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  • Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts

    01/27/2012 10:43:10 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:52pm EST | Andrew Quinn
    A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday. … The Egyptian visit comes after Egypt's military-led authorities pounced on non-governmental organizations, including several funded by the U.S. government, and slapped travel bans on six American staffers including a son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former congressman. Political analysts say the crackdown, along with questions over Egypt's emergency law and security forces' treatment of women protesters, has clouded the outlook for Egypt's fledgling...