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SEC commences preparations for parliamentary elections

  /  October 22, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Date for elections yet to be decided

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Egyptian ambassador to UN calls for end to Palestinian occupation

  /  October 22, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Amr Abu Atta’s comments came during UN Security Council meeting shortly before peace talks are set to resume in Cairo

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Egyptian, Ethiopian foreign ministers prepare for joint meeting

  /  October 22, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Meeting to include private sector businessmen, two countries to remove all obstacles facing development of bilateral relations

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Presidential Palace trial postponed to 23 October

  /  October 22, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Morsi is charged in four other trials with verdicts yet to be received in all cases

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9 sentenced to life in prison for establishing terrorist cell

  /  October 22, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Defendants convicted of plotting against the state

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ANHRI condemns cut-off on live talk show

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The ministries of Housing and Education both say they had no involvement in the decision to take the show off the air

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Freedom and Justice Party submits formal objection against party’s dissolution

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Party lawyer says ban “contradicts Egyptian law”

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Libyan tribal leaders gather in Cairo for unity talks

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Egyptian foreign minister meets Arab League envoy to discuss Libya’s political path

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Police forces return to Al-Azhar University

, and   /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Demonstrations at university organised in response to the death of Alexandria University student Omar Al-Sharif

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7 sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Convictions stem from March raid that ended in the death of two military officers

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Alleged drug trafficker killed by security forces in Qaliubiya

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Security forces in search for other suspect involved in incident

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Supreme Electoral Commission urges voters to verify data

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Date for upcoming parliamentary elections yet to be set

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Al-Sisi travels to Alexandria to oversee naval exercises

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Al-Bader exercises mark anniversary of sinking of Israeli destroyer Eliat in 1967

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Shoukry meets EU human rights envoy ahead of review

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Egyptian foreign minister stresses importance of building legal system based on equality

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Al-Sisi stresses independence of judiciary in Al Jazeera case

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

President says foreign journalists guilty of crimes should be deported

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36 referred to court for forming ‘terrorist’ group

  /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Police arrested 22 members, including the founder, with remaining 14 still at large

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Alexandria student dies after sustaining birdshot injuries

and   /  October 21, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The student was struck in the head during clashes in Alexandria University last week

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Police disperse protests at Al-Azhar Girls University

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Campus storming continues as students defy arrests and suspensions

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Endowments ministry inspectors granted right of civilian arrests

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Ministry is trying to hold religious entities in its grip: Researchers

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Egypt’s Mufti condemns storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Foreign ministry issued similar condemnation last week

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60 judges face disciplinary action over ‘Brotherhood support’

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Judges were referred to the disciplinary committee calling for their dismissal

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AFTE condemns interrogating journalists over leaking legal document

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Al-Masry Al-Youm editor and journalist interrogated by state security for 14 hours

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Egypt-Israel gas deal won’t happen without state’s approval: Petroleum ministry

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Israeli energy company Delek says purchased gas will be supplied to industrial consumers in Egypt

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Inciting against armed forces, police is betrayal: Endowment ministry

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Ministry will stand up against extremist ideologies, says endowment minister

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Court issues fines for insulting Judges Club

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Head of the Central Auditing Organisation, journalist and editor ordered to pay EGP 15,000–EGP 20,000

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3 suspended at hospital after pregnant woman was refused service

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Ministry of Health to investigate the incident after woman was forced to give birth outside

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19 Sudanese nationals detained by Kafr El-Sheikh border guards

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Group allegedly attempted to travel to Italy illegally

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Tripartite agreement sets date for commencing GERD impact study

  /  October 20, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

El-Moghazy said consulting firm will be agreed upon and announced in December

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196 people attempting illegal immigration stopped at Libya border

and   /  October 19, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Defendants are facing military prosecution

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Riot police storm university campuses as SAC promise ‘student uprising’

  /  October 19, 2014  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Interior Ministry announces arrest of 29 students from several universities

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