Mon 7 Feb 2011
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Latest News:

  • Oil up on persistent unrest in Egypt
  • PM: We insist that Mubarak remains until end of his term
  • Obama: Egypt will not return to how it was
  • Kuwait minister says investments in Egypt will not be withdrawn from
  • Egypt VP meets opposition, offers new concessions
  • Israel refuses more Egyptian troops in Sinai
  • Missing Google executive in Egypt to be released
  • Hawass: 70 ancient artifacts to be restored, 288 others recovered
  • One officer injured in North Sinai attack on central security forces
  • Stock Exchange to resume work on Sunday 13 February
  • VP and political groups agree to form council for constitutional amendments
  • Giza removes wrecks of 270 burned vehicles
  • Cairo police stations resume work
  • Curfew hours reduced to be from 8PM to 6AM
  • Former Housing Minister testifies before Public Funds Prosecution
19:39

Egypt's ex-police chief appears before prosecutors

Photographed by Arabic Edition
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adli has appeared before military prosecutors and may face charges of causing a breakdown in order, a security source said on Monday, during protests against President Hosni...
18:45

Fallen faces of the uprising: Journalist Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud

<p>Funeral for killed journalist</p>
Photographed by Heba Afify
Journalists, protesters and family members staged a funeral today for journalist Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud who died last Friday after being shot  dead by a sniper on Saturday. Mourners marched from the Journalists...
18:28

Egypt govt: Commercial establishments, transportation back to normal

<p>Bus driver wearing the official uniform during his shift, Cairo, October 17, 2010. Authority distributes new official uniform among its bus drivers and collectors every year. Under state of no control, some drivers sell the uniform instead of putting it on during shifts.</p>
Photographed by Mohamed Maarouf
Industrial and commercial establishments began working again on Monday, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced, assuring the public that the transportation of goods countrywide was "back to normal."...
18:22

Group denies relation of Mubarak family to Chili’s restaurant chain

<p>Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reads a statement following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the Palazzo Chigi in Rome on September 23, 2010. Mubarak is in Rome as part of a two-stop European tour to discuss, among other issues, the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks</p>
Photographed by AFP
Amer Group, which holds the franchise for the Chili’s restaurant chain in Egypt, has denied the existence of any relation between the family of embattled President Hosni Mubarak and the group, as has been alleged...
17:48

Egyptian govt to increase salaries and pensions by 15 percent

Photographed by Mai El-Wakil
State administrative employee salaries and military and civilian pensions will be increased by 15 percent beginning in April, said the Egyptian government on Monday. Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan told reporters...
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Machinery on the Egyptian side of Rafah in the border area between Egypt and Gaza strip work to construct underground wall to block Gaza tunnels
Prosecutors interrogate 5 who sneaked into Egypt through Gaza
Prosecution services at North Sinai have remanded five people, including two Palestinians, into custody for 15 days pending investigation, after they...
Ousting Mubarak: The constitutional battle
Nasserist party suspends dialogue with VP
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
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Economy

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Egypt pound hits 6-yr low despite state bank support
The Egyptian pound hit a 6-year low on Monday after banks reopened their doors to international deals, with the government facing a new test of...
Foreign investment in communications declines amid unrest
Central Bank of Egypt: Losses caused by protests not calculated
Egypt tourist industry workers suffer unpaid leave amid vanished tourism
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Media

Omar Suleiman,head of Egypt&#039;s intelligence services
Monday’s papers: Suleiman talks, 'Sunday of Martyrs,' Obama's changing stance
Monday’s state-owned papers focus on the government’s efforts to pave the way for democratic reforms through holding talks with both...
Tahrir media wars: State TV gives ground before Al Jazeera-led rivals
Sunday’s papers: New NDP secretary general, Gamal resigns, gas pipeline explodes
China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest
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Photos

<p>People hold up banners as they take part in a demonstration in Brussels, February 6, 2011 to show solidarity with the protests taking place for the 13th consecutive day in the Maghreb Region calling on the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime. Banner on the front reads : 'Resistance is a right. Resisting is a duty'. Banner in the back reads 'Freedom to resist !'</p>

