Egypt

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a court building in Cairo on Monday for the resumption of his trial in the deaths of more than 800 protesters during the uprising that toppled his 29-year regime last year. (Associated Press)

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled on a gurney Jan. 2, 2012, as he arrives at a courthouse in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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An Egyptian protester throws a stone toward soldiers, unseen, as a building burns during clashes near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Hammad)

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An Egyptian man rode his donkey to a polling station in Menoufia, Egypt, as large numbers turned out Wednesday for the second round of parliamentary elections. Writing on the wall reads "no to reminiscence of the old regime." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A tourist couple walks Dec. 8, 2010, in the shallow waters at a closed beach in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Egypt vote by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Protesters carry symbolic coffins honoring those killed in recent clashes with security forces during a rally in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Islamists appear to have taken a strong majority of seats in the first round of Egypt's first parliamentary vote since Hosni Mubarak's ouster. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Election workers count ballots from this week's parliamentary elections in Luxor, Egypt, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. (AP Photo)

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A woman protester attempts to dismantle a barbed wire barricade, newly erected by the Egyptian army, near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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A boy looks at Egyptian Army soldiers standing guard atop a concrete block barricade on the street between Tahrir Square and the interior ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Police and protesters demanding that Egypt's ruling military council step down are observing a truce after five days of deadly street battles in which dozens have died. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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An Egyptian boy holds two Molotov cocktails during clashes with Egyptian riot police, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

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A protester runs to throw a tear gas canister away during clashes with the Egyptian riot police near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A protester throws a tear gas grenade back at Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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** FILE ** In this March 30, 2011, file photo. an art student from the University of Helwan paints the Facebook logo on a mural commemorating the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati, File)

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** FILE ** Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83, lies on a hospital bed inside the defendants' cage of a Cairo courtroom on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television, File)

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In this photo made available by the office of Israeli Knesset Member Israel Hasson on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, Ilan Grapel, a U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt, sits between Israel Hasson, right, and lawyer Yitzhak Molcho, left, in Cairo, Egypt. Israel on Tuesday officially approved a deal to swap 25 Egyptian prisoners for Grapel, who was arrested in Egypt in June 2011 on suspicions of espionage. (AP Photo/MK Israel Hasson Office, HO)