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Political parties and powers to approve El-Selmi document, on condition it is amended

Several political parties and groups will approve the supra-constitutional principles document, after the latest amendments

Qalioubiya court rules in favour of independent trade union candidates

Independent trade union members are fighting for their right to run as worker representatives in the upcoming parliamentary elections; Wednesday's court ruling could set a precedent as other governorates head to the court

'Revolution's injured alliance' stages Tahrir Square sit-in

Dozens of activists - many of them injured in the 18-day uprising - vow to remain in the square until long-standing revolutionary demands are met

Pope Shenouda III travels to the US for medical treatment

Pope urges Egyptians to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections before departing for the US

Peaceful Front for Change announces 'black' and 'white' candidates lists

Youth activist group puts former regime members on black list and 'clean' politicians and regime opponents on white list in move designed to prevent ex-NDP remnants from re-entering parliament in the 28 November vote

Field Marshal Tantawi sits down with US Chief of Central Command ‎in Egypt

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi met with the US Chief of Central ‎Command, General James Mattis, on Tuesday in Egypt

Free Egyptians party denies cooperating with NDP figures

The party denies that its Beheira Governorate lists contain the names of former NDP members

Conservative Party's ads banned from Egyptian TV

The slogans of the party, which was founded by a leading member of the NDP, 'violated' television standards according to government

Politics

Occupy squared

The offer by Occupy Wall Street protesters to 'monitor' elections in Egypt could have rocked the bonds that tie the two protest movements, but a discussion has emerged over political action outside old frameworks

Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya prepares for Friday Tahrir protest

Group plans to attend Tahrir demonstrations to voice its rejection of government-proposed 'supra-constitutional principles'

ETUF workers stage sit-in to demand fresh board elections

Workers accuse manpower minister Ahmed El-Borai of supporting new independent trade unions at the expense of state-run Egyptian Trade Union Federation

Egypt Journalists' Syndicate slams military trials for civilians

Syndicate board tells journalists not to tolerate military trials in the first such statement by an Egyptian trade union

'Occupy' activists worldwide rally in defence of Egypt uprising

Activists in cities across the globe express solidarity with Egypt's as-yet-unfinished revolution, calling it the 'inspiration' for the global 'Occupy' movement

Independent engineers take aim at Brotherhood in historic syndicate vote

After a 16-year fight to end state trusteeship over their syndicate, a new generation of engineers wants members to vote for class interests not religion in the union's first election since Egypt's revolution

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