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Egypt: Sisi Presidential Bid Puts U.S. in Complex Position
VOA, 27 March 2014
Egyptian General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's decision to run for president comes as the United States is pushing Cairo to improve its treatment of journalists and political opponents. Read more »
What Now for Egypt-U.S. Relations?
Analysts say the decision by former army chief, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, to run for president comes at a time the U.S. is pushing Cairo to improve its treatment of journalists and political opponents.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets ousted President Mohamed Morsi (file photo).
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Egypt: U.S. Secretary Kerry On Mass Trials and Sentencing in Egypt
State Department, 26 March 2014
Statement by U.S. Secretary Kerry on Mass Trials and Sentencing in Egypt Read more »
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Egypt: U.S. Embassy Spokesman - We Back Egypt in Transitional Period
Egypt Online, 12 March 2014
Spokesman for US Embassy in Egypt David Ranz said that he is optimistic about the coming period in Egypt in spite of the difficulties and challenges that face the Egyptian… Read more »
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Egypt: U.S. Military Commander Says Egypt War On Terror Important to Region
Egypt Online, 8 March 2014
General Lloyd Austin, Commander of US Central Command, has praised as "important" efforts exerted by Egypt to fight terrorism in Sinai. Read more »
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Egypt: Egypt - U.S. Report On Human Rights in Egypt Unbalanced
Egypt Online, 1 March 2014
Egypt deemed a report issued by the US State Department on human rights in Egypt as unbalanced, subjective and fraught with errors. Read more »
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Egypt: U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Egypt Denies U.S. Plot Against Egypt
Egypt Online, 26 February 2014
US Chargé d'Affaires in Egypt Marc Sievers said on Tuesday 15/2/2014 that there is no US plot against Egypt, stressing that the US administration and the Congress appreciate… Read more »
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Egypt: Sisi Meets With U.S. Congress Delegation to Discuss Regional Issues
Aswat Masriya, 18 February 2014
- Egypt's Defence Minister, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met on Tuesday with a United States Congress delegation headed by Mike Rogers, chairman of the House of Intelligence… Read more »
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Egypt Online, 14 February 2014
Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour said Egypt will soon carry out a number of huge projects including the Suez Canal Axis, the Golden Triangle and other… Read more »
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Egypt: Egyptian Authorities Must Stop Their Attacks On Media Freedom
RSF, 31 January 2014
Leading international media freedom and human rights organisations call on the EU and US to demand Egypt's authorities drop charges against Al-Jazeera journalists and release those… Read more »
InFocus
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Amid reports that the U.S. is considering easing its aid restriction on the country, army spokesman, Ahmed Mohamed Ali, says the decision will be a positive step. Read more »
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The U.S government has announced a decision to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military and cash assistance to Egypt until "credible progress toward an inclusive, ... Read more »
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Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has resigned from the military and announced he will run for president. With the explicit backing of the all-powerful military, he ... Read more »
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Twenty journalists are facing charges which range from providing "false information" to allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government sees as a terrorist group. Read more »
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Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Sudan, Western Sahara and Zimbabwe have not been invited by President Barack Obama to the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington in August. But ... Read more »
