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  Salafi party head says army prevented Egypt from turning into Syria

  Egypt would have turned into a fragmented country if it were not for its army, said Younis Makhioun, the Salafi Nour Party head.   Read More
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  Wafd Party: Presidential elections must come first

  Presidential elections must take place before parliamentary elections in Egypt, said Wafd Party president al-Sayed al-Badawi.   Read More
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  CORRECTED | Egypt bans protests at universities without permit

  An Egyptian court for urgent matters ordered on Monday the banning of student protests inside all university campuses without a permit from university presidents.   Read More
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  UPDATE | Egypt likely to change roadmap, hold presidential vote first

  Egypt's government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable in a way that could see army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi elected head of state by April.   Read More

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  As Egypt hardliners gain, scope for conflict grows

  If there was any hope left that the generals who overthrew Egypt's elected president six months ago might ease the state's crackdown on dissent, a suicide bomb that ripped through a police station on Tuesday may have destroyed it.   Read More

  
  
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  EXCLUSIVE - Assad's secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt

  The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping and payments documents show, part of an under-the-radar trade that has kept his military running despite Western sanctions.   Read More

  
  
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  Sexual harassment victim: Slow judicial processes lead to repeated attacks

  When Yasmine El Baramawy went to Tahrir Square last year to call for “bread, freedom and dignity,” she did not imagine that she would be sexually assaulted and that her personal tragedy would turn into a judicial nightmare that lasts months.   Read More

  
  
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  FEATURE l To feed my children or take the bus

  A famous line by prominent Egyptian poet Bayram al-Tunsi says, "O vender of radishes, one for a penny, how much goes to the children, how much to the municipal council?” Even though Tunsi was criticizing taxes and other regulations imposed on everybody without discrimination, the line can be used today but instead amended into: how much goes to the children and how much to transportation?   Read More

  
  
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  FACTBOX | Living costs and income of Egyptians in 2012-2013

  The most important indicators of income and spending of Egyptians.   Read More