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Verdict postponed for Gamaa Islamiya senior figure
Egypt
December 21, 2010
Verdict postponed for Gamaa Islamiya senior figure
The Supreme State Security Court has decided to postpone delivering its verdict until Thursday in the case of Abdel Hamid…
Egyptian court rejects release appeal for Coptic ‘rioters’
Egypt
December 9, 2010
Egyptian court rejects release appeal for Coptic ‘rioters’
The Badrashin Misdemeanor Appeals Court has rebuffed an appeal for the release of Coptic defendants involved in riots that erupted…
Egypt to amend law to solve TMG land dispute
Business
November 30, 2010
Egypt to amend law to solve TMG land dispute
Egypt's government said on Tuesday it would seek to amend a public auctions law to resolve a legal wrangle that…
Egypt court rules government must auction TMG land
Business
November 23, 2010
Egypt court rules government must auction TMG land
An Egyptian court said on Tuesday the government must respect an initial court ruling to scrap the direct sale of…
Egypt court sets date for TMG Madinaty challenge
Business
October 11, 2010
Egypt court sets date for TMG Madinaty challenge
An Egyptian court will hear a lawsuit on 9 November challenging a government plan to end a row over Talaat…
Egypt bans airing of court sessions
Egypt
October 5, 2010
Egypt bans airing of court sessions
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has issued a decree banning both live broadcasts and taped recordings of court sessions by all…
Are litigation games hurting Egyptian real estate?
Opinion
September 23, 2010
Are litigation games hurting Egyptian real estate?
Anyone following the Madinaty dispute knows that the government is up to its head in this case, despite Prime Minister…
Egypt delays meeting on TMG land case
Business
September 21, 2010
Egypt delays meeting on TMG land case
Egypt's cabinet has delayed until early next week a meeting planned for Wednesday that had been expected to offer a…
Egypt court rejects TMG Madinaty appeals, shares fall
Business
September 14, 2010
Egypt court rejects TMG Madinaty appeals, shares fall
An Egyptian court upheld Tuesday a case canceling the sale of a 33 million-square-meter plot of government land on the…
A blessing in disguise
Opinion
August 11, 2010
A blessing in disguise
When the Cairo Court of Appeal passed its unprecedented judgment on 14 June, 1995 separating Islamic scholar Nasr Hamed Abu…