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  • PM: Security main priority of government
  • Report: Egypt has sugar stocks to last until October
  • 43 members of current and ex-govt banned from travel
  • Egypt internet companies to compensate for service suspension
  • Russia's Medvedev urges legitimate polls in Egypt
  • PLO: Egypt's existence as key player important for Palestinians
  • Jordanians celebrate Mubarak's resignation
  • After Mubarak, Italy's Berlusconi faces protests
  • Stock Exchange will not reopen until Wednesday
  • Police officers stage protest against former Interior Minister
  • Egyptians in Australia hail Mubarak's fall
  • Employees, workers from different sectors protest for higher pay
  • Police protest dispersed
  • Public Prosecution to investigate Mubarak's wealth
  • Bahrain promises media freedoms amid protest calls
20:20

New Finance Minister: No change in Egypt's economic policies

<p>د.سمير رضوان، وزير المالية. </p>
Recently-appointed Finance Minister Samir Radwan said there would be "no change" in the economic policies pursued by his ministry. “But our priority is to meet the demands of the people,” he said...
20:02

European countries may freeze Mubarak's assets abroad

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A British government minister said on Sunday that there should be an international approach to dealing with the overseas assets of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family in light of allegation that the...
19:47

CBE lengthens money-transfer period to prevent capital flight

Building of headquarters of Central Bank of Egypt in Downtown
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The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has lengthened the time period required for the transfer of large amounts of money from two days to five days, in an attempt to prevent government officials and businessmen from...
19:46

Sources: Mubarak falls into coma in Sharm al-Sheikh

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Ousted President Hosni Mubarak went into a coma on Saturday at his residence in Sharm al-Sheikh, according to well-informed sources. Mubarak flew to the Red Sea resort town on Thursday with his immediate family...
19:18

Foreign Ministry asks EU to freeze assets of former Egyptian officials

<p>A file photo of the European parliament.</p>
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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has asked the European Union to freeze the assets of several former Egyptian officials. These include: Ahmed Ezz, former organization secretary for the ruling National Democratic Party;...
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Tahrir Square revolutionaries celebrate fall of regime
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<p>الاحتفالات بتنحي الرئيس حسني مبارك، ميدان التحرير، القاهرة، 11 فبراير 2011. أعلن عمر سليمان تنحى الرئيس «مبارك» وتكليفه المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة بإدارة شئون البلاد، بعد مظاهرات شعبية تحت اسم «ثورة الغضب» استمرت لمدة 18 يوماً بمعظم محافظات مصر مطالبة بإسقاط النظام الحاكم، ورحيل «مبارك». </p>
Egypt protesters call for Friday celebration march
The organizers of protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak have called for a "march of victory" across Egypt on Friday, leading...
Egypt army steps should satisfy protesters, says Nour
Egypt denies withdrawal from Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
Egyptian court convicts ruling party MP, journalists for libeling judge
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Economy

Egyptian bank EFG-Hermes says Mubarak stake minor
Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes said on Sunday that Gamal Mubarak's stake in the bank was limited to an 18 percent holding in a subsidiary,...
Stock Exchange to freeze shares of officials banned from travel
Oil rises above US$87 as Mubarak clings to power
Transportation Ministry to grant employees tenure
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Media

<p>Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Cairo's Tahrir Square after president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, February 11, 2011. Cairo's streets exploded in joy when Mubarak stepped down after three decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a junta of senior military commanders.</p>
Sunday's papers: The rebirth of a great nation
Once Hosni Mubarak became former president of the country, Egyptians spontaneously started chanting "Raise your head, you are Egyptian!“...
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Wednesday’s papers: Suleiman statements, reform committees, state employees protest
Tuesday’s papers: Funeral for martyr journalist, Ghoneim release, al-Adli under investigation
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Photos

<p>A policeman during a protest for salary raises by scores of policemen and officers, Dokki Police Station, Giza, February 13, 2011.Two days after Egypt&#39;s Mubarak&#39;s resignation, policemen chanted: &#39;People and police, one hand!&#39; Protesters held up banners denouncing former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli for swindling nation&#39;s money and killing innocent people.</p>

