Egypt opposition presses Morsi

Egypt's leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei has called on the country’s Islamist president to make serious concessions to bring the opposition into decision-making.

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Egypt vote could be 'road to total chaos'

Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has warned of chaos in the troubled nation if parliamentary polls go ahead in April.

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Anti-Morsi protesters march for change

Thousands have taken to the streets after opposition groups called for "Friday of dignity" rallies demanding President Mohammed Morsi fulfil the goals of the revolt that brought him to power.

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Egypt politicians call for end to violence

Egypt's feuding politicians have finally met, summoned by the country's most influential Islamic scholar who made them call an end to violence after a week of deadly protests.

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Egypt liberals, Islamists pressure Morsi

Egypt's liberals and hardline Islamists are in rare talks, adding pressure on the president over the crisis.

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Massive demos expected in Egypt

Huge demonstrations are expected in Egypt on the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government, as political tensions simmer.

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Morsi draws fire with new Egypt decree

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has triggered controversy by issuing a decree likely to lead to retrials of Hosni Mubarak and his aides.

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Egypt's Morsi moves toward unity govt

President-elect Mohammed Morsi is trying to ease the turmoil that has rocked Egypt since the uprising 16 months ago, reaching out to Christians, women and secular revolutionaries to join his new Islamist-led government.

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ElBaradei: Egypt has 'long way to go'

Mohamed ElBaradei has hailed the end of "the culture of fear" as Egyptians voted for their first democratically elected president.

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ElBaradei returns to Egyptian politics

Egyptian reform leader ElBaradei has launched a new Constitution Party he says aims to unite Egyptians and saves the revolution from a messy transition.

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Mubarak trial: Defence wants ElBaradei

A lawyer for Egypt's former interior minister has requested that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei testify as a witness in his client's defence.

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ElBaradei 'won't contest Egypt presidency'

Mohamed ElBaradei won’t run in Egypt's presidential election scheduled for later this year and is set to announce his withdrawal, a source on his campaign team says.

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Egypt troops pull women across pavement

Egypt's military is using a dramatically heavier hand to crush protests against its rule in nearly 48 hours of continuous fighting in Egypt's capital that has left nine dead.

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Egypt on edge ahead of elections

Egypt's army rulers, protesters and future political leaders are locked in a fierce power struggle that has set the country on edge ahead of the first elections since its revolution.

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Civil courts 'must try Egypt clash suspects'

Egyptians detained in connection with clashes between Christian protesters and military police that left 25 people dead should be tried in civilian not military courts Mohamed ElBaradei says.

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ElBaradei wants broad alliance

Egypt's top reform leader ElBaradei has called for a broad coalition for post-Mubarak elections.

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Egypt's ElBaradei calls for true reform

Egyptian dissident and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei said he would run for president if true democratic reforms were implemented.

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Egypt govt in chaos, ElBaradei says

Egypt’s leadership is in “total chaos”, political activist Mohamed ElBaradei says, again calling on President Hosni Mubarak to make way for a government of national unity.

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Egypt opposition rejects reform offer

Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's embattled regime have dismissed as insufficient an offer to include them in political reform plans.

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ElBaradei could run for president

Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei says he could run in Egypt's presidential elections if the Egyptian people asked him to.

• ElBaradei accuses govt of 'scare tactics'
• ElBaradei wants 'safe exit' for Mubarak
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Arab reform 'poses big risks for US'

The apparent sea change in the Arab world, given the revolt in Tunisia and rebellion in Egypt, could transform the region in a way not favourable to the US, analysts say.

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Army fires first warning shots in Cairo

Egyptian troops have fired warning shots at the main rally against President Hosni Mubararak in central Cairo.

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Mubarak should leave to 'save his skin'

Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel peace laureate emerging as a key figure in protests in Egypt says President Hosni Mubarak should leave “if he wants to save his skin”.

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ElBaradei under house arrest amid chaos

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have poured into the streets of Egypt in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.