http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Hosni Mubarak en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Tue, 21 May 2013 01:14:44 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628076/Muslim-Christian-relationship-fuels-row-in-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628076/Muslim-Christian-relationship-fuels-row-in-Egypt.html An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:12:36 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628042/Draining-cash-Egypt-on-30-billion-search-for-aid.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628042/Draining-cash-Egypt-on-30-billion-search-for-aid.html During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:36:48 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627484/Morsi-foes-supporters-battle-on-Cairo-streets.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627484/Morsi-foes-supporters-battle-on-Cairo-streets.html Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:41:56 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626874/Mubarak-appears-in-Egyptian-court-for-retrial.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626874/Mubarak-appears-in-Egyptian-court-for-retrial.html The judge in Hosni Mubarak's retrial recused himself at the start of the first session on Saturday, citing a conflict of... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:01:56 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578037/Documentaries-about-life-on-earth-lead-new-movies-on-DVD-Blu-ray.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578037/Documentaries-about-life-on-earth-lead-new-movies-on-DVD-Blu-ray.html Several documentaries about the earth and its inhabitants are on DVD this week, just in time for Earth Day on April 22. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:36:31 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626457/Egypts-Christian-pope-blasts-Islamist-president.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626457/Egypts-Christian-pope-blasts-Islamist-president.html The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country's Islamist president over his handling of the... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:37:43 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626373/1-killed-in-Cairo-sectarian-violence.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626373/1-killed-in-Cairo-sectarian-violence.html Christians angered by the killing of four Christians in weekend sectarian violence clashed Sunday with a mob throwing rocks... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:23:46 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626115/Kidnappers-target-Christians-in-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626115/Kidnappers-target-Christians-in-Egypt.html Ezzat Kromer's resistance to his kidnappers did not last long. One of the masked gunmen fired a round between his feet as he... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:46:38 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625810/Christians-in-Holy-Land-Mideast-celebrate-Easter.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625810/Christians-in-Holy-Land-Mideast-celebrate-Easter.html Catholics and Protestants flocked to churches to celebrate Easter on Sunday in the Holy Land and across the broader Middle... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625483/Qatar-showcases-its-swagger.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625483/Qatar-showcases-its-swagger.html Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:32:47 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625264/Egyptians-clash-at-Muslim-Brotherhood-offices.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625264/Egyptians-clash-at-Muslim-Brotherhood-offices.html Thousands of Egyptian protesters clashed with riot police and backers of the president's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday,... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:07:26 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624952/Cousin-of-Libyas-Gadhafi-arrested-in-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624952/Cousin-of-Libyas-Gadhafi-arrested-in-Egypt.html Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide and a cousin of Libya's former dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:16:04 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624249/Egyptian-soccer-fans-rampage-over-court-verdicts.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624249/Egyptian-soccer-fans-rampage-over-court-verdicts.html Egyptian soccer fans rampaged through the heart of Cairo on Saturday, furious about the acquittal of seven police officers... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623828/Kerry-says-US-releasing-250-million-in-aid-to-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623828/Kerry-says-US-releasing-250-million-in-aid-to-Egypt.html U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:55:15 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623749/John-Kerry-Divided-Egypt-needs-political-compromise.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623749/John-Kerry-Divided-Egypt-needs-political-compromise.html Egypt's bickering government and opposition need to overcome their differences to create "a sense of political and economic... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:12:12 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623543/Egypts-Morsi-criticized-for-reaction-to-tragedy.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623543/Egypts-Morsi-criticized-for-reaction-to-tragedy.html Some connected to the tourist trade in Luxor, a city utterly dependent on foreign visitors to survive, seethed with anger... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:36:02 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623317/Egypts-vote-wont-calm-turbulent-streets.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623317/Egypts-vote-wont-calm-turbulent-streets.html Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:11:23 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623218/Egypts-parliamentary-election-will-add-to-tensions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623218/Egypts-parliamentary-election-will-add-to-tensions.html Egypt's president set parliamentary elections to begin in April — a decision that an opposition leader denounced Friday... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:25:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623050/Egyptian-military-growing-impatient-with-leaders.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623050/Egyptian-military-growing-impatient-with-leaders.html Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:21:15 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622549/Egyptian-women-vow-to-fight-back.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622549/Egyptian-women-vow-to-fight-back.html Egyptian women are growing increasingly angry and militant as they deal with one of the unintended consequences of the Arab... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:09:10 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622198/Egypt-court-orders-YouTube-blocked-for-a-month.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622198/Egypt-court-orders-YouTube-blocked-for-a-month.html A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days for... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:51:24 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622181/Egyptian-protests-turn-to-street-clashes.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622181/Egyptian-protests-turn-to-street-clashes.html Egyptian security forces backed by water cannons fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:43:26 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621328/Senate-confirms-Kerry-nomination.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621328/Senate-confirms-Kerry-nomination.html The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state,... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:07:52 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621236/Egypt-violence-persists-despite-emergency-moves.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621236/Egypt-violence-persists-despite-emergency-moves.html Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo and the riot-torn city of Port Said as Egypt's political violence stretched into... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:47:32 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621123/27-die-in-Egypt-riot-after-soccer-violence-verdict.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621123/27-die-in-Egypt-riot-after-soccer-violence-verdict.html Angry relatives and residents rampaged through an Egyptian port city Saturday in rioting that killed at least 27 people after... