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Egypt's emboldened press now feeling the backlash

With lively independent newspapers and rollicking TV political talk shows, Egypt's journalists in recent years have pushed the boundaries of what you can say about the government in this authoritarian nation ...

Egypt Islamists in Hiding Ahead of Vote

A government crackdown has forced dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members into hiding ahead of local elections in Egypt, where the banned group has become the U.S.-allied country’s most powerful opposition force by agitating for Islamic law and democratic reform...

Egypt’s opposition to run in elections

n Islamic fundamentalist group accused Egypt ’s government on Thursday of trying to prevent the opposition movement from running in key April local elections by arresting its potential candidates. Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood vowed, however, to stand defiant against the crackdown and field candidates in the April 8 vote. "They think they will prevent us from exercising our right in defending the nation," Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef told reporters at the group’s h..

Authorities investigate video said to show Egyptian policeman forcing woman to strip

Egyptian authorities have opened an investigation into a video clip uncovered by an anti-torture activist that allegedly shows a police officer slapping a woman and forcing her to strip, a security official said Saturday...

Mubarak’s Son Denies Succession Move

President Hosni Mubarak’s son denied Monday that the ruling party had made it easier for him to succeed his father by changing its bylaws...

Egypt Strives to Quell Mubarak Rumors

A prosecutor plans to question the editor of a newspaper that raised questions about the health of Egypt’s leader, a judicial official said Tuesday in the latest step by the government to quash rumors that President Hosni Mubarak is ill...