Egypt revolution: Policemen in protest

Photographed by Fouad Elgarnousy
A policeman during a protest for salary raises by scores of policemen and officers, Dokki Police Station, Giza,...
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<p>A top view of Tahrir Square showing military police (in red berets) dispersing protetsers, clearing way for Cairo&#39;s traffic after 19 days of non-stop demonstrations, February 13, 2011. Armed Forces Supreme Council is now in charge of running Egypt after president Mubarak resigned, handing power to council.</p>

Egypt revolution: Army in charge

Photographed by Mohamed Maarouf
A top view of Tahrir Square showing military police (in red berets) dispersing protetsers, clearing way for Cairo's...
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<p>Scores of Bank for Develpment and Agricultural Credit, Qena in protest against unfair pay and &#39;corrupt&#39; board, February 13, 2011. As military evacuates protesters who still hold firm in Tahrir Square until all demands are met against solid guarantees, protests of all sorts - including, but are not limited to, police officers (!), bank staff and nurses - erupt nationwide, demanding pay equality and social justice.</p>

Egypt revolution: Protests for social justice

Photographed by Ibrahim Zayed
Scores of Bank for Develpment and Agricultural Credit, Qena in protest against unfair pay and 'corrupt' board,...
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<p>A policeman during a protest for salary raises by scores of policemen and officers, Dokki Police Station, Giza, February 13, 2011.Two days after Egypt&#39;s Mubarak&#39;s resignation, policemen chanted: &#39;People and police, one hand!&#39; Protesters held up banners denouncing former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli for swindling nation&#39;s money and killing innocent people.</p>
<p>A top view of Tahrir Square showing military police (in red berets) dispersing protetsers, clearing way for Cairo&#39;s traffic after 19 days of non-stop demonstrations, February 13, 2011. Armed Forces Supreme Council is now in charge of running Egypt after president Mubarak resigned, handing power to council.</p>
<p>Scores of Bank for Develpment and Agricultural Credit, Qena in protest against unfair pay and &#39;corrupt&#39; board, February 13, 2011. As military evacuates protesters who still hold firm in Tahrir Square until all demands are met against solid guarantees, protests of all sorts - including, but are not limited to, police officers (!), bank staff and nurses - erupt nationwide, demanding pay equality and social justice.</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><span class="caption-first">People gather in Algiers for the funeral ceremony of Abdelfattah Akriche, carried in bier, foreground, a 32 year old demonstrator who was killed during riots in Bousmail, south of Algiers.&nbsp; </span></p>
Protesters force police cordon in Algiers demo
Up to 2000 Algerian demonstrators briefly forced a police cordon Saturday as they tried to begin a banned march calling for regime change a day after...
Uganda ripe for Egypt-style uprising: opposition
Car bombs in northern Iraq kill 7
Group warns of continued abuse in Iraqi prisons
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Culture

Zahi Hawass secretary general of supreme council of Egyptian monuments
Eight artifacts reported missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum
Zahi Hawass, head of the newly-created Ministry of State for Antiquities, announced this morning that eight artifacts had been stolen from the...
5 novels on: Revolution and Tahrir Square
In Pictures: The revolution on the walls of the nation
Cairo's artists thrive on revolution
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Investigating president'...

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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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Life & Style

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Streets of Cairo: Tahrir Square
“Despite the name ‘Liberation Square’ as a direct translation, Tahrir Square has rarely been about liberation,” says Sayyed,...
Egypt's taxi drivers and the revolution
Tahrir Square: Battlefield or marketplace?
Women support patrols and neighborhoods find new pride
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Travel

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Sinai Trekking: Hiking in the steps of Moses
Sand, sun and sea. As we are endlessly alliteratively reminded, Egypt has these in ample supply. But what about the fourth “S”, snow?...
Postcard from Langkawi: Seaside shawerma
Cruising Lake Nasser: When Egypt's past and present collide
Postcard from Amsterdam: Homeless conversations
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