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FJP poll: 30% of Egyptians want Islamist president

FJP poll: 30% of Egyptians want Islamist president

Thirty percent of Egyptians want the country’s next president to have an Islamic background, a poll conducted by the Muslim…
In a first, Parliament speaker travels abroad

In a first, Parliament speaker travels abroad

Speaker of the People’s Assembly and prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood Saad al-Katatny left Cairo for Kuwait on Sunday…
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer gets 18 years in prison

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer gets 18 years in prison

A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court, his…
Military court adjourns Maspero massacre case to 13 March

Military court adjourns Maspero massacre case to 13 March

A military court has adjourned the case of protester deaths during a mostly Coptic march in October to 13 March,…
Israel offers aid to Syria ‘via Red Cross’

Israel offers aid to Syria ‘via Red Cross’

Israel has offered to send humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians affected by the regime's crackdown on protests through the International…
Parliament bans journalists from covering meeting with Abouelnaga

Parliament bans journalists from covering meeting with Abouelnaga

The People’s Assembly’s Economic Committee banned journalists and media from covering a meeting Sunday with Minister of Planning and International…
Tantawi pardons 18 Bedouins convicted by military court

Tantawi pardons 18 Bedouins convicted by military court

The governor of North Sinai, General Abdel Wahab Mabrouk, said that Egypt’s de facto leader, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, cancelled…
Verdict on policeman accused of killing demonstrators to be given on Wednesday

Verdict on policeman accused of killing demonstrators to be given on Wednesday

The Cairo Criminal Court will issue its verdict on Mohamed Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, a policeman accused of killing demonstrators on…
Court sentences priest over church construction

Court sentences priest over church construction

A court in the Upper Egyptian city of Edfu sentenced Father Macarius of the Marinab Church in Aswan Governorate to…
Palestinians protest fuel crisis before Egyptian Embassy in Gaza

Palestinians protest fuel crisis before Egyptian Embassy in Gaza

Palestinians staged a sit-in on Sunday before the Egyptian Embassy in the Gaza Strip that has been closed for five…
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