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Grand Egyptian Museum construction work to resume next week
Thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts are to be transferred to the museum as work recommences following a contract signing with Belgium construction companies on Tuesday
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Ousted president, fellow defendants arrive at Cairo Police Academy Monday morning amid notable absence of supporters
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Most Middle Eastern governments are failing to recognize the significance of the Arab Spring and are responding with repression or merely cosmetic change, Amnesty International said
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Following much quarrelling Sunday afternoon, Arab League delegates decide to keep their 67-strong observer mission in Syria, acknowledging a 'partial decline' in violence
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As the year comes to a close, Ahram Online Books asks prominent Egyptian intellectuals what their favourites reads were of 2011
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After the cancellation of the Cairo book fair in 2011, publishers fear postponing it in 2012 risks the demise of the Arab world’s oldest and largest book event
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Coalition calls for April presidential elections and transfer of military power
56 parties and movements call for presidential elections in April, a move to civilian government and the trials of those responsible for the deaths of protesters in a ten-point revolutionary statement issued on Sunday
Egypt PM says police should respect human rights after revolution
Kamal El-Ganzouri, Egypt's premier, calls on the police to respect the human rights of protesters and exercise 'utmost' restraint
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At Kasr El-Doubara, a downtown Cairo church that stands by the January 25 revolution, Muslims joined Christians for a Christmas Mass marked with hope and prayers for the martyrs of struggle
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Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights to sue current prime minister and others for corrupt sell-off of state assets
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Researchers, scholars and activists explore the sea as a site of power and resistance, looking also at the Gaza Flotilla
El-Fan Midan floods with freedom
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Wolves: A virtual exhibition, documenting Egypt's present
Mohamed Abla’s artwork commenting on December's violent attacks on peaceful protesters hits Facebook in an online exhibition