Egypt Update: The Army tries to control the revolution, revolutionaries NOT pleased.

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Protesters return to Egypt's Tahrir square

Portrait of a Revolutionary Hossam El- Hamalawy on the Role of the Egyptian Army Part 2

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The Egyptian Elite and the Egyptian Revolt Part 3

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(part one is coming shortly)


Blueprint for the future


Charting the course for the next several months, the ruling military has just issued an elaborate constitutional declaration but not all are content. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

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The spring of the Egyptian revolution


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Tahrir and Beyond: Ten Days That Shook My World

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How a revolution succeeds

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All the king’s men: Who runs Mubaraks' money?

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Anna's Handy Dandy Guide to A Canadian Federal Election Part 2: C Words Are Scary

[trouble]

What prompted these posts was the_future_modernes linking to an article by Reuters that basically indicated the author had no idea what was going on in Canada, but thought it was important to report on.

I am going to totally crib from Wikipedia because someone over there has a much clearer writing style than I do, but I will put some explanations in.
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Okay, so, what is this whole Coalition Thing?
( Coalition! )

I am posting this mere moments before I spent the rest of the day holed up at the library pretending there is no election, so any errors that need to be fixed will, sadly, need to wait until evening or even tomorrow. My apologies. :(

I also know I promised a Rick Mercer video but it's not nearly as relevant as I remember it being.