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Egypt (Egyptian: Km.t ; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi ; Arabic: مصر Miṣr ; Egyptian Arabic: Máṣr), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia. Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,560 square miles), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and... Full Article
Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as their Israeli counterparts supervise the construction of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been...
View Photo »Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as a bulldozer moves dirt at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its...
View Photo »Egyptians walk past an artist, center, working on an advertisement banner for a customer in an alley of a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Banners on the wall from left to right, depicting former Arab singing star Umm Kolthoum, former Egyptian singer Abdel Halim...
View Photo »An Egyptian worker places a crescent over a mosque minaret near the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Muslims form 90 percent and Coptic Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's population of 81 million.
View Photo »Palestinians wait to fill containers with fuel from a petrol station in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 14, 2012, as the Palestinian authority calls on Egypt to provide more fuel.
View Photo »An Egyptian boy looks at balloons displayed outside a flowers shop to attract customers on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »An Egyptian vendor, third right, leans on his car decorated with Teddy bears to attract customers on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »An Egyptian woman is seen through the glass of a pastry shop decorated with sticker shaped hearts on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »Egyptian soldiers and police guard the entrance as a an election volunteer (R) organises the queue waiting to cast their ballot in the run-off of the first round of voting in the Cairo neighbourhood of Zamalek on December 5, 2011. Islamist candidates in Egypt looked to extend their...
View Photo »An Egyptian woman, top center, uses a rope to pull a basket of goods from the window of her house, in a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Arabic writing on the wall reads, "our country needs our efforts."
View Photo »An Egyptian butcher cuts meat in a market in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Egyptian women walk past a mural supporting the revolution in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Egyptians collect burnt manuscripts from the destroyed Institute of Egypt in central Cairo on December 19, 2011 after the world-famous centre caught fire during deadly clashes between security forces and protesters. The heavily damaged historic centre for the advancement of scientific...
View Photo »An Egyptian man rests in front of a wall painted with a mural supporting the revolution in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »China's ambassador to Egypt, Song Aiguo (C), leaves at the end of a meeting with the representatives of the UN Security Council member nations on the situation in Syria on February, 13 2012 at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.
View Photo »An Egyptian couple sits on the bank of the Nile River on the eve of Valentine's Day in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »An Egyptian Army soldier sits atop his armored vehicle in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has pushed Egypt's sovereign credit ratings deeper into junk status, citing declining foreign reserves and continued unrest.
View Photo »A veiled Egyptian flower vendor, center, follows a couple near Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, the eve of Valentine's Day.
View Photo »New cars are parked in the port of the southern Israeli city of Eilat, near the border with Egypt, on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »A general view shows the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its efforts to erect a giant, impenetrable security barrier...
View Photo »Israeli border guards supervise as a bulldozer moves dirt at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its efforts to erect a...
View Photo »Sudanese immigrant Mohammed Yussef works at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its efforts to erect a giant,...
View Photo »An Egyptian protester sleeps inside his tent in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
View Photo »Egyptian women walk past a wall painted with murals supporting the revolution in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
View Photo »File - This Dec. 30, 2007 file photo shows French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new companion Italian supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni, left, looking back at photographers as they admire a view of the Giza Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt. Sarkozy is vacationing in Egypt with...
View Photo »Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as their Israeli counterparts supervise the construction of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been...
View Photo »Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fight at all costs to crush the revolt seeking his ouster, a member of parliament who defected to Egypt said Tuesday. 'There is an open budget allocated to the crackdown on the popular uprising and revolution,' said Imad Ghalioun , who was a member of the Syrian par...
The impact of IMF funds on the economy won’t be the same as it would have been had Egypt accepted the money in June
If the United States continues meddling in Egypt, Libya and the Middle East, we will quit supplying 7-11 and Motel 6 managers. If this action does not provide sufficient results, cab drivers and call center personnel will be next.
Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movement’s rise since the start of the Arab Spring.
The two key problems (in Egypt) are unemployment _ the real time bomb _ and inflation ... These problems have one solution, and that's increasing production at a sustainable level.
Hilton Worldwide offers some of the world’s most spectacular resort destinations – from the Conrad Bali Resort & Spa Hotel, to Egypt’s Hilton Pyramids Golf Resort, to the DoubleTree by Hilton Acaya Golf Resort in Italy
The Muslim Brotherhood lost much of its credibility with its unhelpful position on the Tahrir massacre and its conspicuous absence from Egypt’s public squares
After the NATO 'humanitarian help' to Libya, which was really a bloodbath, with 150,000 dead and now with Egypt, people are just now only realizing what it was from the beginning - there was no revolution there at all - it was a failure, and now people are beginning to understand this mistake.
Lemme just go. You mean like, the Middle East will be set on fire? Like, the Muslim Brotherhood is gonna take charge of Egypt tomorrow? You mean those crazy things? We're just a little ahead.
From our conversations with the Muslim Brotherhood, we expect them to be pragmatic and to work with a broad range of partners to find solutions to the difficult political and economic problems facing Egypt
With Mubarak shoved out by Arab Spring protests—with help from President Obama—Egypt could be a nightmare unfolding.
Under President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt was a friend
Human Rights Watch and others report of torture, detention of activists, you squelched the democratic uprising in Bahrain, you tried to overturn the democratic uprising in Egypt, and indeed you continue to oppress your own people. What legitimacy does your regime have — other than billions of dollars an...
In the long run, holding this election now will prove disastrous for the world at large because if the [Muslim Brotherhood] gains hold of power in Egypt, they will never relinquish that power
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood in the lead, press
Hosni Mubarak corrupted all political life in Egypt and killed our rights.
Rumor has it the Muslim Brotherhood has been in touch with major accounting companies in the West to help it understand the needs of the Egyptian economy and the policy mechanisms needed to alleviate poverty in Egypt
Egypt turmoil may prompt Israel to strike Gaza
Barack Obama is concerned only with the genuine shift to democracy in Egypt
Until Egypt’s Jews were expelled by Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1950s and ’60s, Egypt had a millennia-old, thriving Jewish community. As late as the 1930s, Jewish politicians occupied ministerial posts in Egyptian governments and participated in nationalist politics
Most people will vote secular. They are not interested in religion. The Muslim Brotherhood only wants power not to make Egypt a good place.
Before Mubarak's overthrow ... the World Bank and IMF considered Egypt one of the safest and best places in the Middle East which to invest. Indeed, foreign investment poured into the country.
We have independent U.S. witness delegations that are in Egypt, they come from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, as well as the Carter Center at Emory University, and then of course the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute ... They're spread out in v...
an unnamed US source told the news agency, that those who sought canceling a visit of (the spiritual head of the Maronite Church) Patriarch Beshara Rahi to the White House are Dalia Mujahid (Mogahed), the highest adviser on Arab and Islamic Affairs in the State Department, who is from Egyptian origins. ...
The bottom line is that Hamas is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, most of its leaders were trained in Egypt.
