Maggie Michael

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In this image released on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces, Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second right, and Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, center background, prepare to depart to Moscow from a military airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. El-Sissi headed to Moscow on Wednesday amid reports of a $2 billion arms deal in the making that would significantly expand Russia's military influence with a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. (AP Photo/The Official Facebook Page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces)

Egypt military chief heads to Moscow in rare visit

Maggie Michael · February 12, 2014 2:59 pm

3 years after Mubarak, reports of abuses in Egypt

Maggie Michael · February 11, 2014 9:10 pm

FILE - In this Friday, June 29, 2012 file photo, Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi talks to his supporters at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, during his speech in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian officials say security authorities leaked a recording of a private conversation between ousted President Mohammed Morsi and his lawyer on the sidelines of his trial, in which Morsi says protests by his supporters and the crackdown on them are "useless." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt’s ousted president says protests “useless”

Maggie Michael · February 10, 2014 11:13 pm

Egypt accuses Islamist group of having armed wing

Maggie Michael · February 9, 2014 9:07 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, May 26, 2012, Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi comments on the Egyptian election result in a press conference at his campaign headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Sabahi, a leading left-wing Egyptian politician, said Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, that he will contest upcoming presidential elections, set to be a tough battle for anyone hoping to face an anticipated run by the country's powerful army chief. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson, File)

Egypt leftist leader to contest elections

Maggie Michael · February 8, 2014 8:08 pm

This screen grab taken on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 shows the Facebook page of The Revolutionaries of Bani Suef, an activist group, whose administrator was arrested by Egyptian security forces. The Interior Ministry on Thursday said 11 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of running Facebook pages inciting violence against the police, moving the crackdown on the group into social media.(AP Photo via Facebook) ONE TIME USE

Egypt arrests 11 Islamists for Facebook activity

Maggie Michael · January 30, 2014 8:58 pm

Egyptian military backs army chief for president

Maggie Michael · January 27, 2014 9:02 pm

Plainclothes security men drag a student protester injured in clashes between supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Hundreds of pro-Morsi students clashed with security forces in fierce street battles in the Mediterranean city early Thursday, leaving one protester dead, according to security officials. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)

Egypt’s president: Police state has ended

Maggie Michael · January 23, 2014 7:11 pm

Egyptians chant slogans as they attend a rally in support of Egypt's Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Supporters of the powerful army chief and defense minister urged Egyptians on Tuesday to turn the third anniversary to 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocratic president Hosni Mubarak, to a show of gratitude to the general for ousting Islamist president, calling on him to contest elections. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Maggie Michael · January 21, 2014 8:57 pm

National Security

Egypt airs what it claims is terror confession

Maggie Michael · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

An Egyptian fishes with a net in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its "neighborliness" as the Ethiopian prime minister's spokesman insisted that nothing would stop the dam from being completed upstream from Egypt, which is wholly dependent on Nile River water. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt warns all options open for Ethiopia Nile dam

Maggie Michael, Aya Batrawy · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

Egypt sentences 5 foreigners to death over drugs

Egypt sentences 5 foreigners to death over drugs

Maggie Michael · June 3, 2013 2:44 pm