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An Egyptian boy atop his mother’s shoulders waves a national flag in Tahrir Square in Cairo, where several hundred demonstrators have been camping for two weeks. (Associated Press)

Protesters reach palace; Morsi flees

By Marwa Nasser and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood during a rally Dec. 4, 2012, in front of the presidential palace in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Protest at Egypt president’s palace turns violent

By Aya Batrawy and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of Egypt’s top court in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Egyptian civil disobedience could widen

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egyptian newspaper front pages Monday featured a man wrapped in newspaper, with his feet cuffed, and the declaration “No to dictatorship,” to protest Mohamed Morsi’s power seizure. A general strike was called for Tuesday, when newspapers planned to suspend publication and private TV networks to go dark. (Associated Press)

Resistance to Morsi’s power grab in Egypt escalates

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

A demonstrator chants slogans as backers of President Mohammed Morsi surround the Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday to prevent judges from entering and ruling on the legitimacy of the nation’s Islamist-dominated constituent assembly. (Associated Press)

Backers of Morsi converge on court

By Jabeen Bhatti and Sarah Lynch - Special to The Washington Times

A demonstrator chants slogans as several thousand supporters of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi surround the Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, to prevent the judges from entering and ruling on the legitimacy of the nation's Islamist-dominated constituent assembly. (AP Photo/Ahmad Hammad)

Egypt’s top court suspends work in protest

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Some wish Islam would inform climate debate

By MICHAEL CASEY and KARL RITTER - Associated Press

** FILE ** An Egyptian girl watches supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during a rally in front of Cairo University, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Egypt’s Morsi calls for Dec. 15 referendum on constitution

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Some wish Islam would inform climate talks

By MICHAEL CASEY and KARL RITTER - Associated Press

Egyptian protesters chant anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans as they attend a rally in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest

By Aya Batrawy and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Hajaj Al-Rai, Amman, Jordan

GORDON: Egypt will set course for Middle East

By J.D. Gordon

Members of the Islamist-dominated Egyptian Constitutional Assembly pushed through a final draft of a new constitution Thursday over the objections of more liberal members. The move is likely to stoke a deepening political crisis between the president and the opposition. (Associated Press)

Tensions rise over new law in Egypt

By Ruby Russell, Daria Solovieva and Marwa Nasser - Special to The Washington Times

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Islamist-led assembly votes on Egyptian constitution

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters rally with banners depicting Morris Sadek during a protest in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. The banners in Arabic read, "Death to Israel," "Death to America" and "Anyone but God's Prophet." (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 13, 2012 photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Islamist president may look like he's running out of options as he faces an appeals court strike and massive opposition protests over decrees granting himself near absolute power. Will he back down now? Most likely not. Mohammed Morsi's next move may be to raise the stakes even higher. Signs are growing the constitutional panel at the heart of the showdown could vote on a draft this week despite a walkout by liberal and Christian members. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Power struggle in Egypt raises fear of civil war

By Charles McPhedran and Daria Solovieva - Special to The Washington Times

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to supporters outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. MENA, Egypt's official news agency, says the country's highest body of judges has called the president's recent decrees an "unprecedented assault on the independence of the judiciary and its rulings." In a statement carried by MENA on Saturday, the Supreme Judicial Council said it regrets the declarations Mr. Morsi issued Thursday. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

EDITORIAL: Egypt’s new pharaoh

The Washington Times

Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida faces a death sentence in Egypt for his role with an anti-Islam film that led to riots. (Associated Press)

Egyptian court declares Fla. pastor should die for anti-Islam film

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Egyptian state television says the country's highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president's decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian court suspends work to protest Morsi move

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press