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Minister slams Parliament control over constituent assembly

Minister slams Parliament control over constituent assembly

Minister of Solidarity and Domestic Trade Gouda Abdel Khaleq criticized the Islamist-dominated Parliament’s control over the process of drafting the…
Tantawi supporters collect signatures to convince him to run for president

Tantawi supporters collect signatures to convince him to run for president

Mahmoud Atteya, coordinator of the Egypt Above All campaign, said Monday the campaign managed to collect 70,000 signatures from 14…
Parliament refers government’s ‘affordable housing’ violations to prosecution

Parliament refers government’s ‘affordable housing’ violations to prosecution

The People's Assembly’s Housing Committee referred the violations of the Abu Matamir City affordable housing project to the public prosecutor for…
Egypt govt allows four banks to disburse ‘yellow remittances’

Egypt govt allows four banks to disburse ‘yellow remittances’

Farouk al-Okda, head of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), on Sunday granted four banks the right to disburse “yellow…
Automatic rifles seized from vehicle on Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road

Automatic rifles seized from vehicle on Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road

Giza Security Directorate patrols on Sunday morning seized 28 automatic rifles hidden in a secret compartment of a pick-up truck…
Parliament repeals law allowing president to refer civilians to military court

Parliament repeals law allowing president to refer civilians to military court

The People's Assembly's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee approved in a meeting on Monday the cancellation of a military law…
Health official: 3 dead, 137 injured near Abbasseya cathedral

Health official: 3 dead, 137 injured near Abbasseya cathedral

Three people have been crushed to death and 137 injured near the St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Abbasseya since yesterday,…
Minister: Govt tried to stop US aid in 2007

Minister: Govt tried to stop US aid in 2007

Members of the Arab Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Council called for doing away with US aid…
Egypt to take US$392 mn from Japan for new metro line

Egypt to take US$392 mn from Japan for new metro line

Egypt will receive a US$392 million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to fund the construction of Cairo’s fourth…
Medical graduates protest ‘remote’ assignments

Medical graduates protest ‘remote’ assignments

A group of about 200 medical students marched down Qasr al-Aini Street on Monday afternoon protesting the Health Ministry’s decision…
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