Supporting Egyptian revolution

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People hold up banners as they take part in a demonstration in Brussels, February 6, 2011 to show solidarity with the...
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<p>An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator camps next to an army tank and a placard with slogans that read in Arabic "Freedom at the door, steadfast until victory, we will not leave the square" in Cairo's Tahrir square, February 7, 2011 on the 14th day of protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.</p>

Steadfast until victory

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An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator camps next to an army tank and a placard with slogans that read in Arabic "...
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<p>An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator mourns as he takes part in a symbolic funeral for journalist Ahmed Mohammed Mahmud, killed during clashes with pro-government supporters on February 4, at Cairo&#39;s Tahrir square, February 7, 2011 on the 14th day of protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.</p>

Mourning in Tahrir

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An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator mourns as he takes part in a symbolic funeral for journalist Ahmed Mohammed...
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<p>People hold up banners as they take part in a demonstration in Brussels, February 6, 2011 to show solidarity with the protests taking place for the 13th consecutive day in the Maghreb Region calling on the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime. Banner on the front reads : 'Resistance is a right. Resisting is a duty'. Banner in the back reads 'Freedom to resist !'</p>
<p>An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator camps next to an army tank and a placard with slogans that read in Arabic "Freedom at the door, steadfast until victory, we will not leave the square" in Cairo's Tahrir square, February 7, 2011 on the 14th day of protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.</p>
<p>An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator mourns as he takes part in a symbolic funeral for journalist Ahmed Mohammed Mahmud, killed during clashes with pro-government supporters on February 4, at Cairo&#39;s Tahrir square, February 7, 2011 on the 14th day of protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.</p>

Environment

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A breath of fresh air
For almost two weeks now Egypt has been gripped by a rapidly changing political landscape, triggered by protesters taking to the streets on January...
Aswan tourism projects upset local residents
Environmental breaches could lie behind cancer increase
Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations Part II
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World

<p><b>To woo southern voters, president Omar Bashir posed in traditional tribal attire</b></p>
Sudan's Bashir accepts that south will secede
Khartoum--Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that Khartoum has accepted the outcome of the referendum on southern independence, hours...
Tunisia issues warrant for ousted president
Calm returns to Lebanon after days of protests over Hizbullah power play
Arab League chief voices concern over latest escalations in Lebanon
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Culture

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Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo's stage
The past two weeks have seen Cairo’s Tahrir Square filled by mass protests and scarred by violence. Much of the square is torn up and littered...
Cultural renaissance in Tunisia: Freedom of speech and a witch hunt
Book review: Police tell all horrors
Egypt's Museums XVII: Bad propaganda at the Military Museum
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Caricature

My name is not Regime

Artist Amro Selim
Protesters: People want regime down.  Mubarak: Thank god they don't mean me. My name is...
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Egyptian on fire, again

[Another Egyptian sets himself on fire at parliament] - You withdraw all gas and matchsticks all...
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A happy ending

Artist Doaa Eladl
A happy ending
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Life & Style

<p>Anti-government protesters warm themselves around a fire as they as they keep watch near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, February 5, 2011. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who has reshuffled his government but refused to step down, met some of the new ministers on Saturday, the state news agency said, in a clear rebuff to the hundreds of thousands of people publicly demanding the 82-year-old leader step down.</p>
Women support patrols and neighborhoods find new pride
If it wasn’t for the neighborhood watch systems and the relatively primitive protection tools that Egyptians have used in the last couple of...
New voices in the crowds: Protests draw first-timers to the streets
Tips for staying safe in a demonstration
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Making art accessible to all
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Travel

Postcard from Langkawi: Seaside shawerma
After embracing a long journey in the land of Malaysia which included cave-exploring, night-walks in the jungle, swimming off abandoned beaches and...
Cruising Lake Nasser: When Egypt's past and present collide
Postcard from Amsterdam: Homeless conversations
Museum hideaways and window shopping in snowy London
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