Egypt

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Newly-appointed Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

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Thousands of supporters raise a poster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi as they celebrate in Cairo’s Tahrir Square late Sunday after Mr. Morsi retired the defense minister and chief of staff without the military’s objection. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zeinawi speaks Sept. 17, 2011, in Cairo to reporters after a meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (right) swears in newly-appointed Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (left), in Cairo on Aug. 12, 2012. (Associated Press/Egyptian presidency)

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Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (left), President Mohammed Morsi (center) and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Sami Annan attend a medal ceremony at a military base east of Cairo last month. The president ordered the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (right) swears in the newly-appointed defense minister, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

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Palestinians walk toward the Egyptian border crossing with Gaza, which temporarily has been reopened but only to allow the passage of Palestinians back to Gaza, in Rafah, Egypt, on Friday Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** Egyptians stand Aug. 5, 2012, outside the El Arish hospital, after an attack which Egypt and Israel blamed on Islamist militants from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. (Associated Press)

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In this Sunday, Aug. 6, 2012 image released by the Egyptian President, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, speaks to the media as Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi, second right, listens during their visit to El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (right) speaks to the media as Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi (second from right) listens during their visit to El Arish, in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)