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Protest against soaring food prices erupts before ministers’ council
Egypt
October 25, 2010
Protest against soaring food prices erupts before ministers’ council
A demonstration was staged in front of the Cairo headquarters of Egypt's Council of Ministers on Sunday to protest soaring…
Laborers stage protests nationwide to demand better salaries
Egypt
October 20, 2010
Laborers stage protests nationwide to demand better salaries
Labor protests erupted in several Egyptian cities on Wednesday, all of which featured demands by workers for salary raises in…
French protesters block airports, clash with police amid tensions over raising retirement age
World
October 20, 2010
French protesters block airports, clash with police amid tensions over raising retirement age
Paris--Workers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked access to airports in Paris and around the country on Tuesday.Hooded youths,…
Info center employees protest salary shortfalls… again
Egypt
October 19, 2010
Info center employees protest salary shortfalls… again
Hundreds of employees of state-run information centers staged a protest on Monday in front of their trade union headquarters--despite heavy…
Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident
Egypt
October 18, 2010
Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident
Angry residents of the village of Beni Helal in Sohag blocked the Cairo-Aswan agricultural road on Sunday night after four…
MB university students protest exclusion from campus elections
Egypt
October 13, 2010
MB university students protest exclusion from campus elections
Tanta University students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition group
Female Al-Azhar students protest body searches by campus security
Egypt
October 10, 2010
Female Al-Azhar students protest body searches by campus security
Female students at
Coptic pope decries Friday protests as ‘weekly agitation’
Egypt
October 10, 2010
Coptic pope decries Friday protests as ‘weekly agitation’
Coptic Pope Shenouda III has expressed his "extreme anger" over weekly protests held recently following Muslim Friday prayers.In official Coptic…
Anti-church demonstrations continue in Alexandria
Egypt
October 9, 2010
Anti-church demonstrations continue in Alexandria
Dozens of Salafis staged a protest in front of the al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque in Alexandria following Friday prayers. The protest was…
Egypt rebuffs US concerns over human rights
Egypt
October 3, 2010
Egypt rebuffs US concerns over human rights
CAIRO--Egypt on Saturday rejected US concerns over the recent cancellation of a human rights conference, a move that activists have…