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The Muslim Brotherhood: A history in brief

June 25th, 2012
04:35 PM ET

The Muslim Brotherhood is celebrating the election of its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, to the Egyptian presidency. But what is the Brotherhood?

It has more than 80 years of history, essentially invented the Islamist movement, and is taking real power in Egypt for the first time in its history. Christiane Amanpour explains.


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The woman who monitored Egypt's elections

June 25th, 2012
12:30 PM ET

Imagine a world where a young woman is the one keeping tabs on the men who sought to lead Egypt. As the country took its historic steps toward democracy, a young activist has been on the front lines, making sure the country's first democratic presidential election was free and fair. Christiane Amanpour spent the afternoon with Dalia Ziada in Cairo to see how a woman can be a catalyst for change in the Middle East.


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Introducing the "Morsi Meter!"

Introducing the "Morsi Meter!"
The Morsimeter was created by Zabatak.com which says it will monitor Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi
June 25th, 2012
11:46 AM ET

Welcome to democracy, Mr. Morsi.

Egypt’s President-elect faces many challenges – chief among them, balancing the promise of the Arab Spring with the power of Egypt’s military.

Those same crowds that cheered his name in Tahrir Square will be watching President Morsi’s every move. And thanks to a new website, they will have a way to monitor his first hundred days in office.

It’s called the "Morsi Meter!”

On Monday, Wael Ghonim the Google executive who was arrested during the revolution, tweeted a link to the new website http://www.morsimeter.com

Created by Zabatak.com, a non-profit initiative, “The Morsimeter” is dedicated to making Egypt “bribery free, corruption-free and safe.”

With Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) maintaining widespread control and the new president’s authority still undefined, the question for now might be: Just how much is there to meter on the "Morsi Meter?"


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FULL-LENGTH EDITION: American solution for European problem?

June 22nd, 2012
04:36 PM ET

Part 1: American solution for European problem? Neel Kashkari was a mastermind behind TARP in the U.S., and now has suggestions for Europe. Part 2: Egypt's 'Sandmonkey' A conversation with a former U.S Ambassador to Egypt and a young revolutionary known as @SandMonkey. Part 3: Dictators, please pause for pedestrians For the third time in two weeks, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's motorcade was involved in a deadly crash.

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American solution for European problem

Neel Kashkari was a mastermind behind TARP in the U.S., and now has suggestions for Europe.

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Egypt's 'Sandmonkey'

A conversation with a former U.S Ambassador to Egypt and a young revolutionary known as @SandMonkey.

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Dictators pause for pedestrians

For the third time in two weeks, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's motorcade was involved in a deadly crash.


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'Obama did not want this revolution'

June 22nd, 2012
10:01 AM ET

By Lucky Gold

As Egypt waits for the delayed results of its presidential election, one of the revolutionary voices of the Arab Spring had a message for another president – Barack Obama.

“The U.S. administration should back off,” said Mahmoud Salem, aka “Sandmonkey,” the pseudonym under which he has authored a blog since the early days of the uprising.

“It was the message of Barack Obama’s administration to keep Mubarak,” he said Thursday on Amanpour. “Obama did not want this revolution and right now they (the American government) have made a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood to have (Mohamed) Morsi as the president. They have been meeting them (the Muslim Brotherhood) for the past year. They need to stop pressuring us.” FULL POST

FULL-LENGTH EDITION: Political turmoil in Pakistan

June 21st, 2012
10:54 AM ET

Part 1: China’s slowdown, everybody’s problem China’s growth has helped prop up the world’s growth, but that light could be dimming. Part 2: Political turmoil in Pakistan Pakistan is a country with plenty of nukes and plenty of problems. Part 3: Freedom is a three bedroom apartment Guang-Cheng, the blind Chinese activist and his family have traded a rural farmhouse for university housing.

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China's slowdown is everybody's problem

China's growth has helped prop up the world's growth, but that light could be dimming.

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Political turmoil in Pakistan

Pakistan is a country with plenty of nukes and just as many problems.

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Freedom is a three-bedroom apartment

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family have traded a rural farmhouse for university housing.


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China’s slowdown, everybody’s problem

June 20th, 2012
04:23 PM ET

By Lucky Gold

Is China, the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., slowing down and heading for a crash landing? Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group, has looked at China’s latest economic indicators and concludes, “The United States and Europe would kill for numbers like that, but of course the reality is they won’t. And the Chinese will and can.”

Appearing Wednesday on Amanpour, Bremmer, the author of “Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World,” admitted, “I’m being a bit flippant but I also mean that somewhat literally. Because the Chinese…don’t have a banking system, so you can’t have a run on Chinese banks. They can move people around, they can extract labor, they can do things that are utterly implausible for a democratically-elected state that will allow them to maintain the kind of growth that they know they have to have if they want to ensure their own political sustainability as leaders.” FULL POST

Europe: 'Fighting fire with petrol'

June 20th, 2012
12:35 PM ET

Part 1: Has Europe fallen off the cliff? In the wake of the Greek elections, has Europe fallen off the cliff? Ali Velshi guest hosts for Christiane Amanpour. Part 2: Should the U.S. intervene in Syria? Guest host Ali Velshi speaks with U.S. Congressman Ron Paul and author Fouad Ajami about whether in intervene in Syria. PLUS: Greece’s super rich Greek shipping magnates – almost a cliché – sail on as their country flounders in recession.

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Has Europe fallen off the cliff?

In the wake of the Greek elections, has Europe fallen off the cliff? Ali Velshi guest hosts for Christiane Amanpour.

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Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?

Guest host Ali Velshi speaks with U.S. Congressman Ron Paul and author Fouad Ajami about whether in intervene in Syria.


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Europe off the cliff

June 19th, 2012
05:04 PM ET

By Lucky Gold

We don’t need more time to hang ourselves

(CNN) - In the aftermath of its most recent election, will Greece remain in the eurozone, and will a pro-bailout government begin a recovery?

Yannis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics at the University of Athens doesn’t think so:

“Even if God, his angels and every good man and woman on this planet were to descend on Greece and form a government with a purpose and commitment to implement this bailout agreement, it would simply not be possible.”

Appearing Tuesday on Amanpour, Varoufakis went even further: “We don’t need more time to hang ourselves. We don’t need different dosages of the same poison. We need another approach.”

Varoufakis warned that “what Greece has done is to prolong a very agonizing death. It is bringing down with it, yet again, spreading contagion to the rest of Europe…What is happening here in Greece is the template which is being imposed upon Spain.”

Calling it a “death embrace between insolvent banks and insolvent states,” Varoufakis cautioned that “Greece is quite small and insignificant, but Spain is too large to ignore and it is bringing down with it the whole of the eurozone.” FULL POST

FULL-LENGTH EDITION: Who is Mohamed Morsi?

June 19th, 2012
12:08 PM ET

Part 1: Who is Mohamed Morsi? Christiane Amanpour speaks with a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood and an activist who spent time with Mohamed Morsi in Prison to find out who the man is and how he would lead. Part 2: The legacy of the revolution More than a year after protestors in Tahrir Square ousted Hosni Mubarak, as Egyptians face a military that is reluctant to cede power, what is the legacy of the revolution? PLUS: History repeats As a new page in Egypt's history begins, Christiane Amanpour remembers a time in the country's history when the military and Islamists ruled side by side.

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Who is Mohamed Morsi?

CNN speaks with a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood and an activist who spent time with Mohamed Morsi in Prison

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The legacy of the Egyptian revolution

What has changed in Egypt more than a year after protestors in Tahrir Square ousted Hosni Mubarak?


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