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Islamist presidential hopeful slams govt reaction to protests
Egypt

Islamist presidential hopeful slams govt reaction to protests

On Sunday Islamist Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, a presidential hopeful, slammed the government’s reaction to protests in a number of…
Government employees join strike
Egypt

Government employees join strike

On Sunday employees of the Mugamma, a large government administrative building in downtown Cairo, joined protesters staging an open-ended sit-in…
Day 2 of Tahrir sit-in: PM’s address met with skepticism
Egypt

Day 2 of Tahrir sit-in: PM’s address met with skepticism

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s television address was largely ignored by protestors in Tahrir Square on the second day of their…
Families of protesters killed during revolution protest, demand justice
Egypt

Families of protesters killed during revolution protest, demand justice

Dozens of families of demonstrators killed during Egypt's 25 January revolution protested on Monday at the state TV building in…
Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved
Egypt

Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved

Dozens of lawyers who have been staging a sit-in at the Lawyers Syndicate for a week threatened to begin an…
Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’
Egypt

Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’

Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary…
The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage
Egypt

The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage

The Egyptian television building at Maspero on the Nile corniche has looked nothing short of a street-based church for the…
353 injured in protests near Israeli embassy
Egypt

353 injured in protests near Israeli embassy

Nearly 353 people were injured as Egyptian security forces held back hundreds of protesters who attempted to enter a street…
Egyptians in Paris demand removal of ambassador
Egypt

Egyptians in Paris demand removal of ambassador

Seventeen Egyptians have continued their sit-in for a third day inside the Egyptian Embassy in Paris, calling for the immediate…
Syria forces disperse protest, Homs now a ghost town
World

Syria forces disperse protest, Homs now a ghost town

Beirut -- Syrian forces opened fire to disperse protesters early in Homs Tuesday, activists said, the latest city to be…
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