Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race | World news | guardian.co.uk

Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Reform leader pulls out, saying country's ruling junta has governed since Mubarak's exit 'as if no regime has fallen'"

In Egypt, corruption cases had an American root - The Washington Post

In Egypt, corruption cases had an American root - The Washington Post: CAIRO — "Beginning two decades ago, the United States government bankrolled an Egyptian think tank dedicated to economic reform. A different outcome is only now becoming visible in the fallout from Egypt’s Arab Spring."
"Since the 1970s, USAID has provided billions of dollars in economic help to Egypt in exchange for promises of liberalization of the socialist economy created in the 1950s by President Gamal Abdel Nasser."