Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President was forced to flee from the Presidential palace yesterday, as thousands of demonstrators battled with police in the area. A deepening crisis in political legitimacy, triggered by a power grab under which Morsi reserved for himself sweeping powers and exacerbated by the rushed approval of a...

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Egypt’s political legitimacy crisis, which began weeks ago with a powergrab by President Mohamed Morsi that granted him sweeping powers and insulated him from judicial review, spiraled further into violence today. By day’s end, tanks were deployed into Cairo’s streets to clear out demonstrators, after protests outside the Presidential palace...

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Independent and opposition newspapers in Egypt refused to publish editions on Tuesday, as protests in response to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s recent power grab and to the subsequent rushed constitutional draft approved by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly. The crisis in political legitimacy – which began when Morsi issued a decree...

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Al-Qaeda was behind a planned wave of terror attacks across Amman, targeting among other sites the U.S. embassy in the Jordanian capital. The plot was broken apart last month but the news will call attention to inroads that Islamist elements have made in Jordan, a Western ally and a country...

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Protests continue to roil Egypt in the aftermath of a power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood-linked President issued a decree more than a week ago reserving for himself broad powers and insulating him from judicial review, prompting widespread protests in response to what many Egyptians saw...

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Protests in Egypt directed at the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President have already injured over 500 people and show no signs of abating, as efforts by the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly to dampen popular outrage by passing a draft constitution have thus far failed. The current round of unrest began last...

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Fresh rioting has erupted in Cairo in the aftermath of a power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood-linked President has according to CNN “show[n] no signs of backing down” from a constitutional decree that gave him vast powers and insulated his actions from judicial review. The protests...

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More than 500 people have been injured in protests sparked by the power grab of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who on Friday issued a decree widening his powers and shielding himself from judicial review. Both opponents and supporters have announced demonstrations for today, with the Muslim Brotherhood – to which...

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Terror groups in the Sinai Peninsula launched rockets into Israel Friday night, another worrying sign that the territory may be in the midst of a percipitous slide into anarchy and violence. The rockets caused some damage but no injuries. The Morsi government has overseen a dramatic deterioration in the security situation in...

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Egypt’s struggle to create a new constitution was at the center of marches in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, as about 10,000 Salafist protesters took to the streets to demand the immediate implementation of strict Islamic law. CNN reports that the Muslim Brotherhood, with which the government of Egyptian President...

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