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Egypt's first-ever female ambassador and minister dies at 85

Aisha Rateb, the first woman to ever serve in senior government positions in Egypt, dies at age 85 in Cairo

12 alleged Black Bloc members arrested for attacking High Court

Alleged members of anarchist-inspired protest group arrested Friday night face charges of rioting, vandalism and inciting violence at Egypt's High Court

Jail terms given to 3 for Upper-Egypt train crash

Train driver and 2 others got prison sentences, while another 3 rail workers were acquitted for train accident that killed at least 19 in Egypt

Minor clashes between police and unknown protesters in Tahrir

Minor clashes erupt again after calm had been restored on Friday

Egypt's FJP denies mob killing of its leader's son is political

Sharqiya's FJP office says the fight that ended with the mob killing of the son of one of their leaders was happenstance, denying any connection to a political insult on Facebook

Media watchdog report calls Egypt's Brotherhood a 'freedoms violator'

On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders describes why they add Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to its Predators of Freedom of Information list

Hundreds protest 'Brotherhoodisation' of Alexandria after governor complaint

Days before anticipated government reshuffle, hundreds protest against 'Brotherhoodisation' of Alexandria as governor points to 'proof' of monopoly plot by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

New mob killing in Egypt's Sharqiya: Son of Brotherhood leader beaten to death

Son of Brotherhood party leader beaten to death by revengeful mob in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Zagazig for shooting two men over online post

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Declarations of war: Islamist vs. private media in Egypt

First 200 days of Morsi presidency sees 24 legal complaints against journalists accused of 'insulting president,' leading many to believe Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is targeting local media

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Morsi's office surprised at claims it restricts media access

Speech crimes are mark of totalitarian regimes: Egypt's Bassem Youssef

Egyptian media more free than ever before: Minister

M is for Mosque: How Egypt's Copts were sidelined

Post-revolution Egypt has suffered from rising sectarian violence, Ahram Online investigates the history of troubles between the country's Muslim and Christian communities

Top preacher to be investigated for 'terrorising' Egypt state security

Hundreds of Islamists march to National Security headquarters in Cairo's Nasr City; Salafist preacher Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail and Islamist leader Hossam Abu El-Bokhary to be investigated after calling for protest

Sinai: Atrophied development

Thirty-one years after Sinai’s liberation, the peninsula’s inhabitants are in no mood for celebration

Dirty cutlery behind Al-Azhar second food poisoning, says official

Lab results indicate dirty cutlery, not spoiled food, caused Egypt's Al-Azhar University second mass food poisoning outbreak, says official

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Egyptian prosecutors question comedian over jokes on El-Bernameg

Khaled Mansour accused of insulting president and religion on Bassem Youssef's El-Bernameg show

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