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Egyptians stunned at presidential finalists

Last updated Friday, May 25, 2012 - 8:59am

CAIRO -- Stunned Egyptians awoke Friday to learn that the revolution that led to the first democratic elections here in history appeared to produce a Muslim Brotherhood and a regime holdover as the presidential finalists, sparking fear and ire in revolutionaries whose call for change could instead lead to more of the same or Islamist-based governance.

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An Egyptian voter casts his ballot on the first day of the presidential election in a polling center in Alexandria, Egypt, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the last minute over their vote in a historic election pitting old regime figures against ascending Islamists.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptians vote in first free presidential election

Maggie Michael, Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:12am

CAIRO -- More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the last minute over their vote in a historic election pitting old regime figures against ascending Islamists.

A sense of amazement at having a choice pervaded the crowds in line, along with fervent expectation over what direction a new leader will take a country that has been in turmoil ever since mass protests toppled the man who ruled with an iron fist for nearly 30 years.

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Egyptian protesters an Egyptian national flag as they chant slogans at a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 4, 2012 to condemn this week's deadly clashes and denounce the ruling military council. Thousands rallied in Egypt against the country's ruling military council on Friday, two days after a flare-up of street violence left at least nine dead and fueled a wave of Islamist-led opposition to the generals ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Mideast Egypt

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 1:44pm

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Egyptian protesters shout anti-military council slogans in front of a banner showing Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, left, carrying ousted President Hosni Mubarak, during a demonstration at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday April 20, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters packed Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest demonstration in months against the ruling military, aimed at stepping up pressure on the generals to hand over power to civilians and bar ex-regime members from running in upcoming presidential elections. Arabic on the banner reads, "Tantawi and Mubarak are one hand." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Egyptian protesters attend Friday prayers during a rally at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Friday, April 20, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters packed Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest demonstration in months against the ruling military, aimed at stepping up pressure on the generals to hand over power to civilians and bar ex-regime members from running in upcoming presidential elections.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Tens of thousands protest military's rule in Egypt

Aya Batrawy The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 9:20am

CAIRO -- Tens of thousands of protesters packed Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest demonstration in months against the ruling military, aimed at stepping up pressure on the generals to hand over power to civilians and bar ex-regime members from running in upcoming presidential elections.

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This image provided by the FBI shows an undated image of Saif al-Adel also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, Seif Al Adel, Ibrahim Al-Madani. He was arrested Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 at Cairo Airport but he has denied the link and says it was a case of mistaken identity. Saif Al-Adel is wanted by the FBI in connection with the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/FBI)

Top al-Qaida leader arrested at Cairo airport

Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:55am

CAIRO -- A senior al-Qaida leader wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa was arrested at the Cairo International Airport on Wednesday, after arriving on a flight from Pakistan, according to Egyptian security officials.

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U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks at the American Chamber of Commerce in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. MacCain is scheduled to meet with Egypt's military leader, who took over after Mubarak was ousted last year. Apache Chairman and CEO G. Steven Farris, at right. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Prosecution says Mubarak deserves death penalty

Aya Batrawy The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 12:39pm

CAIRO — The chief prosecutor in the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said Monday in his closing remarks that the former president should be given the death penalty for the killings of protesters in last year’s uprising.

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An Egyptian protestor throws a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Police in Cairo fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot Friday at rock-throwing protesters as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left three people dead and more than 1,500 injured, doctors and health officials said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

3 die in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot

Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:58am

CAIRO -- Police in Cairo set off salvos of tear gas and fired birdshot at protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot as fresh clashes on Egyptian streets killed three people on Friday, according to a volunteer doctor and health officials.

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Prosecutor-General Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid, second left, tours a stadium with other officials the morning after deadly clashes occurred in Port Said, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday. Head of sports committee in parliament, said that the parliament holds the interior minister responsibility for the violence. He demanded ouster of the Prosecutor-General Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid to guarantee "transparent investigations." (AP Photo)

Egyptians blame military for deadly soccer riot

Maggie Mitchell The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 10:31am

CAIRO -- Egyptians ranging from soccer fans to lawmakers blamed the country's military rulers for a bloody post-match riot Thursday as anger mounted over the failure of police to stop the violence when a narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap in a seaside city north of the capital.

