Egypt
Parliament bans journalists from covering meeting with Abouelnaga
March 4, 2012
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
March 4, 2012
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
March 4, 2012
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
March 4, 2012
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
March 4, 2012
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…
Army impartial toward all parties, says Tantawi
March 4, 2012
Army impartial toward all parties, says Tantawi
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, on Sunday said that the armed forces…
Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home
March 4, 2012
Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home
DOHA — With its three friendly matches scheduled for Cairo last week scuttled by the Interior Ministry after the Port…
Parliament defense committee calls for removal of Ganzouri govt
March 4, 2012
Parliament defense committee calls for removal of Ganzouri govt
Parliament’s Defense and National Security Committee on Sunday called for withdrawing confidence in the government and forming a coalition government…
Jama’a al-Islamiya suggests MPs make up 70 percent of constituent assembly
March 4, 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya suggests MPs make up 70 percent of constituent assembly
Jama’a al-Islamiya has proposed that 70 percent of members of the constituent assembly that will write Egypt’s new constitution be…
Advisory Council member: Failing agricultural policies legacy of regime
March 4, 2012
Advisory Council member: Failing agricultural policies legacy of regime
A member of the Advisory Council to Egypt’s military leaders called on Sunday for the prime minister to meet with…