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A cleric from Al-Azhar, Egypt's most respected Islamic institution, addresses protesters in front of the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo on Dec. 11, 2012. Thousands of opponents and supporters of Egypt's Islamist president staged rival rallies in the nation's capital, four days ahead a nationwide referendum on a contentious draft constitution. (Associated Press)

Egypt judges say most will boycott referendum

By Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

An Egyptian protester takes a picture with his mobile phone of his children on top of an Egyptian army tank outside the presidential palace (background) in Cairo on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egyptians protest against disputed constitution

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

An Egyptian passes riot policemen guarding a gate of the presidential palace under a banner with a defaced picture of president Mohammed Morsi and Arabic that reads "the people want to bring down the regime," at the protests site, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military has warned of 'disastrous consequences' if the political crisis gripping the country is not resolved through dialogue. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Egypt: Military warns of ‘disastrous consequences’

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Egyptian army soldiers stand on top of their tank as the sun sets outside the presidential palace, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military warned Saturday of 'disastrous consequences' if the crisis that sent tens of thousands of protesters back into the streets is not resolved, signaling the army's return to an increasingly polarized and violent political scene.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt’s military returns to the political fray

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Dec. 7, 2012, after they broke a barbed wire barricade keeping them from getting closer to the palace. Egypt's political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination as thousands of Islamist backers of the president vowed vengeance at a funeral for men killed in bloody clashes earlier in the week and large crowds of the president's opponents marched on his palace to increase pressure after he rejected their demands. (Associated Press

Charter enshrining Shariah at core of Egypt crisis

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egyptian Army tanks deploy near the presidential palace in Cairo on Dec. 6, 2012, to secure the site of overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s army moves to restore order after protests

By Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egyptian tanks help secure the presidential palace in Cairo during a protest Thursday by opponents of President Mohammed Morsi. Egypt has the largest army in Africa and the seventh-largest tank army in the world, in part because of U.S. military aid. (Associated Press)

Muslim Brotherhood inherits U.S. war gear

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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

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

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

Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square, where an opposition rally has been called for to voice rejection of President Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Egypt mass protests challenge Islamist president

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Egyptian security forces arrest a protester on his way to the anti-Morsi rally in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Angry protesters fill Tahrir Square

By Ghazala Irshad and Mohannad Sabry - Special to The Washington Times

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces (not pictured) near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)

Egyptian President Morsi stands by his decrees

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Egyptians carry the body of Gaber Salah, who died Sunday, through the streets of Cairo on Monday, days after he was gravely wounded in clashes with security. The funeral drew thousands to Tahrir Square, the symbol of last year’s Arab Spring revolt. (Associated Press)

Morsi’s power grab tests U.S. post-revolt tolerance

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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GAFFNEY: Morsi’s second Muslim Brotherhood coup

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President Mohammed Morsi, center right, waves to supporters outside the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's official news agency says that 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 on MEAN Saturday, the Supreme Judicial Council says they regret the declarations President Mohammed Morsi issued Thursday.(AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt reformist warns of turmoil from Morsi decree

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to supporters outside the Presidential palace in Cairo on Nov. 23, 2012. Opponents and supporters of Mohammed Morsi clashed across Egypt, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator. (Associated Press)

A look at powers decreed by Egypt’s president

Associated Press

Protesters storm an office of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice party in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23, 2012, and set fires. State TV says Morsi opponents also set fire to his party's offices in the Suez Canal cities of Suez, Port Said and Ismailia. Opponents and supporters of Morsi clashed across Egypt, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator. (Associated Press/Amira Mortada, El Shorouk Newspaper)

Clashes erupt across Egypt over Morsi’s new powers

By Aya Batrawy and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egypt’s Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press