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AP EXCLUSIVE: Police blamed in Egypt revolt deaths

The highest-level inquiry to date into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising has concluded police were behind nearly all the killings and used snipers on rooftops...

Egypt protesters fight off police at Cairo sit-in

An Egyptian security official says protesters have thrown firebombs and rocks at police who tried to re-open Cairo's central Tahrir Square, where a sit-in has brought downtown traffic to a...

For Egypt's women, fear of rape now governs Cairo's Tahrir Square

In the weeks after a group of men surrounded and sexually assaulted her in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, Yasmine Faithi has returned repeatedly to the place where the nearly hourlong attack began.

Egypt women protest sex assault at site of attacks

Beating drums and blowing whistles, the women defied advice by some lawmakers that suggested their presence in Tahrir Square, the focal point of protests, was the reason for the mob attacks.

Masked men block Egypt subway, scuffles break out

Meanwhile, protesters locked shut the doors of the main administrative building for state services just outside the station at Tahrir Square, while others blocked traffic at a main bridge on the...

Egypt 'bodyguards' take stand against sex assault

With bright neon vests and hardhats gleaming at dusk, a dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo's crowded Tahrir Square.

Egyptians protest on 2nd anniversary of revolution

Thousands of protesters filled Cairo's central Tahrir Square, where the January 2011 uprising was born, and the area outside the presidential palace in the city's Heliopolis district.

Muslim Brotherhood rallies millions in show of strength ahead of Egypt court's...

Demonstrations in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt's two largest cities, and in other locations around the nation dwarfed by many multiples the protests held in recent days in Tahrir Square, the site...

Egypt judges strike to protest president's decrees

Threatening to turn the dispute into violent street clashes, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and the more radical Islamist Salafi Al-Nour party, called for a counter-demonstration this weekend in...

Thousands protest Egyptian leader's increased power

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Tahrir Square on Tuesday night to contest what they believe is Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's illegal declaration that his decisions are exempt...

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Activist to be tried for insulting Egypt president

Sarah Carr This April 1, 2011 photo shows activist Ahmed Douma chanting slogans during a march...

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Egypt's Mubarak faces new trial over protester deaths

On the 28th of January 2011, her 20-year-old son Moaz was killed during the "Friday of Anger"...

Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter

The cleric who preaches at a mosque overlooking Tahrir Square, the epicenter of anti-government...

Jihad in Egypt: American Stabbed Outside Cairo Embassy

The embassy was once heavily fortified, but security measures have been relaxed despite street...

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Egyptian police blamed for inaction in wave of sexual attacks

Attacks on female demonstrators in Cairo's infamous Tahrir Square in recent months have forced...

Clashes Erupt Over Courts in Egypt

Supporters and opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president clashed near Tahrir Square in Cairo on...

Egypt's Revolutionary Cleric Suspended Over Sermon

A Muslim cleric who became known as "the preacher of the revolution" for his sermons in Tahrir...