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  Egypt accuses UN of 'politicizing' Morsi's death

  World | June 19, 2019 20:09 IST

  Egypt on Wednesday accused the United Nations of seeking to "politicize" the death in court of the country's first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi by calling for an "independent inquiry".

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  Egypt court jails 47 Morsi loyalists

  World | June 29, 2015 7:39 IST

  Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 47 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood group from three to 15 years in prison over violence charges, MENA news agency reported.The Zagazig Criminal Court

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  Egypt's Morsi faces fresh trial for 'insulting judiciary'

  World | January 19, 2014 22:12 IST

  Cairo: Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 25 others, including liberal activists and journalists, will be tried for “insulting the judiciary”, the fourth case slapped on the Islamist leader.  Attorney General Hisham Barakat has referred

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  Kerry in Egypt on first visit since Morsi ouster

  World | November 03, 2013 16:44 IST

  Cairo: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Cairo on Sunday pressing for reforms during the highest-level American visit to Egypt since the ouster of the country's first democratically elected president.   The Egyptian military's

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  Egypt's Morsi to be tried for inciting violence

  World | September 02, 2013 9:46 IST

  Cairo: Egypt's top prosecutor on Sunday referred ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office, the state news agency

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  Brotherhood calls for protests, death toll crosses 800

  World | August 18, 2013 17:18 IST

  Cairo: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood today called for fresh anti-government protests after security forces ended a tense standoff with supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi at a mosque, even as the death toll in street battles

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  638 killed in deadliest crackdown on Morsi supporters in Egypt

  World | August 16, 2013 6:37 IST

  Cairo: Egypt's defiant Muslim Brotherhood yesterday stormed and torched local government offices as they began a march from the Al-Iman mosque here, a day after over 638 people were killed in the deadliest crackdown by

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  At least 120 killed, 4,500 injured as Egyptian troops fire on Morsi supporters

  World | July 27, 2013 22:48 IST

  Cairo, Jul 27: At least 120 were killed and some 4,500 injured when Egyptian troops opened fire on deposed President Mohammed Morsi's supporters demanding his reinstatement, the Muslim Brotherhood said today.Brotherhood officials said security forces

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  Morsi refused referendum before ouster: Defence minister

  World | July 15, 2013 8:08 IST

  Cairo, July 15: Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi had refused to hold a referendum over the people's demands before mass protests began June 30, Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said."I sent envoys to former president Mohamed

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  42 dead in Cairo, army blames Morsi supporters

  World | July 09, 2013 6:55 IST

  Cairo, July 9: At least 42 people were killed Monday in clashes outside a military facility in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the country's health ministry said, as army said it was a result of

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  Egypt on edge after clashes and Islamist pushback

  World | July 06, 2013 12:16 IST

  Cairo, Jul 6: Egyptians were on edge Saturday morning after supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi fought overnight street battles that left at least 30 dead across the increasingly divided country.Cairo's emblematic Tahrir

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  Travel ban imposed on Morsi

  World | July 05, 2013 9:37 IST

  Cairo, July 5: Egypt's General-Prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud has ordered a travel ban on ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood for investigations on killing protesters, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.The

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  Egypt military tightens grip ahead of deadline

  World | July 03, 2013 19:50 IST

  Cairo, Jul 3: Egypt's military moved to tighten its control on key institutions Wednesday, even putting officers in the newsroom of state TV, in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country's Islamist

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  Morsi refuses to quit as fresh violence kills 16 in Egypt

  World | July 03, 2013 17:14 IST

  Cairo, Jul 3: Unfazed by mass protests demanding his ouster and an army ultimatum, embattled Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has refused to quit, amid clashes today that killed 16 people and wounded 200 at the

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  Egypt protesters mass before military deadline

  World | July 02, 2013 21:24 IST

  Cairo, Jul 2: With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, hundreds of thousands of protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president sought on Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge

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  Egypt group: 22 million signatures against Morsi

  World | June 29, 2013 18:47 IST

  Cairo, Jun 29: The youth group leading the campaign against Egypt's president says it has collected the signatures of 22 million Egyptians who want to remove the Islamist leader.Mahmoud Badr, a leader of the Tamarod,

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  Egypt: Army reinforces bases for protests

  World | June 26, 2013 19:01 IST

  Cairo, Jun 26: Egypt's military on Wednesday brought in reinforcements of troops and armor to bases near Egyptian cities ahead of June 30 protests planned by the opposition to force the Islamist president out, security

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  Egypt court suspends elections called by Morsi

  World | March 07, 2013 7:19 IST

  Cairo, March 7: Egypt's Administrative Court has overturned a presidential decree by Mohammed Morsi that called for general elections next month.According to the Al-Ahram daily, the court said the law covering the polls needed to

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  Egypt braces for protests, prosecutor general quits

  World | December 18, 2012 18:46 IST

  Cairo, Dec 18: Egypt braced for opposition-backed protests against alleged vote rigging in the first stage of a referendum on an Islamist constitution, as the country's embattled prosecutor general quit, just weeks after being appointed