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6Ashton offers Egypt crisis mediation August 21, 2013 10:19 AM EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Egyptian officials last month, including ousted leader Mohammed Morsi The EU's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton, has offered to return to Egypt to help mediate a political solution to the crisis in the country. "I am more than willing to go back... if they wish me to," she said. She was speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, who will discuss whether to continue with a 5bn-euro (£4.3bn) aid package to Egypt. Violence in the country has left more than 900 people dead in the last week. Lady Ashton said member states would have to balance the need to continue to support the people of Egypt, while also reflecting their concerns about the situation. There is "great concern about acts of violence" among the countries of the EU, Lady Ashton noted, but member states also recognise they need ...

Egypt army chief al-Sisi: Room for all in Egypt The head of Egypt's armed forces has said that his message to the supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi is that "there is room for everyone". Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi urged them to help "rebuild the democratic path" and "integrate in the political process". But he also warned the military would not be silent in the face of violence. Later, at least 36 people were killed when members of the Muslim Brotherhood tried to escape during their transfer to a prison on the outskirts of Cairo. The Mena state news agency reported that gunmen exchanged fire with guards of prison vehicles transporting more than 600 detainees to Abu Zaabal prison in Qalyubia province, north of the capital. The interior ministry said a number of people died from the effects of inhaling tear gas, which was fired when the escaping inmates took a police officer hostage. He was freed, but was badly injured, it added. ...

http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-916921.html Egypt cabinet to hold crisis meeting August 18, 2013 8:37 AM Egypt's cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, where hundreds have died in clashes in recent days. The interim prime minister has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood. Its members are key supporters of Mohammed Morsi, whose ousting as president sparked Egypt's stand-off. The interim government is continuing to crack down on protests by the Brotherhood, but more demonstrations are planned around Cairo on Sunday. Many Egyptians support government efforts to quash Brotherhood protests Overnight, television pictures showed protesters on the streets of Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, and in Helwan and Minya to the south of Cairo, in defiance of an overnight curfew. On Saturday Egypt's security forces cleared the al-Fath mosque in Cairo after a long stand-off with Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricade...

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Coptic Christian churches, buildings targeted in Egypt for second straight day Published August 15, 2013 | FoxNews.com ADVERTISEMENT Attacks on Coptic Christian churches in Egypt continued for a second day Thursday, the country’s state-run news agency said, as Muslim Brotherhood supporters torched a church in a province outside of Cairo. Egypt's MENA agency said supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi set fire to the Prince Tadros church in the province of Fayoum, where three similar attacks occurred on other churches the day before. Ishaq Ibrahim from The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights group, documented as many as 39 incidents of violence against churches, monasteries, Coptic schools and shops in different parts of the country on Wednesday. Violence across Egypt in the past two days has left at least 638 dead and 4,200 injured, according to Health Ministry figures. Looking to crack down on church-related attacks, Egyptian authorities on Thursday referred 84 ...

Dozens dead in Egypt 'day of anger' August 16, 2013 10:00 PM At least 60 people have been killed in Egypt, officials say, as protesters loyal to the ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with security forces. Most of the reported deaths were in Cairo, but about 25 were elsewhere, including 12 in Nile Delta cities. Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday that there would be a week of daily rallies across Egypt. Two days ago the protesters' camps were cleared, leaving at least 638 dead and sparking international condemnation. Smoke rises in the distance as protesters gather near a road flyover in Cairo In the wake of Wednesday's violence, the interior ministry says police have been authorised to use live ammunition "within a legal framework". A state of emergency is also in force, including a dusk-to-dawn curfew. 'March of Anger' Hundreds of people had gathered at a mosque in Cairo's Ramses square on Friday, after the Muslim Brot...