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The Egypt Resilience System working group is focused on building health, human security, resilience, and sustainability in Egypt.

The mission of the Egypt Resilience System working group is to build health, human security, resilience, and sustainability in Egypt.

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Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald MDMcDonald_me_com

Email address for group

egypt-resilience-system@m.resiliencesystem.org

Pictures: The Life-Giving Nile River

      

A man surveys Nile River boat traffic near the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.  Photograph by Antonio Ribeiro, Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

nationalgeographic.com - December 19, 2012

Cruising the Nile River

This piece is part of Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater, a special National Geographic Freshwater News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures.

Pictures: The Life-Giving Nile River

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Egyptian Troops Deployed to Keep Order After Brotherhood Offices Attacked

cnn.com - by Reza Sayah and Greg Botelho - June 28, 2013

(CNN) -- Egyptian troops canvassed streets Friday after a fresh spate of violence in the volatile North African nation, hoping to prevent a repeat of the bloody, chaotic revolution of two years ago, a military spokesman said.

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Egypt Morsi Protests: Army Ready To Save Nation From Dark Tunnel, Defense Minister Says

           

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (C), Defence Minister Abdelfatah al-Sissi (R) and Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) arrive at Almaza military Airbase in Cairo on May 22, 2013 to attend the welcoming of the policemen and soldiers who were seized in Sinai by kidnappers following their release. (AFP)

huffingtonpost.com - by Hamza Hendawi - June 23, 2013

CAIRO — Wading into an increasingly volatile fray, Egypt's military on Sunday gave the nation's Islamist rulers and their opponents a week to reach an understanding before planned June 30 opposition protests aimed at forcing out the president, in a toughly worded warning that it will intervene to stop the nation from entering a "dark tunnel."

The powerful military also gave a thinly veiled warning to President Mohammed Morsi's hard-line backers that it will step in if the mostly secular and liberal protesters, who have vowed to be peaceful, are attacked during the planned demonstrations.

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