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Egypt Military Rule

Military Shows No Sign Of Opposing Egyptian President

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 10.13.2012 | World

CAIRO — In retaking key powers and shaking up the military brass, President Mohammed Morsi has sharply shifted Egypt's balance of power overnigh...

Egyptian Army Leader: 'Certain Group' Will Not Dominate

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 09.14.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's top general on Sunday raised the stakes in the military's political standoff with the Muslim Brotherhood, saying the armed force...

What You Need To Know About Egypt's Political Drama

AP | STEVE NEGUS | Posted 09.08.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's newly elected President Mohammed Morsi is locked in conflict with the powerful military over whether the country's legislature s...

Morsi Orders Dissolved Parliament To Return

AP | Posted 09.07.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's official news agency says the country's top generals are holding an "emergency meeting" to discuss the surprise decision by the ...

Egypt's Generals Eye Turkish Model Of Rule

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 06.27.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Now that Egypt has its first freely elected president, Egypt's powerful generals appear headed toward copying the Turkish model from decades ...

Egypt Empowers Military To Arrest Civilians

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 08.13.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's government extended the powers of military police and intelligence agents on Wednesday to allow them to arrest civilians for a w...

'The People Want The Overthrow Of The Marshall'

Reuters | Posted 04.11.2012 | World

* Muslim Brotherhood wants coalition government * Activists plan general strike, civil disobedience * Military source sa...

Egyptian Protesters Demand Military Step-Down

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 04.06.2012 | World

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military rulers were facing mounting pressure on two fronts Sunday, with a fourth day of violent street protests ...

9 Killed As Cairo Protests Enter Second Day

Reuters | Posted 02.16.2012 | World

CAIRO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Eight people have been killed as clashes between troops and protesters in central Cairo spilled over into a second day, Eg...

Egyptian Military: State Within a State

Barry Lando | Posted 01.26.2012 | World
Barry Lando

Real civilian rule could spell an end to the system of corruption and patronage that has gone on for decades, a system that has given the military unimpeded control over a huge sector of the Egyptian economy.

Protests In Egypt: Today's Images

Posted 11.22.2011 | World

Egypt entered a fourth day of massive protests on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded the resignation of the country's military rulers. Clashes betwee...

Egypt's Military Rulers Intensify Crackdown

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 01.01.2012 | World

CAIRO — Growing in confidence after eight months in power, Egypt's military generals appear more determined than ever to crush the protest movem...

Egypt Eight Months Later: Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy?

John L. Esposito | Posted 12.22.2011 | World
John L. Esposito

Egypt's military rulers have moved to assert and extend their power so broadly that a growing number of lawyers and activists are questioning their willingness to ultimately submit to civilian authority.

Egypt's Military Rulers Criminalize Discrimination

AP | Posted 12.15.2011 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's transitional military rulers have issued a decree prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of religion. ...

Thousands Of Protesters Fill Egypt's Tahrir Square

AP | Posted 11.09.2011 | World

By AYA BATRAWY, The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- A group of about 30 protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped hundred...

Mimicking Mubarak, Egypt's Military Rulers Freeze Licenses For New Satellite TVs

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 11.08.2011 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's military rulers have frozen new licenses for private satellite TV stations and are taking steps against broadcasters they say ar...