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Deputy PM excludes chief editors from Supreme Press Council

Deputy PM excludes chief editors from Supreme Press Council

In a move reminiscent of the Mubarak regime, Deputy Prime Minister Ali al-Selmy, who recently proposed a controversial constitutional principles…
Deputy PM retracts, amends constitutional principles

Deputy PM retracts, amends constitutional principles

Deputy Prime Minister Ali al-Selmy has announced amendments to Articles 9 and 10 of the draft constitutional principles document that…
Airport officials question Austrian and German over rifles in luggage

Airport officials question Austrian and German over rifles in luggage

Egypt arrested a German and an Austrian citizen in possession of four sniper rifles as they brought them through Cairo…
Decision on whether to replace Mubarak judges postponed again

Decision on whether to replace Mubarak judges postponed again

An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed a decision on whether to replace the judges handling the trial of former President…
Egyptian church representatives visit Mufti and Grand Sheikh

Egyptian church representatives visit Mufti and Grand Sheikh

A delegation of representatives from the various Christian denominations in Egypt visited Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb and Grand Mufti…
Detained steel tycoon to face trial on money laundering charges

Detained steel tycoon to face trial on money laundering charges

Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Thursday referred steel magnate Ahmed Ezz to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of…
Metro workers protest resignation of company head

Metro workers protest resignation of company head

Dozens of workers of the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation staged a sit-in on Thursday to protest the…
Parliamentary campaigns begin with a whimper

Parliamentary campaigns begin with a whimper

Wednesday marked the first official day of campaigning for what are expected to be Egypt’s first free and fair parliamentary…
One dead, over 1200 rescued as ferry burns off Egyptian port

One dead, over 1200 rescued as ferry burns off Egyptian port

One Egyptian ferry passenger has died, and nearly 1230 others rescued, after fires erupted aboard a vessel bound for Nuweiba…
Israel’s El Al Airlines staff protests austerity package at Cairo airport

Israel’s El Al Airlines staff protests austerity package at Cairo airport

Egyptian employees of Israel's El Al Airlines office at Cairo International Airport protested Thursday against an austerity plan they say…
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