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Aug 14, 2012

Top News: Morsy Has No Intentions to Reinstate Parliament, Spokesperson Says

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy has no intentions to reinstate the dissolved Parliament, presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said Monday. Ali said the parliamentary elections would be held within two months of the completion of the new constitution. 

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Aug 13, 2012

On Paper Morsi is More Powerful Than Mubarak and Tantawi Put Together

By Nancy Messieh

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) official Facebook page featured one new post on Monday: a CV of sorts detailing the 35 year military career of the new SCAF leader and Minister of Defense, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The post signals that President Mohamed Morsi’s  move on August 12, forcing SCAF heavyweights, Field Marshal Hussein […]

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Aug 13, 2012

Top News: Egypt Military Shows No Sign Of Opposing President

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s military has shown no sign of opposing the president’s surprise decision to retire the defense minister and chief of staff and seize back the powers the military grabbed from his office. Nearly a full day after the order, no unusual military movements were reported anywhere across the nation. 

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Aug 12, 2012

Egyptian President Morsi’s Counter Coup, Move Three

By Michele Dunne

With a bold decree canceling the June 17 Supplementary Constitutional Declaration that limited his powers just before his inauguration–as well as a spate of new senior appointments eliminating senior leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and promoting more junior SCAF members–President Mohammed Morsi appears to be using last week’s Sinai crisis […]

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Aug 10, 2012

Egypt’s Constituent Assembly in a Race against Time

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

The Constituent Assembly has made quick progress with the writing of the constitution, spurred on by the postponement of a court case calling for its dissolution. It is unclear whether the current Assembly is capable of writing a constitution which truly represents the will of the Egyptian people. A law Morsi ratified in July gives […]

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Aug 10, 2012

Top News: Six Sinai Attack Suspects Arrested Friday

By Egypt Source

Six suspects in the Sunday attack in Sinai were arrested following a joint operation between the police and the armed forces in Sheikh Zuwayed, North Sinai, state television reported on Friday. The operation was part of a larger crackdown in the Sinai area after a series of assaults were launched against security checkpoints, beginning with Sunday’s attack […]

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Aug 10, 2012

Morsi’s Challenge: National Security and the Economy

By Merit Al-Sayed

As President Mohamed Morsi faces mounting challenges on several fronts, the state of Egypt’s national security and its ailing economy are the most pressing issues requiring his attention if he is to deliver on his electoral promises. The economic situation cannot be analyzed in isolation, directly influenced by the nation’s politics and security, as Egypt […]

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Aug 9, 2012

Egypt’s Journalists Fear a Continuation of Mubarak-Era Constraints

By Nancy Messieh

On Wednesday, the Upper House of Parliament (Shura Council) named 50 new editors for the country’s state-run newspapers, amid a backlash, led primarily by the Journalist’s Syndicate. The union accused the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Shura Council of trying to regulate state-owned media in the interest of their party, earning a comparison to Hosni Mubarak and the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) […]

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Aug 9, 2012

Sinai Attack Reveals More Than Just Security Vulnerabilities

By Haitham Tabei

Sixteen soldiers were killed and seven injured in a terrorist attack on the border between Egypt and Israel, exposing one of many crises facing the current regime, which is an amalgamation of old and new. The president, the military, state media and national security are all intertwined in an uneasy marriage, one which is coming […]

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Aug 9, 2012

Top News: In Biggest Deployment Under Peace Treaty, Egypt Army Pushes More Reinforcements into Sinai

By Egypt Source

Major military reinforcements arrived to the outskirts of El-Arish in Sinai Thursday morning coming from the Second Field Army Command in Ismailiya. The reinforcements sent to the border city with Israel include armoured vehicles, tanks and missile batteries in addition to hundreds of soldiers.