Despite the positive outlook, the Egyptian capital of Cairo isn't a placid city two years after the revolution (arguably it never was).

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Secular in this conservative and religious society isn't quite secular, even in Cairo's trendy salons and nightclubs.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who led a delegation observing the voting, told reporters in Cairo he couldn't say "the entire process has been proper" because of some restraints on observers.

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"It's a question of expectations, and I don't think the community expected that the resolution in Cairo would be implemented that way, " Burr said.

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Modern Egypt (especially Cairo, where I live) doesn't offer much in the way of solitude or stillness, and suddenly I found myself immersed in nothing but.

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"The people proposing this argue 'Don't worry, everything' s fine now we have voluntary programmes on the Cairo model', " says Betsy Hartmann.

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Now, he has invited the heads of the two major Palestinian factions to meet in Cairo in hopes of building unity, a task he acknowledged won't be easy.

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I've checked with my sources, and I don't think they're going to say until the Arab league meeting here in Cairo tomorrow where all this is going to be discussed.

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Morsy has also invited the heads of the two major Palestinian factions to meet in Cairo in hopes of building unity -- a task he acknowledged won't be easy.

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