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Riot police fire tear gas during clashes outside Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Hundreds of largely Islamist university students in a number of universities protested Wednesday against the mass death sentences issued against more than 520 suspected supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in a cursory trial, setting off clashes that left dozens injured. At Cairo University, hundreds of students who attempted to take their protest outside the campus were met with volleys of tear gas from police. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk) EGYPT OUT

Egypt army chief says he will run for president

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a demonstration outside Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Hundreds of largely Islamist university students in a number of universities protested Wednesday against the mass death sentences issued against more than 520 suspected supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in a cursory trial, setting off clashes that left dozens injured. At Cairo University, hundreds of students who attempted to take their protest outside the campus were met with volleys of tear gas from police. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk) EGYPT OUT

Egypt prosecutor orders new mass trials of 919 Islamists

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Egyptian security forces members demonstrate their training during a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 23, 2014. Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim observed a parade, feasts and training strategies used by the security forces during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Egypt sentences 529 to death over police attack

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egypt military chief reshuffles commanders

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

The Washington Times

ALLARD: Obama Apache copter policy flies off the handle

By Ken Allard

Secretary of State John F. Kerry says restoration of U.S. military aid to Egypt depends largely Cairo's progress making reforms. (Associated Press)

John Kerry says any resumption of aid to Egypt would depend on reforms in Cairo

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Correction: Egypt-El-Sissi’s Run story

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. A Saudi-owned satellite network said on Saturday, March 8, 2014, that the signal of its Egyptian affiliate deliberately was jammed while it aired the country's top satirical program, Bassem Youssef's show, called &quot;The Program&quot; in Arabic. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Network says signal of Egyptian satire show jammed

By MARIAM RIZK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 file photo, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting in Rawdat Khurayim, a secluded royal hunting retreat in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has identified the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group along with al-Qaida and other groups, warning those who join them or support them they could face five to 30 years in prison. A statement Friday, March 7, 2014 from the Saudi Interior Ministry said King Abdullah approved the findings of a committee entrusted with identifying extremist groups referred to in a royal decree earlier last month.(AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)

Saudi Arabia names Brotherhood a terrorist group

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Censorship boards across the Muslim world have banned the release of Darren Aronofsky's new Biblical epic "Noah," because of claims that the film violates Islamic law. (Paramount Pictures)

Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ banned in Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste stands inside the defendants' cage in a courtroom during a trial on terror charges, along with several other defendants, in Cairo Egypt, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Al-Jazeera reporter speaks at Egyptian trial

By MAGGIE HYDE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, left, waves to the crowd as they meet in Gaza City. An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to ban activities of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Egypt in a move likely to fuel tension between Cairo's military-backed government and the Islamic group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip. Egypt's interim leaders maintain that Hamas is playing a key role in the insurgency by militants in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Hamas-ruled Gaza and Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Egypt court bans all activities by Hamas

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reviews honor guards during an arrival ceremony for his U.S. counterpart at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo. Egypt's military chief says he &quot;can't turn his back&quot; if the majority of Egyptians want him to run for president. El-Sissi's comments, made in a speech Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to military cadets and reported by the state news agency MEAN, are his strongest yet suggesting he intends to run. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool, File)

Egypt: El-Sissi gives new sign of presidential run

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, as they observe a military exercise near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. pro-Russian troops held all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

PRUDEN: Playing the chicken in Kiev

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

This image made from undated video broadcast on Egyptian State Television on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 shows a device that the Egyptian army claims will detect and cure AIDS and Hepatitis. Egypt's military is facing embarrassment after unveiling a so-called &quot;miraculous&quot; invention of a set of devices that allegedly detect and cure AIDS, Hepatitis and other viruses. The army's carefully managed image as protector of the nation has suffered after many experts dismissed the claims, saying they aren't technically sound. (AP Photo via AP video)

Egypt army ‘AIDS detector’ instead finds ridicule

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Jehane Noujaim, right, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary film &quot;The Square,&quot; poses with the film's producer Karim Amer at a reception featuring the Oscar nominees in the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Oscars will be held on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

First Egyptian film at Oscars not shown at home

By MAGGIE HYDE and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Egyptian prime ministry in Cairo, Egypt. El-Beblawi announced Monday the resignation of his Cabinet, a surprise move that could be designed in part to pave the way for the nation’s military chief to leave his defense minister’s post to run for president. El-Beblawi has often been derided in the media for his perceived indecisiveness and inability to introduce effective remedies to the country’s economic woes. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt’s Cabinet resigns, sets stage for presidency

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

El-Sissi

President el-Sissi? Resignation of Egypt’s government puts military leader on the path

By Jennifer Collins and Mohamed Mahmoud - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Egypt's Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, right, and army's Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi, left, attend the funeral of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt’s interim Cabinet resigns in surprise move

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press