Mohamed Morsi

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• Egyptian judges suspend talks with president

  delay in elections for a new parliament when it ruled that the election law had to be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court.Morsi himself clashed frequently with the judiciary since becoming president last summer, at one point issuing a decree, since   Read more »

• IMF leaves Egypt after hearing from opposition

  measures that it said could hurt Egypt's poor. They also accused the IMF of trying to curry support for President Mohammed Morsi 's reform program.Egypt's economy has been hard hit by the two years of turmoil that followed the ouster of longtime President   Read more »

• Egypt to try Brotherhood members on torture charge

  They followed President Mohammed Morsi's decrees, which have since been rescinded, giving himself near absolute powers.Morsi is a longtime leader of the Brotherhood.The officials spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak   Read more »

• Egypt's top satirist undeterred after questioning

  said.Youssef then said sarcastically that after his visit to the attorney general, he had decided not to talk on the show about Morsi -- just the attorney general. The television audience, which included one of Egypt's most prominent opposition figures, Hamdeen   Read more »

• Egyptian crackdown includes top comic

  CAIRO -- Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a move that government opponents say is aimed at silencing critics of Islamist President Mohammed Mor   Read more »

Around the web

• Unlikely Alliance to Oppose Egypt's Rulers

  introduce legislation that could replace a quarter of Egypt's judges with Brotherhood appointees. This month, President Mohammed Morsi also revamped his cabinet, adding more Brotherhood allies to run crucial ministries. Some believe the liberal-leaning Front 7:39 PM from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• Egypt's Morsi rejects dialogue with kidnappers of soldiers

  May 19 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi stressed Sunday that there would be no dialogue with the kidnappers of Sinai soldiers, official news agency MENA reported. "No dialogue with criminals," said Morsi when meeting with heads of several political 3:02 PM from SINA English Read more »

• Egypt's Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears

  (AFP) - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video. The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police 12:54 PM from Straits Times Read more »

• Report: Egyptian army pushes to attack kidnappers

  Egyptian army is pushing president Mohamed Morsi for a green light to attack the kidnappers of seven security officers, which have been held since last Thursday, according to a report in Sunday’s Asharq al-Awsat. Islamic leaders close to Morsi have been negotiating 10:37 AM from Jerusalem Post Read more »

• Houdaiby: The Bureaucracy Wins

  months have passed since the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi as Egypt’s first post-uprising president. During his election campaign, Morsi repeatedly promised “change.” So far, however, it appears that Egypt’s bureaucracy has been more successful   from The Arabist Read more »