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** FILE ** In this Sunday, July 22, 2012, file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, left, meets with the minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hesham Kandil, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. (AP Photo/Ahmed Mourad, Egyptian Presidency, File)

Egypt’s Morsi asserts authority, defends army

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

World Briefs: New prime minister pledges ‘peoples government’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Egypt's new prime minister Hesham Kandil talks Aug. 2, 2012, during a press conference in Cairo. (Associated Press)

New Egypt Cabinet sworn in, faces heavy tasks

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is greeted Tuesday by Egyptian Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in Cairo. Mr. Panetta also met for the first time with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. (Associated Press)

New Egyptian president promises Panetta democracy and partnership

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Illustration Coptic Woman by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

SMITH: Escalating violence against Coptic women and girls

By Rep. Christopher H. Smith

The first Egyptian satellite channel operated by women wearing the niqab, or face veil, launched on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Heba Seraj films a segment for a program. (Associated Press)

Voice and eyes set veil-wearing Egyptian TV anchors apart

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

FILE- Greece's Voula Papachristou soars through the air in the Women's Triple Jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in this file photo dated Friday, June 29, 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee has removed triple jumper Voula Papachristou from the team taking part in the upcoming London Olympic Games over comments she made on twitter making fun of African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. &#8220;The track and field athlete Paraskevi (Voula) Papachristou is placed outside the Olympic Team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement,&#8221; a statement by the Hellenic Olympic Committee says. Papachristou is in Athens, and was to travel to London &#8220;shortly before the track events start,&#8221; the announcement says.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

Olympics 2012: Greek triple jumper booted for Twitter posts

Associated Press

Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled women

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Egypt relaxes transit rules for Gaza Palestinians

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

SANDERS: In Syria, another ‘nationalist’ failure

By Sol Sanders - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (right) is visted by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the al-Salam palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iran finds it’s not so easy to fill a vacuum

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as she arrives at Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, on Sunday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Jet-setting Clinton breaks travel record

By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Two American tourists, the Rev. Michel Louis (seated at left) and Lissa Alphonse (seated at right), rest at a police station on Monday, July 16, 2012, after their release by a kidnapper in El Arish, in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (Associated Press)

Kidnapper frees U.S. tourists in Egypt

By Ashraf Sweilam and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Two American tourists, the Rev. Michel Louis (seated at left) and Lissa Alphonse (seated at right), rest at a police station on Monday, July 16, 2012, after their release by a kidnapper in El Arish, in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (Associated Press)

2 Americans kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai are freed

By Ashraf Sweilam and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks with Hussein Tantawi to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo on Sunday. Mrs. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt’s top military leaders to press the military to work with Egypt’s new Islamist leaders on a full transition. (Associated Press)

Egyptian general hits Brotherhood

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo on Sunday, July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Clinton urges Egypt to commit to ‘durable democracy’

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi laugh during a photo opportunity at their meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Clinton in Egypt for first meeting with president

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (center) is flanked by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (left) and Chief of Staff Sami Anan at a ceremony at an Air Force base in Cairo on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in the Egyptian capital on Saturday amid growing concern in Washington that a power struggle in Egypt could imperil the transition to democratic rule. (Associated Press)

Power at core of dispute in Egypt

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Egyptian Parliament Speaker Saad el-Katani presides over a brief session of parliament, the first since the country's high court ruled the chamber unconstitutional, in Cairo on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo)

Egyptian lawmakers defy ban as political heat rises

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Illustration: Islamerica by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The Islamist pyramid scheme

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES