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Mandela still critical but 'stable': Granddaughter
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Anti-Morsi 'Rebel' campaign to hold press conference
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Sidon clashes over, Lebanese forces hunt cleric Assir
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Zamalek to hold ceremony for Egypt's former star Mido
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Suicide bombers target Iraqi Turkmen, killing 8
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Court orders Morsi to reveal details of 2011 police abduction in Sinai
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Kerry arrives in Saudi Arabia on Syria push
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Official: Real Madrid appoint Ancelotti as coach
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Ousted prosecutor's appeal against Morsi's constitutional decree rejected
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UPDATE: Three Afghan guards killed in Kabul attack: Govt
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Syria battles rage in Damascus, Aleppo: NGO
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Moroccan dies after setting himself ablaze: Activist
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Italy police launch tax probe into soccer player trades
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Real Madrid closing on Ancelotti and Isco, says president Perez
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Saudi congratulates Qatar's newly-crowned young emir
09:58
Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace
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Bomb kills eight women, one child: Afghan police
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Clashes in Egypt's Sharqiya, 2 injured
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Egypt's presidency denies govt reshuffle, rift with army
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Italy suffer blow after injured Balotelli is sidelined from Confederations Cup
22:21
Egypt cancels 2010 land contract awarded to Bin Laden brother
21:43
Syria offensive makes peace conference more difficult: Hague
21:37
Egypt's presidency: Military won't step in
21:22
Egypt's Morsi chairs National security meeting ahead of 30 June rallies
20:32
Sudan ex-intelligence chief faces coup charges: Lawyer
19:58
Egypt League indefinitely postponed due to security concerns
19:56
IMF renews dialogue with Somalia
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Bulgarian president to launch talks with parties over protests
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Rafael Nadal loses in 1st round at Wimbledon to Steve Darcis of Belgium
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US embassy in Egypt condemns Sunday mob killing of Shias
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Best laid plans: Egypt's Islamist project on the brink
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Despite decades of planning for Egypt's eventual transition into an Islamic state, only two years of post-revolution politics appear to have put paid to the Muslim Brotherhood's longed-for Islamist renaissance
US Embassy in Cairo to close on 30 June, warns of violent protests
Protests on Morsi anniversary could turn violent, US Embassy warns; Americans should maintain low profile in days leading up to protests
Amnesty urges Morsi to protect Egypt’s Shias
President Mohamed Morsi remained silent over sectarian hate speech before killing of 4 Shia Muslims by mob in Giza, Amnesty International says
Turkish police detain 20 over anti-government protests
Twenty detained in Ankara over anti-government protests after police raid addresses of some 30 members of 'terrorist' organisation
Five arrested over Shia murders in Egypt
Police arrest five people over murder of four Shia Muslims in Giza mob attack; Shia leaders to hold press conference on Wednesday
Brazil's president strives to calm street protests
Meeting with protesters Monday, Brazilian president proposes plebiscite on political reform amongst plans for revamping health care, public transport, and education
Iran condemns attack on Shia Muslims in Egypt
In response to Sunday killing of four Shias in Egypt, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson claims assault part of a 'foreign conspiracy' against Shias
Unidentified armed assailants attack culture sit-in outside Alex theatre
Eyewitnesses describe 'vicious' attack outside Alexandria's Beram El-Tonsy Theatre, site of 9-day sit-in against perceived 'Brotherhoodisation' of culture by local activists
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Sexual torture still rife under Morsi: Egyptian rights groups
Egyptian human rights organisations say sexual torture still widespread under Mohamed Morsi
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Egypt's Islamists under fire over Shia mob killings
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Qatar's 33-year-old Crown Prince Tamim: Groomed for power
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VIDEO: Shobra 'Rebel' protest begins 30 June buildup
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Class and the revolution
Nader Fergany
The quest for political change should not rely on a specific social class. New movements like Tamarod are examples of cross-class alliances that will change the Arab world
Mr Minister, what are you talking about?
