Egypt's defence minister has denied claims that the armed forces were involved in killing and torturing protesters during Egypt's revolution.
Perhaps most annoying to Egypt's prickly security agents, Mr Ibrahim was outspoken about the need to air the grievances of Egypt's 5m Coptic Christians.
Shafik, a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military, has attempted to distance himself from Egypt's deposed leader.
Ominously for Egypt's government, financial markets have responded dramatically, with Egypt's stock index dipping by 6% on January 26th, as foreign investors fled.
In June, just weeks before Morsy's election, Egypt's military leaders declared parliament invalid and dissolved the body, a ruling which was upheld by Egypt's highest court in September.
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- At least five people have been killed and five more injured after clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt's Qalyubia province, a spokesman for Egypt's health ministry said.
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Last month, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan summoned Egypt's ambassador over claims carried by Egyptian media the UAE was behind a plot against Egypt's leadership, saying they were "fabricated".
Even more troubling for Israel, Field-Marshal Muhammad Tantawi, Egypt's top man for the time being, and others in Egypt's interim military government were unavailable to take calls from Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, until Barack Obama intervened directly with them.
The truly important communications, entirely off the media's radar, were between the Pentagon and Egypt's military, urging restraint while also trying to understand the shifting dynamics on Egypt's streets and behind closed doors, where the key political negotiations were taking place.
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But however much Egypt needs the U.S., the U.S. needs Egypt's assistance too, in areas including cooperation on counter-terrorism and the Arab-Israeli peace agreements.
Whereas in places like Egypt, Israel's relations with the country are completely contingent on the identity of Egypt's leader, in the US, the president does not determine whether the alliance between Washington and Jerusalem will remain strong.
That's because Egypt's best-known river is suffering from a crayfish invasion.
Under the military council's decree, Egypt's new constitution must be drawn up within three months.
As was the case with Turkey under Erdogan, Israel's confusion over Egypt's intentions has nothing to do with the military rulers' behavior.
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Now, he's one of Egypt's best-known television personalities, with a nationally broadcast program that has drawn comparisons to Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" for its irreverent take on Egyptian politics.
ISRAEL'S CONFUSION over Egypt's strategic direction and interests echoes its only recently abated confusion over Turkey's strategic direction in the aftermath of the Islamist AKP Party's rise to power in 2002.
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Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's dominant Islamist group, was a major voice in parliament before the announcement Thursday.
But then Set Ghalia's life, like Egypt's, was caught up in revolutionary currents.
While Israel fears for its peace treaty with the Arab world's biggest country, Egypt's Copts face a more immediate crisis.
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Unlike in Turkey, however, where the army has traditionally championed Ataturk's uncompromising secularism, Egypt's generals do not reveal their political inclinations.
Mr Obama has also been careful to say, in public at least, that Egypt's future is for Egypt, not America, to decide.
That is, Israel's entreaties, and Egypt's international legal obligations were insufficient to move the Egyptian authorities to act to save the embassy personnel from the mob.
It would be the first visit to Tehran by an Egyptian leader since Iran's Islamic revolution and Egypt's signing of the Camp David peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
Cleopatra's fortune derived from Egypt's inexhaustible natural resources.
The Brotherhood has failed to get results in parliament, where its lawmakers have been "cocky" toward liberal forces, he said, and also failed to realize just how deep the military's influence runs through Egypt's intelligence and security services -- the so-called deep state.
The judiciary's independence is crucial for Egypt's coming parliamentary elections, scheduled for later this year.
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The deceased mother of Abu Ismael held U.S. citizenship and used her U.S. passport to enter Egypt three times, Egypt's Interior Ministry has said.
With Mubarak gone, the Brotherhood claimed the lion's share of seats in Egypt's parliament and is expected to play a prominent role in the writing of a new constitution.
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Under the terms of the British-led excavation, the tomb's contents were not to leave Egypt's possession, the museum said on Wednesday.
Mohamed's achievement is particularly impressive as Egypt's math and science education came 125th out of 139 nations in a World Economic Forum survey.
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