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Egyptians carry the body of a protester killed during recent clashes in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers in riot gear swept through Cairo's Tahrir Square early Monday and opened fire on protesters demanding an immediate end to military rule. The Health Ministry said at least three people were killed, bringing the death toll for four days of clashes to almost 14. (AP Photo)

Egypt's ruling generals face mounting criticism

Hamza Hendawi The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:24am

CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling generals are coming under mounting criticism at home and abroad for the military's use of excessive force against unarmed protesters, including women, as they try to crush the pro-democracy movement calling for their ouster.

At least 14 people have been killed in five days of clashes as troops used guns, tear gas and batons to try to break up protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square and around it, where a number of important government buildings are located. Troops and riot police raided Tahrir again early Tuesday in their latest attempt to evict protesters, a field hospital doctor who witnessed the crackdown said.

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In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, Kamal el-Ganzoury, Egypt's newly-appointed Prime Minister, speaks to reporters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Egypt's military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's era to head the next government in a move quickly rejected by tens of thousands of protesters, while the United States ratcheted up pressure on the generals to quickly transfer power to a civilian leadership. Kamal el-Ganzouri, 78, served as prime minister between 1996 and 1999 and was deputy prime minister and planning minister before that. He also was a provincial governor under the late President Anwar Sadat. (AP Photo/Middle East News Agency, HO)

Egyptian military picks new prime minister

Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 2:46pm

CAIRO -- Egypt's military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's era to head the next government in a move quickly rejected by tens of thousands of protesters, while the United States ratcheted up pressure on the generals to quickly transfer power to a civilian leadership.

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At least 24 killed in Cairo clashes

Maggie Michael The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 8:22am

CAIRO -- Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed at least 24 people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt's military.

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Egyptian soldiers walk at the base the pyramid of Khufu, largest of the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 on Nov. 11, 2011. The closure follows a string of unconfirmed reports in local media that unidentified groups would try to hold "Jewish" or "Masonic" rites on the site to take advantage of mysterious powers coming from the pyramid on the rare date. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Pyramid closed after reports of bizarre 11-11-11 ritual

Ben Hubbard The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 11, 2011 - 11:37am

CAIRO -- Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 A.M. on Nov. 11, 2011.

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Elissa Prestwitch samples Egyptian food at Cook Elementary School in Syracuse on Wednesday.

Live like an Egpytian: Students get a taste of ancient culture

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 11:14pm

SYRACUSE -- "I love my name," 11-year-old Kaylee Lewis said as she lifted the small handmade cartouche that hung on a string around her neck.

"My name is the best, because it is my name," Kaylee said.

While the cartouche was once worn only by pharaohs, each of the 112 sixth-grade students at Cook Elementary School made the simple cartouches as part of their Egyptian studies.

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(NASSER NASSER/The Associated Press) Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses during a Copts demonstration that developed into clashes with army soldiers in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said. It was the worst violence since the 18-day uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.

Egypt finance minister resigns over Cairo protests

Maggie Michael, Tarek El-Tablawy The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 7:23am

CAIRO — An aide to Egypt’s finance minister and deputy prime minister says the official has resigned in protest over the government’s handling of the protests in Cairo that left 26 dead, most of them Coptic Christians.

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Protesters gather rocks during clashes with Egyptian security forces at a protest of a recent attack on a church in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between Christians protesting a recent attack on a church and the Egyptian military, leaving more than a dozen people dead and scores injured, Health Ministry officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Egypt Coptic church decries attacks on Christians

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Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 9:50am

CAIRO -- Egypt's Coptic church blasted authorities Monday for allowing repeated attacks on Christians with impunity as the death toll from a night of rioting rose to 26, most of them Christians who were trying to stage a peaceful protest in Cairo over an attack on a church.

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