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  • Bassem Youssef gets last-minute touch-ups before his scene as Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an ultra-conservative presidential candidate, March 3, 2012. (David Degner/Getty Images)
    Bassem Youssef gets last-minute touch-ups before his scene as Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an ultra-conservative presidential candidate, March 3, 2012. (David Degner/Getty Images)
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    The Rise of Egypt’s Jon Stewart

    The popularity of satirist Bassem Youssef may show that the government can’t stifle public debate

    byLee Smith
  • A soldier stands guard next to Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask at the Egyptian Museum on Feb. 16, 2011. Looters broke into the museum in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011. Tutankhamun's mask was not damaged.(Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)
    A soldier stands guard next to Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask at the Egyptian Museum on Feb. 16, 2011. Looters broke into the museum in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011. Tutankhamun's mask was not damaged.(Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Mideast Antiques Roadshow

    Upheaval in Egypt and Libya has led to widespread looting—and the plunder is being sold on the Israeli market

    byAlex Joffe
  • Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday.(Odd AndersenAFP/Getty Images)
    Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday.(Odd AndersenAFP/Getty Images)
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    From Cairo to Jerusalem

    What unrest and elections to the south could mean to the north

    byMarc Tracy
  • Netanyahu and Obama last week.(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
    Netanyahu and Obama last week.(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Frenemies

    Obama backs Bibi on direct talks

    byMarc Tracy
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