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:24:05 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621098/Protests-leave-7-dead-in-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621098/Protests-leave-7-dead-in-Egypt.html Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:13:05 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621052/People-want-to-topple-the-regime-Egyptians-protest-on-2nd-anniversary-of-revolution.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621052/People-want-to-topple-the-regime-Egyptians-protest-on-2nd-anniversary-of-revolution.html Two years after Egypt's revolution began, the country's schism was on display Friday as the mainly liberal and secular... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:11:58 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765620193/Mubaraks-trial-could-answer-questions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765620193/Mubaraks-trial-could-answer-questions.html Hosni Mubarak's new trial may resolve key questions unanswered in his first one: Who ordered the crackdown that left some 900... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:13:12 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619891/For-complicated-reasons-Syrias-civil-war-continues-to-drag-on.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619891/For-complicated-reasons-Syrias-civil-war-continues-to-drag-on.html After 22 months of civil war, in which an estimated 60,000 people have died, Syrian President Bashar Assad gave a defiant... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619163/Pie-in-the-sky-Maybe-but-here-are-2013-hopes.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619163/Pie-in-the-sky-Maybe-but-here-are-2013-hopes.html As 2012 turns into 2013, many pundits look back at the highlights of the past year and predict what will happen in the next.... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618760/Egypt-tour-industry-gets-desperate.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618760/Egypt-tour-industry-gets-desperate.html At Egypt's Pyramids, the desperation of vendors to sell can be a little frightening for some tourists. Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:58:06 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618665/Egypt-constitution-passes-economic-crunch-looms.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618665/Egypt-constitution-passes-economic-crunch-looms.html The official approval of Egypt's disputed, Islamist-backed constitution Tuesday held out little hope of stabilizing the... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:58:37 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618548/Egypts-Islamists-tighten-grip-with-passage-of-constitution.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618548/Egypts-Islamists-tighten-grip-with-passage-of-constitution.html With the passage of a divisive constitution, Egypt's Islamist leadership has secured its tightest grip on power since Hosni... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:44:18 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618387/Egyptian-Islamists-opponents-clash-ahead-of-vote.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618387/Egyptian-Islamists-opponents-clash-ahead-of-vote.html Thousands of Islamists clashed with their opponents on Friday in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, a day before the... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:13:29 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618389/Sen-John-Kerry-Obamas-pick-for-secretary-of-state-a-familiar-face-on-the-world-stage.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618389/Sen-John-Kerry-Obamas-pick-for-secretary-of-state-a-familiar-face-on-the-world-stage.html Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, will need no introduction with the world leaders vital... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617992/Egypt-rights-groups-say-constitution-vote-marred.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617992/Egypt-rights-groups-say-constitution-vote-marred.html Key Egyptian rights groups called Sunday for a repeat of the first round of the constitutional referendum, alleging the vote... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:08:01 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617891/Egyptians-vote-on-Islamist-backed-constitution.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617891/Egyptians-vote-on-Islamist-backed-constitution.html With their nation's future at stake, Egyptians lined up Saturday to vote on a draft constitution after weeks of turmoil that... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:05:34 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617795/Egyptian-Islamists-opponents-rally-before-vote.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617795/Egyptian-Islamists-opponents-rally-before-vote.html Muslim clerics urged worshippers to vote "yes," while thousands of supporters and opponents of a controversial draft... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:03:40 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617777/Egypt-vote-means-fateful-choice-for-nation.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617777/Egypt-vote-means-fateful-choice-for-nation.html Two days before a constitutional referendum it considered boycotting, Egypt's secular opposition finally launched its "no"... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:48:13 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617575/Egypt-judges-say-most-will-boycott-referendum.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617575/Egypt-judges-say-most-will-boycott-referendum.html Egypt's judges Tuesday said that most of them would not oversee a nationwide referendum on a contentious draft constitution,... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:21:54 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617543/Gunmen-attack-Egyptian-opposition-protesters.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617543/Gunmen-attack-Egyptian-opposition-protesters.html Masked gunmen attacked opposition protesters camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square early on Tuesday, firing birdshot at them... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:32:26 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617426/Draft-constitution-divides-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617426/Draft-constitution-divides-Egypt.html President Mohammed Morsi is unlikely to worry if Egypt's Islamist-leaning draft constitution passes by only a small margin in... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:32:25 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617256/Hamas-chief-arrives-in-Gaza-for-1st-ever-visit.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617256/Hamas-chief-arrives-in-Gaza-for-1st-ever-visit.html The exiled Hamas chief broke into tears Friday as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit, a landmark trip... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:01:16 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617255/Protesters-against-Egypt-president-march-on-palace.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617255/Protesters-against-Egypt-president-march-on-palace.html Egypt's political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination Friday as thousands of Islamist backers of the... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:51:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617200/Morsis-speech-doesnt-defuse-crisis-in-Egypt.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617200/Morsis-speech-doesnt-defuse-crisis-in-Egypt.html An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt's worst... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:45:54 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617182/Egypts-army-moves-to-restore-order-after-protests.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617182/Egypts-army-moves-to-restore-order-after-protests.html The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with tanks and barbed wire Thursday, a day after fierce clashes between... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:40:32 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617098/Violence-erupts-outside-Egypt-presidential-palace.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617098/Violence-erupts-outside-Egypt-presidential-palace.html Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi pelted each other with rocks and firebombs and fought with sticks... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:19:13 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617039/100000-protest-at-Egypts-presidential-palace.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617039/100000-protest-at-Egypts-presidential-palace.html More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:31:48 MST