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Police on Wednesday thwarted an attempted armed robbery at the Credit Agricole Bank in Naama Bay in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. The attempted robbery was carried out by four masked gunmen riding in a yellow jeep.
Police in charge of...
Coptic organizations disagree about whether to participate in the civil disobedience campaign planned for 11 February to pressure authorities to fulfill the revolution’s demands.
On Wednesday, the Maspero Youth Union announced it would...
A temporary worker on Tuesday set himself on fire in protest of being fired from his job at the People's Assembly.
A number of temporary workers who were fired from the People’s Assembly protested outside the parliament building demanding...
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is expected to respond on Thursday to proposals it received Tuesday morning from Advisory Council Chairman Mansour Hassan, Advisory Council members have said. The proposals include moves to shorten the...
Despite heavy rain, thousands of residents continued searching on Wednesday for sixteen hours in hopes of finding survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in Damietta City. The Civil Protection Agency recovered 12 bodies and 32 injured...
The majority of Islamist parties in Egypt have announced they would boycott a protest planned for tomorrow. The protest, dubbed the "Tuesday of Determination,” is to demand that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) hand over...
A police officer was arrested in Fayoum when police found three machine guns, five automatic rifles and narcotic substances in his car. He claimed he intended to sell them.
In Daqahlia, two men were arrested for carrying guns and 25 bullets, while...
Young Egyptians currently staging a sit-in in Tahrir Square have rejected the honorary medallions that the military council said it would bestow on martyrs’ families. “This is not the Olympic Games,” they said.
Protesters...
The Supreme Press Council (SPC) is drafting proposals to amend laws related to freedom of expression. The SPC is also preparing to develop new mechanisms that would free the media from governmental authority.
On Sunday, the SPC instructed council...
State TV has reported that the fuel crisis, which has prompted the death of one person and scuffles that left several people hurt, has subsided in Cairo since Thursday.
But in other governorates, people clashed with employees at gas stations...
