Tahrir Square

8 Mar 2013

They called him the Eye Sniper of Cairo. In November 2011, 10 months after the uprising that was supposed to end state repression in Egypt, a young police lieutenant named Mohamed Sobhi el-Shenawy...

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Egypt protesters encircle presidential palace

5 Dec 2012

Egyptians have taken their protests against Islamist President Mohammed Mursi to the gates of his palace, demanding his ouster in scenes not witnessed even during demonstrations that toppled Hosni...

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Egypt’s Islamists rally for Mursi as rifts widen

1 Dec 2012

Thousands of Islamists rallied on Saturday in support of President Mohammed Mursi’s new expanded powers and the drafting of a contested charter, in a clear show of Egypt’s widening polarisation....

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Egypt protests continue in deadlock over Mursi powers

28 Nov 2012

Hundreds of protesters were in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a sixth day on Wednesday, demanding that Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers.

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Thousands march to Tahrir as pressure piles on Egypt’s Mursi

27 Nov 2012

Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi faced nationwide protests on Tuesday after digging in his heels over a controversial decree granting him sweeping powers.

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Mursi sticks by disputed decree after meeting judges

27 Nov 2012

Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi on Monday stuck by a controversial decree granting him sweeping powers, on the eve of planned nationwide rallies to protest the move, in the worst crisis since his...

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