EGYPT /EGITTO: destabilizzazione del mondo arabo

An Egyptian security official says supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi are clashing with opponents holding a sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir square. The violence on Monday took place when several hundred pro-Morsi protesters were marching toward the US Embassy to hold a demonstration against alleged American meddling in Egypt's affairs, the official said.

Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour, pictured in Cairo on July 15, 2013, appointed a committee of experts to amend the constitution that was suspended following the military's overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi, the presidency said.AFP/File Egypt's interim president on Saturday appointed a committee of experts to amend the constitution that was suspended following the military's overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi, the presidency said.

CAIRO, Egypt - Under a waxing crescent moon, we pushed through the crowd of Muslim Brotherhood supporters at the Raba'a Al Dawiya Mosque, still camped out by the tens of thousands in a courtyard and in the nearby warrens of alleys and side streets.

CAIRO - More than two weeks after the military removed President Mohamed Morsi from power, intense efforts to bring the generals and the ex-president's Islamist supporters to an agreement have so far come up empty, deepening Egypt's political crisis.

CAIRO - Thousands of people, demanding that ousted president Mohamed Morsi be returned to power, marched in several Egyptian cities on Friday, as the United Nations chief human rights official said she had pressed Egypt 's new leaders to provide details about why Mr. Morsi was being detained.

Podemos hablar de "revolución" en uno de estos dos casos: Cuando una mayoría social, con intereses diversos o no e incluso sin un programa político, derroca una dictadura. Cuando un programa político de transformaciones radicales, mediante las armas o no y con el apoyo de una mayoría social, se impone sobre una "democracia burguesa".

L'unico segnale positivo per la transizione è stato il via libera dei salafiti del partito al-Nour, (il secondo movimento islamista egiziano più importante dopo la Fratellanza Musulmana), alla designazione dell'ex ministro delle Finanze Samir Radwan come premier ad interim. Evidentemente questa approvazione appare come una sorta di segnale dell'inizio di una nuova strategia di al-Nour, ...

Mansour said unnamed groups are pushing the nation "toward the abyss" CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's interim president pledged Thursday to protect ...

THE OBAMA administration dispatched Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns to Cairo this week in an attempt to clarify to Egyptians where the United States stands on this month's coup against the elected government of Mohamed Morsi.

Shortly after Mohamed Morsy's ouster as president of Egypt, his ambassador to the United States -- in a remarkable display of political flexibility -- appeared on American television to explain that his boss had been overthrown because he "failed to be the president of all Egyptians."

Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans around the prime minister's office in Cairo July 17, 2013. Brotherhood official Gehad el-Haddad, who represented the movement in previous EU-facilitated talks, told Reuters the proposal had been made to envoy Bernardino Leon before a visit on Wednesday by EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.

Mohamed Morsi's last public act as President was a brief - by his long-winded standards - 30-minute address on national television on July 2. In the prerecorded statement, he repeatedly hailed the legitimacy of government and his right to rule and warned against looming plots to usurp his auth...

Tuesday, 16 July 2013 13:22 Israeli military analyst Roni Daniel revealed on Sunday that the Egyptian General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi informed Israel of his efforts to remove President Mohamed Morsi three days before the coup. Speaking to the Israeli TV channel 2, Daniel said that Al-Sisi asked Israel to monitor the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.

European Commission - Press Release - European Commission Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Cairo, Egypt 17 July 2013 Today I've spent all day in meetings with the acting President, vice-President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, the Minister of Defence; I've met with young people

Margaret Evans Misfortune visited upon families is hard enough in ordinary circumstances. When it happens in the midst of great national turmoil, as in Egypt right now, it can get caught up in the march of history, snatching from the people living through it the personal nature of their grief.

Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 1 of 3. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi...