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Egypt's public prosecutor appeals court order to acquit 3 ex-ministers
Court to consider appeal against controversial release of Suez officers accused of killing revolution protestors
A court session has been called to consider the appeal lodged against last Wednesday's release of officers accused of killing protesters during the 25 January revolution
European Commission president has two items on agenda in Cairo: fair elections and economic aid
With no formal invitation from the Egyptian side for election observers, the European Commission president is due in Cairo 14 July to discuss economic assistance and fair elections
Alexandrians protest in solidarity with fellow Egyptians in Suez
Egyptians, frustrated with the constant adjourning of trials against police officers accused of killing protesters, begin a sit-in in Suez, inspiring a solidarity sit-in in Alexandria
Egyptian court clears Mubarak's ministers of information, finance and housing in corruption trials
Three former ministers are cleared abusing their political powers but the former Minister of Industry gets a five year prison sentence in absentia
Martyrs families block Cairo-Suez road in protest
The families of the January 25 Revolution martyrs in Suez hit the streets in protest soon after a criminal court released 14 police offers accused of killing protesters
EU says dialogue with Muslim Brotherhood possible
Days after Washington agreed to resume dialogue with the Brotherhood, the EU announces its willingless to speak to all political groups in Egypt in order to strengthen political pluralism
Egypt cabinet introduces mixed electoral system, reduces minimum candidate age to 25
In the longest cabinet meeting in recent memory, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's government has approved two new laws regulating parliamentary elections slated for September
Civil Personal Status Law: the fight for an equal right to a happy life for Copts
A group of Copts call for protests Thursday in their fight for their “right to life,” i.e. a personal status law which would grant them, like Muslims, the right to divorce, remarry and adults to choose their religion  
Egypt's elections timetable unchanged, parties rebuke electoral law
Essam Sharaf, currently in the UAE, confirms that parliamentary elections will be held on time, as parties' voice their dissatisfaction with the new electoral law
Egypt's 28 June police-civilian clashes were premeditated: fact-finding committee
A fact-finding committee results suggest that clashes between police and civilians on 28 and 29 June were premeditated
Drug raid in Manial, Cairo leads to clashes at police station
Violence erupts in front of an Old Cairo police station in Manial, Cairo, after a drug raid, leaving one dead and two different stories
Egypt's PM formally invited to Tahrir protests: Revolution's Youth Coalition
Egypt's Revolution Youth Coalition held a press conference Monday to announce their position on the anticipated 8 July Tahrir Square protest - and invited PM Sharaf to join them in Tahrir

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Officers accused of killing Suez protesters released on bail
Families of martyrs in Suez are angered after a criminal court releases 14 police officers accused of deliberatley killing protesters

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