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  • Pressure mounts as Qadhafi loses west Libya towns
  • French PM: France to send aid to Libya's Benghazi
  • Oman protesters stage third day of unrest
  • Armed Forces examines calls for delaying stock market trading
  • Mobinil says lost US$14-17 million during protests
  • Ahmed Ezz, al-Maghrabi, Garana to go on trial 6 March
  • Armed Forces says referendum on constitution amendments in April
  • Armed Forces says will hand over power to elected president in October
  • Popular parliament to meet today at Ghad Party headquarters
  • Anti-government protesters camp out in Tahrir
  • More Egyptians arrive from Ghadames, Libya
  • World ramps up pressure on Qadhafi
  • Libya troops mass in west, US moves in warships
  • Chavez wants mediation in Libya, says won't condemn Qadhafi
  • Saudi Arabia says keen on oil market stability
15:29

Artifact storehouse robbed on Monday due to police absence

<p>A file photo of Zahi Hawass.</p>
Photographed by AFP
Around 60 thieves broke into the Selim Hassan artifact storehouse near the Pyramids on Monday, said Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass. Hawass told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the army left the location when police were re-...
15:27

Facebook campaign launched to gather pro-ElBaradei signatures

<p>Mohamed el-Baradei, former former Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to media reporters upon his arrival, Cairo International Airport, January 27, 2011, to participate in Day of Anger protests. </p>
Photographed by Mohamed Maarouf
Egyptian activists have launched a Facebook campaign to support reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei for presidency. It aims to collect 30,000 signatures to enable the former International Atomic Energy Agency director to...
14:57

Egypt sends 39 planes to Tunisia, 24 to Libya to evacuate Egyptians

<p>Egyptians fleeing Libya on way to Tunisia, 17 February, 2011.</p>
Photographed by AP
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry today said it has sent 39 airplanes to Djerba airport in Tunisia to evacuate Egyptians stuck at the Libyan-Tunisian borders, and 24 airplanes to Libya for the same reason. Of these, 17...
14:31

Old guard seen as threat to Egypt's revolution

<p>President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak delivering his annual speech during the opening of the NDP 7th annual conference, and to his right: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Secretary General Safwat Al-Sharif, Cairo, 31 December 2010. This year, the conference - which runs for three days &ndash; follows the new parliamentary term of which 83 percent of seats went to NDP candidates.</p>
Photographed by MENA
Egypt's military rulers want elections in six months' time but political activists who ousted Hosni Mubarak fear remnants of his administration and the tight deadline for polls pose threats to an incomplete...
14:10

Clerics protest for better conditions and independence

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Photographed by EE staff
For the second consecutive day, around 200 imams and preachers from mosques in different governorates protested in Bab el-Louq in downtown Cairo. They protested the interference of state security in their appointments...
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<p>Egyptians coming from Libya to Egypt via Salloum border crossing, Marsa Matrouh, 24 February, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians cross daily through Salloum land port gate as violence erupted against protesters who call for toppling Libyan president Muammar Qaddafi&#39;s regime.</p>
FM: Six Egyptians killed in Libya since protests began
Six Egyptians have been killed in Libya since 17 February when protests calling for the ouster of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi first began, the...
In reference to Mubarak decision, army says no one is above the law
Youth coalition presents demands to military, refuses to meet Shafiq govt
Eyewitnesses: 30 tanks spotted en route to Bahrain from Saudi Arabia
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Economy

<p>A file photo showing a Palm Hills villa, 6<sup>th</sup> of October District, North of Cairo. In a sequel to recent developments in Madinaty - a megacity project owned by Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG), Egypt&#39;s biggest developer - Egyptian Administrative Court has set October 26 as first day of a trial in a lawsuit challenging one of Palm Hills&#39; land deals. The Palm Hills case emerges amid a wrangle over a TMG flagship development, in a case underscoring investment risks in Egyptian real estate.</p>
Egypt legal body orders Palm Hills deal scrapped
An Egyptian judicial panel ruled on Tuesday that a state land sale to Palm Hills Development, Egypt's second biggest listed developer, was...
Egypt may extend bid deadline for US$2.6 bln projects
Egypt's pound depends on political progress
Reopening of Egyptian stock exchange postponed yet again
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Tuesday’s papers: Mubaraks' assets frozen, army vows to reset minimum wage, al-Adly makes excuses
In what has become an increasingly common trend, state-owned and independent papers share similar headlines on Tuesday. They feature the much-...
Monday's papers: Corruption investigations continue and people demand a civil state
Sunday’s papers: Constitutional amendments and an army apology
Thursday’s papers: Libyan protesters rally as death toll rises, police set ministry aflame, hunt for corruption continues
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<p>Omani protesters sit near a burning hypermarket during a demonstration calling for jobs and reform in Sohar, more than 200 kms (125 miles) northwest of Muscat, February 28, 2011, a day after police killed at least two as the turmoil rocking the Arab world reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.</p>

