CAIRO — The architect of Egypt’s crackdown on U.S.-funded pro-democracy organizations is a holdover from the cabinet of former president Hosni Mubarak who has tried for years to stymie the groups’ activities. Read full article > >

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Authoritarian rulers have long viewed pro-democracy groups financed by the United States with deep suspicion, but never has a government gone as far as Egypt’s.

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CAIRO — Julie Hughes, a veteran pro-democracy worker, was crushed when she missed out on Egypt’s revolt last year . In a Facebook posting at the time, she said, “It’s like having your next door neighbor throw an incredibly joyous party and you don’t get an invitation.” Read full article > >

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Egypt’s plan to charge 19 Americans highlights tense relationship with activists

Egypt says it is to try 43 people – including Americans and other foreigners – over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.

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For the past three decades, Egypt has received an average of $2 billion a year from the United States, making it the biggest recipient of American foreign aid besides Israel. But with the country now at a critical stage in its transition toward democracy, that aid is in peril — as U.S. lawmakers threaten to block assistance in response to Egypt’s crackdown on pro-democracy groups, several of them well-connected nongovernmental organizations based in Washington. Read full article > >

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Egypt’s aid from U.S. in peril amid crackdown on pro-democracy groups

Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.

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Sinai gunmen release US tourists

CAIRO — Egypt is on the brink of political and economic collapse and the West has an obligation to sustain the country with financial aid and diplomatic support, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official has warned. Read full article > >

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Muslim Brotherhood official says West is neglecting Egypt

CAIRO — Two female American tourists were released Friday night, hours after masked gunmen kidnapped them on the road that leads to St. Catherine’s Monastery, a historic landmark in the Sinai Peninsula, a military official said. Read full article > >

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Abducted U.S. female tourists released in Egypt

Police in several Egyptian cities battled Thursday night and Friday with thousands of protesters angry at the government’s failure to prevent deaths at a soccer riot.

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4 Demonstrators Killed in Egypt During Protests Over Soccer Riot Deaths

CAIRO — Throngs of young Egyptians incensed over a deadly melee at a soccer match clashed with security forces outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Thursday night as the episode threatened to plunge the country into a new cycle of recriminations  and violence. Read full article > >

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In Egypt, protesters clash with police

Egypt began three days of official mourning Thursday after at least 73 people were killed in a soccer brawl that underscored the government’s failure to re-establish order.

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Clashes in Egypt as Mourners Unleash Fury Over Soccer Melee

Egyptians mourn soccer victims | The Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen on Egyptian unrest | Facebook’s future.

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CAIRO — Egypt’s parliament on Thursday vowed to investigate the previous night’s melee after a soccer game in Port Said city that left at least 74 people dead. Many Egyptians blamed the security forces for not doing enough to protect dueling crowds of fans, and some suggested that internal and foreign agents may have instigated the bloodshed as party of a scheme to sow mayhem across the country. Read full article > >

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Egypt’s parliament vows to investigate melee that left at least 74 dead

After a week of major protests demanding an immediate end to military rule, the request may be an attempt to calm the unrest.

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Egypt’s Military Seeks Advice on Handing Power to Civilians

Tensions have grown since a crackdown by Egyptian authorities on several American nonprofit organizations.

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Lobbyists Drop Egypt’s Government as Client