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** FILE ** Egyptians call for the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi on Monday, as the military told the Islamist leader to “meet the people’s demands” or it will put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. “Wasting more time will only bring more division and conflict,” said Army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s next expected president: Muslim Brotherhood ‘finished’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi listens to a question during an interview in a nationally televised program in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 5, 2014. Former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said that he decided to run for president of Egypt because of the &quot;threats&quot; facing the country, speaking in the first TV interview of his campaign. (AP Photo/Egypt's State Television)

El-Sissi pushes Egyptians to line up behind him

By SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH - Associated Press

Egypt’s ex-army chief says he decided to run for president because of threats facing country

Associated Press

In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi listens to a question during an interview in a nationally televised program in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 5, 2014. Former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said that he decided to run for president of Egypt because of the &quot;threats&quot; facing the country, speaking in the first TV interview of his campaign. (AP Photo/Egypt's State Television)

Egypt’s el-Sissi: Brotherhood will not return

By SARAH EL DEEEB and LEE KEATH - Associated Press

A man pins pictures of former Egyptian President Hosni on a poster showing presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 4, 2014. With only two people — former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi — vying for the country's top post, the Egyptian election commission set the first round of voting for May 26 and 27, with results expected by June 5. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt militants claim responsibility for 2 attacks

By ASHRAF SWEILAM - Associated Press

Egyptian women mourn after a judge sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, Monday, April 28, 2014. Under the law, Monday's verdicts in Minya have to be referred to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)

Egypt judge sentences 683 Islamists to death over Morsi-tied violence

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

An Egyptian woman screams after a judge sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, Monday, April 28, 2014. Under the law, Monday's verdicts in Minya have to be referred to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Mass death sentences in Egypt leave White House ‘deeply troubled’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6, 2007. (Image: U.S. Army) ** FILE **

U.S. lifts ban on attack helicopters for Egypt; Apaches sent to counter growing al Qaeda threat

By Bill Gertz — The Washington Free Beacon

US clears Egypt for some military assistance

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

Egypt's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, shakes hands with Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 19, 2014. El-Sissi on Monday took the final formal step to run in next month's presidential election, submitting to the election commission eight times the number of signatures required. He is widely expected to win. (AP Photo/Girgis Mahboub, Office of the Coptic Pope)

Egypt: Ex-army chief, leftist to run for president

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Thursday, May 24, 2007 file photo, Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe arrives for the screening of the film &quot;Ocean's Thirteen,&quot; at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. The head of Egypt’s censorship board says he has resigned after the country’s prime minister overruled his decision to allow a film starring Haifa Wehbe to be shown. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said he stopped the film from being shown in response to calls from the National Council for Motherhood and Childhood and “to preserve the morals of our children.” In the film, Lebanese sex symbol Haifa Wehbe has a young boy infatuated with her character. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Egypt’s censorship board head resigns in film spat

By MAGGIE HYDE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef poses during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. On Saturday, April, 19, 2014, the Saudi-owned television network Middle East Broadcasting Center says the top Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef will be off the air until after the Egyptian presidential elections to avoid influencing voters. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi visits Coptic pope before Easter

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Islamic society event offers cultural education

By IKE WILSON - Associated Press

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Attacks, rapes and forced conversions to Islam spike for Egypt’s Christian women: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Illustration on three state solution for Israel and Palestine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BOLTON: A ‘three-state solution’ for Middle East peace

By John R. Bolton

This undated photo released by Israel&#8217;s Antiquities Authority shows a scarab seal ring encased in gold, carved with the name of Pharaoh Seti I, who ruled ancient Egypt in the 13th century BC, found at Tel Shadud, an archaeological mound in the Jezreel Valley. Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a rare sarcophagus featuring a slender face and a scarab ring inscribed with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, Israel&#8217;s Antiquities Authority said Wednesday April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Israel&#8217;s Antiquities Authority)

Rare sarcophagus, Egyptian scarab found in Israel

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss his budget and the status of diplomatic hot spots. Lawmakers' questions focused on Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Syria. Kerry, a former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, threatened Russia with tougher economic sanctions if it fails to back down from its chaotic involvement in Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

MAY: The Mideast peace process peters out

By Clifford D. May

FILE - This March 24, 2014 file photo shows former President Jimmy Carter during an interview in New York. Thirty-six years after President Jimmy Carter made peace between Egypt and Israel, “Camp David” is now both history and theater. Carter and his wife Rosalynn returned to Washington on Thursday night to open a new play commissioned by Arena Stage. It retraces the 13 days of tense negotiations in 1978. By the time the lights came up, the former president had tears in his eyes and was soon hugging actor Richard Thomas who played him on stage. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) . (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New play ‘Camp David’ retraces 1978 peace accord

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, Egypt’s military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi smiles as he speaks to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their talks along with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Russia. Former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, if he wins Egypt’s presidency as is widely expected, will have an overwhelming presence over a shattered political scene. Egypt’s once dominant political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, is exhausted under a relentless crackdown. Non-Islamist parties are weak and largely acquiescent to his power. But the political vacuum is hardly a stable one. The Brotherhood is betting that with time the public will turn against el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Egyptians to elect new president in late May

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks in a nationally televised speech, announcing that he will run for president, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. In a nationally televised speech, el-Sissi said he has resigned from the military. Wearing military fatigues, he said it was the last time he would wear it and that &quot;I give up the uniform to defend the nation&quot; and run in elections expected next month. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

In Egypt’s political vacuum, el-Sissi looms large

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and LEE KEATH - Associated Press