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Egypt’s ex-military ruler Tantawi, dies at 85

Egypt’s ex-military ruler Tantawi, dies at 85

FIELD Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the military council that ruled Egypt temporarily after its 2011 uprising, has died at the age of 85, Egypt's presidency said on Tuesday, declaring three days of national mourning. Tantawi - a decorated veteran of wars against Israel in 1956, 1967 and 1973 - was defence minister for 21 years, covering most of the long presidency of Hosni Mubarak. He led the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that ruled Egypt for a year-and-a-half after Mubarak was pushed from power in February 2011, the second leader to fall in the Arab…
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Splintered coalition reflects fate of Egypt’s uprising a decade on

Splintered coalition reflects fate of Egypt’s uprising a decade on

AIDAN LEWIS and MAHMOUD MOURAD TEN years ago protesters surged onto Egypt's streets, emboldened by the success of Tunisia's Arab Spring uprising. Some young activists formed the Revolution Youth Coalition to draw together the uprising's disparate strands and give the protesters occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square a coherent voice. They demanded freedom, dignity, democracy and social justice amid battles with police and state-hired thugs, and on February 11 President Hosni Mubarak resigned. But the coalition fragmented as it faced two much more established forces: the Muslim Brotherhood that swept to power in later elections, and the military that toppled it in…
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