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An elderly Egyptian protester chants anti-military ruling council prayers during a demonstration on July 8, 2011, following the Muslims' weekly Friday prayers, part of nationally organized protests called "The revolution first" at the main Arba'in square in Suez, Egypt. (Associated Press)
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Protesters in Martyrs Square in Suez, Egypt, on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, demonstrate with placards that read in Arabic, "Open strike there is retribution" (center); "I'm a thug" (right), which ridicules official accusations that protesters are violent thugs; and "Revolutionaries but they call us thugs." (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Flames rise near El-Arish, Egypt, 30 miles from the border with Israel, on Monday, July 4, 2011, after unidentified assailants blew up the Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Israel and Jordan. (AP Photo)
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Illustration: Egypt by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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Associated Press Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, seen here in March before taking office, speaks to an electoral observer as he casts his vote in Cairo during a referendum on constitutional amendments. Mr. Sharaf now favors postponing parliamentary elections scheduled for September until a new constitution is drafted.
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** FILE ** A Palestinian woman carries her bag atop her head as enters Egypt from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah border crossing (in the background) on Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo, Egypt's then President Hosni Mubarak listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu, unseen, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Egypt's state news agency says former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will go on trial on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File
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A Palestinian family waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Palestinians wait before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. After four years, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip's main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory's Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area's ruling Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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President Obama (right) speaks with Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf during a group photo at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, on May 27, 2011. (Associated Press/dapd/Peer Grimm)
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**FILE** In this photo from Feb. 18, 2011, Palestinians collect their belongings as they come back from Egypt at the Rafah border crossing the Gaza Strip. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** A Syrian man beats a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad with a shoe on April 26, 2011, during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt, against the ongoing violence in Syria. (Associated Press)
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash Sunday with Egyptian riot police near the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, is seen here Feb. 19, 2003, at the Free University Berlin. (Associated Press)
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Lisa Simon, president of the National Tour Association, visits with demonstrators to show that Egypt is safe for tourism. Those who do visit Egypt now will find a relative calm, with opportunities for travel upgrades as well as short lines and small crowds.
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** FILE ** Former Egyptian Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana (right) and steel tycoon and prominent ruling party leader Ahmed Ezz, wearing white prison uniforms, sit in a metal cage as they appear in criminal court in Cairo on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The court has convicted Garana of corruption for allowing two businessmen to illegally acquire state land and has sentenced him to five years in prison. (AP Photo, File)
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**FILE** Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's top security official (Associated Press)
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Policemen on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, guard a convoy carrying Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, outside the courthouse in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where they were questioned by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Egyptians shout anti- Mubarak slogans during their protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 10, 2011. In the first remarks since his ouster, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied he abused his authority to amass wealth and property in a pre-recorded speech broadcast Sunday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Pro-Islamic demonstrators in Istanbul support protesters in Egypt during a rally in February. Turkey has indicated a goal to be a power broker on the world stage with its responses to recent unrest in the Middle East. (Associated Press)
