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The trial for ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned to Wednesday after resuming Tuesday at the Cairo Criminal Court.
On Tuesday the court heard the prosecution's case, which is set to conclude on Thursday.
Mubarak, as well as former...
The announcement of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to support Coptic candidate over a Salafi one in the governorate of Qaliubiya has caused uproar among the governorate’s Salafis.
Members of the FJP have called...
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri allocated a budget of LE175 million for the development of slum areas throughout Egypt. The budget includes LE100 million from the Slum Development Fund and LE75 million from the general budget. The work is slated...
The Supreme State Security Court in Giza on Sunday postponed to 5 February the trials of 48 suspects accused of inciting sectarian violence in Imbaba in May.
Egypt's military police chief and the chief military investigator will be summoned to...
The Assiut township prosecutor has called for a Coptic student accused of publishing offensive images of Prophet Mohamed to be held for 15 days pending investigations.
Muslim residents accused the student of posting the images on his Facebook...
A number of recently elected Islamist and liberal MPs are meeting to reach an initial agreement on the basic principles of the country's new constitution, said Mostafa al-Naggar (Adl Party, Nasr City).
The meetings will tackle the position of...
The head of Egypt's ruling military council decided to hold elections for the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, in two phases instead of three.
The Shura Council elections will start 29 January and end 22 February.
Field Marshal...
Cairo Criminal Court on Monday adjourned the trials of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Gamal and Alaa, businessman Hussein Salem, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his assistants.
The prosecution will begin to present its...
An Islamic preacher on Sunday called for the formation of a ministry to implement the teachings of Islam in schools, hospitals and in the street, similar to religious police in other countries.
About a week ago, a group of Salafis on Facebook formed...
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum has confirmed that a natural gas reserve recently discovered off the coast of Cyprus, does not fall within Egyptian territorial waters or its exclusive economic zone.
Last week, Cyprus anounced the discovery of a...
