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Parliamentary committee approves harsher penalties for torture

Parliamentary committee approves harsher penalties for torture

Parliament’s constitutional, legislative and human rights committees approved a draft law Monday that could amend how the country's courts prosecute…
Court adjourns trial of officials accused of killing protesters in Daqahlia

Court adjourns trial of officials accused of killing protesters in Daqahlia

Mansoura Criminal Court adjourned until Wednesday the trial of three Interior Ministry officials charged with killing protesters in Daqahlia during…
Parliament committee approves bill outlawing Suleiman presidential candidacy

Parliament committee approves bill outlawing Suleiman presidential candidacy

The People's Assembly's Proposals and Complaints Committee approved on Monday a bill amending the presidential elections law 123/2011 by adding…
Nour Party: We won’t watch helplessly as Suleiman runs for president

Nour Party: We won’t watch helplessly as Suleiman runs for president

The Salafi-led Nour Party pledged not to “stand by helplessly” as former Vice President Omar Suleiman runs for president, party…
Interior Ministry denies accusing AUC of destabilizing the country

Interior Ministry denies accusing AUC of destabilizing the country

The Interior Ministry on Monday denied reports that it had arrested two spy rings gathering information about Egypt’s post-revolution economic…
MP Amr Hamzawy: Now not the time for cabinet removal

MP Amr Hamzawy: Now not the time for cabinet removal

The cabinet of incumbent Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri has failed to offer a successful plan to get through the transitional…
Health Ministry opens first national stem cell research center in Egypt

Health Ministry opens first national stem cell research center in Egypt

Egypt inaugurated its first stem cell research center at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital on Monday, and officials said it plans to…
Upper Egypt-bound trains halt as bus drivers block railways

Upper Egypt-bound trains halt as bus drivers block railways

Railway movement in Upper Egypt came to a halt Monday after dozens of car and bus drivers blocked railroads in the Minya…
Authorities seize 9 tons of inedible herring and fesikh in Cairo

Authorities seize 9 tons of inedible herring and fesikh in Cairo

Following intensive health inspections of fish shops since early April, authorities have seized 8 tons of herring and 1 ton…
Govt to negotiate import of Sudanese live cattle

Govt to negotiate import of Sudanese live cattle

Agriculture Minister Mohamed Reda Ismail has begun negotiations with the Sudanese government on how Egypt can import live Sudanese calves…
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