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Agriculture ministry employees reject new minister's nomination

Employees stage sit-in to protest appointment of Saad Nasar, close associate of controversial ex-agriculture minister Youssef Wali

Breaking: Egypt PM appoints new interior minister

Police General Mohamed Ibrahim named new interior minister by Prime Minister El-Ganzouri

British police extend detention of Egypt embassy protesters

Detention extended of four female activists arrested after unfurling 'Solidarity with Tahrir' banner at Egyptian embassy in London

Egypt PM says new cabinet will “probably” be announced Wednesday

Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri told the press the new government will likely to be sworn in on Wednesday, and that he will never use force against protesters camping outside of cabinet offices

Military source: the majority party in the upcoming parliament will not form the government

Contrary to the claims of the Nour party chairman, there will not be a new government following the parliamentary elections

Breaking: El-Ganzouri’s government might be unveiled today

Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri has finished forming the new interim cabinet that shall lead the country for the remainder of the transiatonal period

Research centre poll reveals Moussa leads Egypt presidential contenders

According to recent poll, Amr Moussa has highest support as a presidential candidate, while Mohamed ElBaradei and Hazem Abu Ismail trail at the bottom of the list

Protesters allow traffic back into Tahrir Square

Anti-SCAF demonstrators to maintain symbolic Tahrir Square sit-in until revolutionary demands ‎are unequivocally met

Politics

We'll allow a Coptic president when Israel allows a Muslim one: Salafist leader

Yasser Burhami, an outspoken Salafist leader, denies right of Coptic Christians to hold high political office in Egypt; calls for government to monitor women's attire and force tourists to abide by Islamic law

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Egypt Copts react to Islamist electoral win

Naguib Mahfouz's novels promoted 'prostitution and drugs': Salafist Parliament candidate

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Muslim Brotherhood threatens to sue Salafists for electoral violations

With both sides accusing the other of contravening electoral laws, the Brotherhood issues a final warning to the Salafist Nour Party over its conduct during voting

In talk with Ahram Online, tourism minister allays fears of Islamist govt

In exclusive interview with Ahram Online, Mounir Fakhry Abd El-Nour, the liberal minister of tourism, downplays rising concerns that an Islamist electoral landslide will negatively impact flow of foreigners

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April 6 hits back at SCAF's foreign funding claims

Group spokesman says justice ministry has already absolved the prominent youth movement of foreign funding charges

Mystery of new interior minister raises fears that the choice will be unpopular

Activists fear Prime Minister El-Ganzouri's reluctance to name the new interior minister before cabinet takes oath could mean he has chosen an unpopular figure close to the old regime

Frustrated @Alaa's father takes innocence evidence to the public

Prominent lawyer and father of detained activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, fed up with prosecutors 'inexplicable laxness' in vetting charges, goes public on TV with evidence suggesting his son's innocence

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