Port Said violence
Sunday’s papers: Presidential election and parliamentary activity
Egypt
May 13, 2012
Sunday’s papers: Presidential election and parliamentary activity
Today’s papers report that the Supreme Administrative Court annulled Saturday an earlier court order to halt the presidential election, and…
Total cancels US$6 billion project due to political unrest
Business
May 6, 2012
Total cancels US$6 billion project due to political unrest
Total, a French multinational oil and gas company, has withdrawn from a US$6 billion deal it had made with the…
Interior Ministry refuses to host Ahly-Ethiopian Coffee match in Egypt
Egypt
March 31, 2012
Interior Ministry refuses to host Ahly-Ethiopian Coffee match in Egypt
The Ministry of Interior Saturday morning refused to allow an Ahly FC versus Ethiopian Coffee FC match scheduled for 8 April to…
Source: Authorities arrest 15 over football clashes
Egypt
March 25, 2012
Source: Authorities arrest 15 over football clashes
Egypt's security forces said on Sunday they had arrested 15 people after two days of clashes between angry football fans…
Football match play currently impossible in Egypt, says interior minister
Egypt
March 25, 2012
Football match play currently impossible in Egypt, says interior minister
Resuming football match play in the country will be impossible as police will be incapable of securing the matches, said the…
Health Ministry asserts Port Said death toll 71
Egypt
February 9, 2012
Health Ministry asserts Port Said death toll 71
The number of people killed in clashes at Port Said Stadium last week is not more than 71, the Health…
Former NDP leaders banned from travel amid Port Said investigation
Egypt
February 9, 2012
Former NDP leaders banned from travel amid Port Said investigation
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has banned three former leaders of the now-disbanded National Democratic Party from leaving the country…
Life back to normal near Interior Ministry
Egypt
February 7, 2012
Life back to normal near Interior Ministry
The streets around the Interior Ministry in Cairo were calm Tuesday morning following clashes over the last few days between…
Salafi preacher: Port Said victims are not martyrs
Egypt
February 7, 2012
Salafi preacher: Port Said victims are not martyrs
Fans killed during violence at a football match last Wednesday are not martyrs according to Islam, a Salafi preacher said…
Death toll rises to 15 in clashes after Port Said football violence
Egypt
February 7, 2012
Death toll rises to 15 in clashes after Port Said football violence
The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo and Suez rose to 15 on Tuesday,…