Friday, July 05, 2013

EGYPT - New Interim President and Future

Egypt, a house of cards.

"Egyptians Praise and Protest Installation of Interim President Mansour" (Part-1) PBS Newshour 7/4/2013

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SUMMARY:  Egypt swore in Adly Mansour as their new interim president, replacing deposed leader Mohammed Morsi.  Military officials took the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood into custody and placed Morsi and some of his aides under house arrest.  Judy Woodruff reports on reactions inside Egypt and from other countries in the region.



"What the Leadership Change Means for Egypt's Future and the Region" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 7/4/2013

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SUMMARY:  What promises and pitfalls lie ahead for Egypt in the wake of the army's removal of Morsi and crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood?  Judy Woodruff talks to the University of Maryland's Shibley Telhami and commentator and blogger Hussein Ibish about the significance of Egypt's leadership change for that nation and the Arab world.

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