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20:44

Maadi policemen stage protest against new working hours

<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>
Photographed by Fouad Elgarnousy
About 200 policemen from the Maadi police station staged protests on Wednesday, rejecting the new shift pattern that has been imposed on them. They demonstrated outside the police station, blocking the street. They are...
20:08

Police officer arrested on suspicion of torturing Salafi to death

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The Alexandria public prosecutor has ordered the detention of Mohamed al-Shimy, a police officer from the National Security Apparatus, for four days pending investigation on charges of killing al-Sayed Belal, a Salafi...
19:57

Judges Club president lashes out at protesting law school graduates

<p>Dozens of law school graduates protesting before the Supreme Court, Cairo, 3 Spetember, 2011. Protesters called for equality with chancellors&#39; and judges&#39; sons who have been appointed to the State Council and prosecution service. They also called on the ruling military council not to approve new judicial appointments until a new president is elected.</p>
Photographed by Tahseen Bakr
Ahmed al-Zend, president of the Judges Club, lashed out at law school graduates who are demonstrating before the Supreme Court, saying that he would never appoint them to judicial posts. On Tuesday, scores of law school...
19:39

Egypt falls 13 slots on Global Competitiveness Index

The furniture industry in Damietta experiencing great demand all over Egypt
Photographed by Hafez Diab
Egypt went down from number 81 last year to number 94 on the 2011 Global Competitiveness Index, which lists a total of 142 countries The Global Competitiveness Report attributed the fall to an inefficient institutional...
19:22

Military council considers allowing party members to run as independents

<p>Major General Mamdouh shahin, member of the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), during a press conference, Cairo, 28 March, 2011. SCAF announced parliamentary elections will be held in September, but didn&#39;t specify time for presidential elections. The council also said emergency will be lifted ahead of the elections.</p>
Photographed by Amr Abdalla
Informed sources have said that the military council is mulling, in consultation with the cabinet, the possibility of allowing party members to run as independents in upcoming parliamentary elections. Article V of the...
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<p>Counting votes after polling stations closed doors during first round of parliamentary elections, Qena, November 28, 2010.</p>
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<p>Hundreds of public bus drivers protest in front of headquarters of Ministers Cabinet Downtown Cairo, September 28,2011, demanding higher wages, bonus increases and improved transportation service for citizens.</p>

Public bus drivers protest at Cabinet

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<p>Presidential hopeful Ayman Nour during a rally as part of his presidential campaign, Sheyouh village, Daqahliya, 27 September, 2011. Nour assured refusal toward emergency law and called on citizens to take part in the &#39;No for Emergency&#39; protests</p>

Nour campaigns in Daqahliya

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<p>Presidential hopeful abdel Moneim abouel Fotouh speaking during a rally, as part of his presidential campaign, Doweiqa, Cairo, 27 September, 2011.</p>

Abouel Fotouh in Doweiqa

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<p>Hundreds of public bus drivers protest in front of headquarters of Ministers Cabinet Downtown Cairo, September 28,2011, demanding higher wages, bonus increases and improved transportation service for citizens.</p>
<p>Presidential hopeful Ayman Nour during a rally as part of his presidential campaign, Sheyouh village, Daqahliya, 27 September, 2011. Nour assured refusal toward emergency law and called on citizens to take part in the &#39;No for Emergency&#39; protests</p>
<p>Presidential hopeful abdel Moneim abouel Fotouh speaking during a rally, as part of his presidential campaign, Doweiqa, Cairo, 27 September, 2011.</p>

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Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world
Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan, Mongolia are among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the US and Canada are among the best,...
Top Bolivia minister quits over Amazon road crackdown
Founder of Green Belt Movement and first African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies
Asbestos, despite the ban, is killing people more than ever
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<p>(FILES) This picture taken on September 27, 2010 shows tractors at the construction site of 50 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel which will house former residents of the Gush Katif settlements that were dismantled in 2005 in the Gaza Strip. Israel re-launched a project of building 800 new housing units in the Ariel settlement, watchdog Peace Now said on November 9, 2010.</p>
Israel approves 1100 new homes in east Jerusalem
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Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured
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<p>Ahmed Maher&#39;s debut film &quot;Al-Mosafer&quot; (The Traveller) has received more than 20 awards from international film festivals. It is scheduled for showing in Egyptian cinemas this September</p>
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