Khaled Fahmy
Culture ministers should promote freedom of thought, speech and academic research, not censorship, closure and ignorance. But then in Egypt, avarice and ineptitude reigns from the top
Who will draw the new map of the Middle East?
Mohamed El-Menshawy
Currently facing a host of grave foreign-policy challenges, Egypt must make its strategic regional interests a priority – irrespective of who calls the shots in Cairo
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Zamalek to hold ceremony for Egypt's former star Mido
Former Pharaohs frontman recently repaid the faith of his boyhood club fans by dropping expectations the Cairo giants, Zamalek would pay $640,000 owed him
Official: Real Madrid appoint Ancelotti as coach
Former Paris St Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has been named as Real Madrid boss
Italy suffer blow after injured Balotelli is sidelined from Confederations Cup
Italian marksman Mario Balotelli is sidelined from upcoming Spain clash in Confederations Cup semi-finals after sustaining thigh injury, leaving Italy without top striker
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Gorgi mosque inaugurated in Cairo's Boulaq
The 17th century mosque of Emir Mostafa Gorgi in Boulaq Abul Ela was officially reopened on Sunday after four years of restoration work
Saving Cairo: Engineers, archaeologists protest 'ugly' Old Cairo buildings
Under the banner 'Save Cairo, the city of 1000 minarets,' engineers, archaeologists and activists stage a protest at the Cairo governorate against new concrete buildings springing up in Historic Cairo
Egyptian customs seize smuggled artefacts from Peru, Ecuador
Egyptian antiquities ministry will hand over the collection of statues and carved wooden heads to the respective embassies
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Egypt's Morsi chairs National security meeting ahead of 30 June rallies
Embattled presidency meets members of Egypt's National Security Council (NSC) ahead of next Sunday's planned demonstrations to demand snap presidential elections
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Egyptian grand mufti condemns mob Shia killings
Senior Sunni cleric says that killing is a worse sin in Islam than the destruction of the sacred Kaaba in Mecca
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Brotherhood supporter to face trial for last year's palace violence
Ahmed El-Mogheer will be tried for attacking anti-Morsi protesters at the presidential palace in December 2012
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Brazil's president strives to calm street protests
Meeting with protesters Monday, Brazilian president proposes plebiscite on political reform amongst plans for revamping health care, public transport, and education
Iran condemns attack on Shia Muslims in Egypt
In response to Sunday killing of four Shias in Egypt, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson claims assault part of a 'foreign conspiracy' against Shias
Qatar's 33-year-old Crown Prince Tamim: Groomed for power
No major policy changes are expected when Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani becomes new emir of Qatar this week, says expert in Gulf affairs
Business
Egypt launches vehicle tracking service for first time
Egypt's new car tracking service will allow users to track their stolen vehicles, and will help prevent fuel smuggling, the government hopes
Over 1.5 million foreign workers change status before Saudi crackdown
Saudi authorities tries to curb workers' black market in an attempt to reduce unemployment rate among it's citizens
Gamaa Islamiya to withdraw member from Egypt's Luxor governorship
Egypt's hardline Islamist Gamaa Islamiya says it will withdraw Adel El-Khayat from the governorship of the ancient touristic city of Luxor following uproar over his appointment by President Morsi
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Arts & Culture
Unidentified armed assailants attack culture sit-in outside Alex theatre
Eyewitnesses describe 'vicious' attack outside Alexandria's Beram El-Tonsy Theatre, site of 9-day sit-in against perceived 'Brotherhoodisation' of culture by local activists
Soweto Strings: Democratising musical knowledge
Egypt's Faculty of Music Education recently screened South African film 'Soweto Strings,' which examines the casual relationship between music knowledge and the development of economic and social conditions
Best of Egyptian Hip Hop artists rap on social ills at concert
'Amid political disturbances, it would be irrelevant to sing about cars or parties,' says rapper El-Banna to Ahram Online regarding the I Breathe Hip Hop concert on 20 June