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Dozens protest against police beating of citizen in Upper Egypt

Dozens protest against police beating of citizen in Upper Egypt

Dozens of April 6 Youth Movement members and residents of the Upper Egyptian city of Dayrout in Assiut Governorate gathered…
Police seize large amounts of smuggled fuel, expired cookies

Police seize large amounts of smuggled fuel, expired cookies

Security authorities have launched an inspection campaign leading to the confiscation of large amounts of smuggled fuel and expired food…
Wikileaks’ Assange hosts Nasrallah in first interview on Kremlin TV show

Wikileaks’ Assange hosts Nasrallah in first interview on Kremlin TV show

The first episode of Julian Assange’s new talk show, airing on the Kremlin’s English-language satellite broadcaster, has begun with an…
Sabbahi: Elections should not be delayed over constitution-writing crisis

Sabbahi: Elections should not be delayed over constitution-writing crisis

Postponing the presidential election until the body writing the new constitution finishes its work is unacceptable under any circumstance, said…
65 Egyptians in Israeli prisons begin hunger strike

65 Egyptians in Israeli prisons begin hunger strike

Sixty-five Egyptian detainees in Israeli prisons began an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday to demand their release, UPI news agency…
Abu Ismail calls US documents proving mother’s dual citizenship a ‘fraud’

Abu Ismail calls US documents proving mother’s dual citizenship a ‘fraud’

Recently disqualified presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail said Monday that the Presidential Elections Commission’s documents proving his mother’s American…
Port Said trial begins at Police Academy amid heightened security

Port Said trial begins at Police Academy amid heightened security

The trial of 75 defendants implicated in the deaths of 74 football fans in Port Said began Tuesday in Cairo’s…
Tuesday’s papers: Excluded candidates to learn their fates

Tuesday’s papers: Excluded candidates to learn their fates

Government mouthpiece Al-Ahram writes Tuesday morning, “[Hazem Salah] Abu Ismail followers object and [Khairat] al-Shater takes back his call for…
Suez schools evacuated as fire continues at Nasr Petroleum Company

Suez schools evacuated as fire continues at Nasr Petroleum Company

Suez’s Taawoneyat Preparatory School and other schools were evacuated on the orders of school officials Tuesday, as a fire continues…
AFP’s Massoud Hossaini wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

AFP’s Massoud Hossaini wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

Agence France-Presse and the news websites Huffington Post and Politico each won their first Pulitzer Prizes as the prestigious journalism…
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