Omani uprising

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Omani protesters sit near a burning hypermarket during a demonstration calling for jobs and reform in Sohar, more than...
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<p>A Bahraini flag reading &quot;Martyrs&#39; Square&quot; flutters on the Pearl Monument in the capital Manama where the opposition has gathered for a protest calling for the fall of the ruling Sunni dynasty, February 28, 2011.</p>

Martyrs' Square in Manama

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A Bahraini flag reading "Martyrs' Square" flutters on the Pearl Monument in the capital Manama where the...
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<p>Tens of Yemeni resident in Egypt take part in an anti-regime protest in front of their embassy in Cairo, March 1, 2011 calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.</p>

Anti-Saleh protest in Cairo

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Tens of Yemeni resident in Egypt take part in an anti-regime protest in front of their embassy in Cairo, March 1, 2011...
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<p>Omani protesters sit near a burning hypermarket during a demonstration calling for jobs and reform in Sohar, more than 200 kms (125 miles) northwest of Muscat, February 28, 2011, a day after police killed at least two as the turmoil rocking the Arab world reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.</p>
<p>A Bahraini flag reading &quot;Martyrs&#39; Square&quot; flutters on the Pearl Monument in the capital Manama where the opposition has gathered for a protest calling for the fall of the ruling Sunni dynasty, February 28, 2011.</p>
<p>Tens of Yemeni resident in Egypt take part in an anti-regime protest in front of their embassy in Cairo, March 1, 2011 calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.</p>

Environment

200 young Mohandesin residents organize cleaning campaign to Mohandessin streets after garbage piled up in Giza. This came in response to Al Masry Al Youm&#039;s &quot;Help yourself and forget about the government&quot; campaign.
A new dawn for solid waste management
Egypt's 25 January uprising has unexpectedly sparked fresh interest in environmental issues. NGOs concerned with solid waste management are...
China: Pollution and waste imperil its growth
Environmental Voices: Taking on an environmental cause
Oil spill discovered in Suez Gulf
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World

<p>Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announces the new government during a press conference at the Tunisian president&#39;s office, January 17, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisia unveiled today a transitional unity government which will prepare for elections after the ouster of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and immediately announced the release of political prisoners and new media freedoms.</p>
Tunisian prime minister announces resignation
Tunis--Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has announced his resignation after a renewed outbreak of street violence in the North African...
Bahrain's exiled leader returns, calls for unity
North Korea threatens military action over Egypt-inspired campaign
100,000 have fled Libya, UN refugee agency says
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Culture

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Cutting work to dance: Q&A with Hala Imam, Part I
Hala Imam graduated with a bachelor's degree in Costume and Set Design. She went on to study modern dance at the Cairo Opera House's Modern...
Master Mimz: a Moroccan woman raps on the Egyptian revolution
'Sanctum': Plumbing the depths of forgetability
Choir captures Tahrir revolution's Utopian vibe
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My name is not Regime

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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

<p>A rare Eye of Horus Silly Band</p>
Silly Bandz: How silly are they?
Silly Bandz are the new fad among youngsters. School kids trade and wear the rubber bracelets and aspire to collect the entire collection of shapes...
Streets of Cairo: Turn back time through 26th July Street
Rebuilding Egypt's education
Clothing for the revolution
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Travel

<p>Sharm el-Sheikh beach resort</p>
Post-revolution travel offers to boost tourism
An unprecedented drop in tourism during and following the weeks of the 25 January uprising is forcing Egyptian travel agencies to offer discounted...
Desert camping: Easiest way to get away from it all
'Come back to Egypt' campaigns aim to attract tourists, Egyptian expats
Egyptians travel home for revolution
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