott MacLeod | Posted 05.25.2011

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The signs are all there that this is the Arab equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There may be uncertain days ahead, but we are undoubtedly watching a new awakening in Cairo.

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Egypt's 'Spontaneous' Pro-Mubarak Demonstrations

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Egypt and its people struggle through one of the most serious political and social crises in their history, most reasonable people and governments ...

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From Egypt: A Proud Wimp Holding All None Wimps in Very High Regard

Noha Khattab | Posted 05.25.2011

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I believe the Egyptian people have won a huge battle, and are on the verge of winning what has turned into a war. Egyptians today are not comparable to Egyptians on the morning of January 25.

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