Egypt
Katatny’s driver assaults airport employee
March 30, 2012
Katatny’s driver assaults airport employee
People's Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katatny's driver and two of his colleagues assaulted a Cairo airport employee on Thursday evening after…
Confrontations between Brotherhood supporters, activists in Alexandria
March 30, 2012
Confrontations between Brotherhood supporters, activists in Alexandria
Confrontations took place between activists and Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Alexandria on Friday after protesters chanted against Brotherhood and the…
Document attributed to NSA advises satellite channels not to tackle crises
March 30, 2012
Document attributed to NSA advises satellite channels not to tackle crises
Egyptian activists on Facebook and Twitter circulated a document attributed to the National Security Agency under the title "Advice" directed…
Parliament review: Who will write the constitution?
March 30, 2012
Parliament review: Who will write the constitution?
Parliament trundled along on Thursday, after a dramatic week of partisan squabbling over the constitution and who should write it.…
Coptic church withdraws representatives from constituent assembly
March 30, 2012
Coptic church withdraws representatives from constituent assembly
State-run MENA news service reported on Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox Church withdrew its representatives from the constituent assembly that…
Dozens gather at US embassy to demand ambassador expulsion
March 30, 2012
Dozens gather at US embassy to demand ambassador expulsion
Dozens of supporters of television personality Tawfiq Okasha, gathered Friday outside the US Embassy in Cairo to demand the expulsion…
Democracy not enough to uproot corruption, academics say
March 30, 2012
Democracy not enough to uproot corruption, academics say
Former Housing Minister Ibrahim Suleiman was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined LE2.8 billion on Thursday for his…
Tahrir calm Friday morning after protest canceled
March 30, 2012
Tahrir calm Friday morning after protest canceled
Tahrir Square was calm on Friday morning after the Union of Revolutionary Youth canceled a demonstration dubbed the “Constitution for…
Rights organization launches campaign to include basic freedoms in constitution
March 30, 2012
Rights organization launches campaign to include basic freedoms in constitution
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights launched on Wednesday a campaign dubbed "The Independent Committee for Drafting Egypt's Coming Constitution"…
Nubians accuse Brotherhood of excluding them from constituent assembly
March 30, 2012
Nubians accuse Brotherhood of excluding them from constituent assembly
Nubian leaders in Aswan accused the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party of excluding them from the constituent assembly during…