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Advisory Council to discuss amending controversial constitutional article

Advisory Council to discuss amending controversial constitutional article

The Advisory Council to the ruling military junta will meet Saturday to discuss amending an article in the interim constitution…
Hamas leader denies group stirred unrest during 25 January uprising

Hamas leader denies group stirred unrest during 25 January uprising

  Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip denied Thursday that Hamas was involved in the 25 January uprising against Hosni…
Update: Abouel Fotouh released from hospital after highway assault

Update: Abouel Fotouh released from hospital after highway assault

Presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh was in good health and returned home from the hospital Friday, a source from…
Attackers storm Tahrir, say to purge it of drug dealers

Attackers storm Tahrir, say to purge it of drug dealers

A group of teenage attackers holding metal rods and knives stormed Tahrir Square early Friday morning, setting fire to tents…
Mubarak trial could be the last for judge before retirement

Mubarak trial could be the last for judge before retirement

Judicial sources at the Cairo Court of Appeal said that Ahmed Refaat, the head of the North Cairo Criminal Court,…
Islamists, secularists set to clash over who pens constitution

Islamists, secularists set to clash over who pens constitution

After nearly three months of a fierce parliamentary race, a new conflict may flare up soon between the Islamist majority…
Soldiers referred to forensics to determine extent of Maspero injuries

Soldiers referred to forensics to determine extent of Maspero injuries

Tharwat Hamad, who was ordered by the justice minister to investigate the violence that broke out last October in front…
Two more members resign from Advisory Council

Two more members resign from Advisory Council

Former head of the Democratic Front Party, Osama al-Ghazaly Harb, and journalist Sekina Fouad said they submitted their resignations from…
Parliament Review: Donkeys, radioactive material and porn

Parliament Review: Donkeys, radioactive material and porn

Parliamentary sessions this week were predominantly occupied with a war of semantics, with feuds erupting over insults and apologies for…
Eyewitnesses testify in case of protesters killed on 28 January 2011

Eyewitnesses testify in case of protesters killed on 28 January 2011

The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday heard the Amiriya police station case, in which four police officers are accused of…
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