PARIS (Reuters) – The French government will deny entry to an influential Egyptian preacher if he accepts an invitation from an Islamic organisation to visit France next month, a close aide to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. Sarkozy, who is running for re-election, has announced a crackdown on people who follow extremist Islamic messages on radical websites in the wake of a spate of killings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman. …
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France would bar entry to Egyptian preacher
Reuters – Several American citizens have taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo amid a sharpening dispute between Washington and Egypt’s military-led authorities over U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups in the country, the State Department said on Monday.
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U.S. Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown
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AP – In his first speech since June, Assad showed a steely confidence in the face of the uprising, one of the bloodiest of the Arab Spring. But opponents called it a rambling address by a leader who is dangerously out of touch.
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Syrian president vows to crush ‘conspiracy’
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AP – Forced to lie still for hours in the dark, the American students held during protests in Egypt were told they would be shot if they moved or made any noise, one of them said Sunday on his first full day home.
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US student says he was beaten after Cairo arrest
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Reuters – Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo’s Tahrir square on Friday in the biggest turnout of a week of protests and violence that has killed 41 people.
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Thousands rally in Egypt on "last chance Friday"
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Reuters – Christians clashed with military police, leaving at least 24 people dead in Cairo, and the cabinet called an emergency meeting for Monday, vowing the violence would not derail Egypt’s first election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled.
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Egyptian cabinet to meet over violence that kills 24
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Reuters – Egypt will hold a parliamentary election in September, its military rulers said on Monday, setting a date that analysts said would suit well-organised Islamists and remnants of former leader Hosni Mubarak’s party.
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Egypt confirms to hold national election in September (Reuters)
AP – Hosni Mubarak was supposed to announce his resignation on Thursday. The Egyptian military expected it. The new head of his ruling party pleaded to him face-to-face to do it. But despite more than two weeks of massive demonstrations by protesters unmoved by lesser concessions, the president still didn’t get it.
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Mubarak’s final hours: Desperate bids to stay (AP)
Reuters – The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as one of several scenarios for a transition of power, a U.S. official said.
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U.S. proposes Mubarak’s immediate resignation (Reuters)
AP – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s announcement that he won’t seek re-election came after President Barack Obama’s special envoy told him the U.S. saw his presidency at an end and urged him to prepare for an orderly transition to real democracy, American officials said.
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Obama envoy told Mubarak tenure coming to a close (AP)