U.S. intelligence taxed by Middle East unrest

The quick pace of protests and two regime changes in the Middle East over the last month has stretched the U.S. intelligence community as it...

Muslim Brotherhood plans Egypt political party

The Muslim Brotherhood announced Tuesday that it would form a political party to run candidates for Egypt's parliament, while a committee of...

Egypt police want slain colleagues honored as heroes

Egypt's long-feared and widely hated national police marched onto the hallowed ground of Tahrir Square on Monday, sparking outrage by...

Revolutionary art gives expression to Egyptians' hopes

The news was only a couple of hours old and already the art of the revolution was being replaced with the art of the resignation.

Egypt: First the government, next the arts?

The largely peaceful revolution that ended Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt also has the potential to reshape the repressive cultural climate...

A family nurtured in rebellion

Friends coming to call at the Seif family's comfortable apartment in Mohandiseen over the last two weeks were likely to be disappointed, but...

A reborn Egypt gets back to business

The metalworkers beneath the overpass hammered tin and cut steel, smiling and making a big noise. Ladies hurried to market where sheep...

Obama's strategy was to pressure Mubarak without intruding

Flying home from Michigan on Air Force One, President Obama sat in front of a television and watched Hosni Mubarak deliver a surprising...

Elation and impatience in Alexandria, Egypt

When Egypt's anti-government protests began, Mohamad Ramadan Ibrahim headed south to Cairo.

Some Egyptians can't help but feel sorry for Mubarak

As the wild celebrations of a new beginning continued Saturday in Tahrir Square, the atmosphere was decidedly more subdued seven miles...

Mohamed ElBaradei's star dims in Egypt

He arrived uncorrupted and full of promise.

Revolution in the age of Internet

They called themselves Revolution 2.0.

Hosni Mubarak resigns, military takes control in Egypt

Less than 24 hours after a patronizing speech in which he insisted he wouldn't resign, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fled his palace by...

U.S. faces critical test of influence on Egypt

The Obama administration got what it said it wanted when Hosni Mubarak surrendered power. Now it must deal with another daunting task:...

Celebrations spread across Middle East

The announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's exit Friday was too much for Amr Nassef, an Egyptian who anchors the news on Al Manar...

Egypt 'outside the rules'

Through the days leading up to President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, there was much hand-wringing over how to force the president to resign...

Mubarak's end came quickly, stunningly

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak brushed off political enemies and crushed opposition voices for 30 years. But his network of oppression...

Israelis divided on how to respond to Egypt turmoil

As Israel faces what many fear could turn into its most serious national security threat in decades, fault lines are widening over how it...

Mubarak defies expectations, refuses to step down

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday, saying in a nationally televised speech that he would hand authority to...

Victims' mothers drawn into Egypt protests

Day laborer Mohammed Badr clearly didn't expect trouble when he left home to join the pro-democracy protests in Tahrir Square early on Jan....