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  Authorities have pardoned 885 prisoners in honor of Sinai Liberation Day Thursday, according to a government security official. The Interior Ministry's Prisons Department had formed a committee to examine files from the country's 42...
  Dozens of Helwan University students marched to the High Court Tuesday evening, demanding that an arrest warrant issued against a fellow student be rescinded. University senior Mahmoud Safwat was arrested Saturday on accusations that he...
  Prime Minister Hesham Qandil is challenging a ruling that ordered him to be imprisoned for one year and removed from office for refusing to halt the privatization of a textiles firm after a court decision. He was also ordered to pay LE2,000...
  Hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration in Tahrir Square against President Mohamed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday.   They say Morsy’s government and ruling party have destroyed the judiciary.   Meanwhile,...
The Finance Ministry sent copies of the state budget to all members of the Shura Council to review before it is discussed on Tuesday. No copies were sent to the media. Meanwhile, a number of movements, political parties and rights organisations...
A leading member of Egypt’s most prominent opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front, has ruled out the possibility that the front may be represented in the next cabinet reshuffle expected within days. Mohamed Abul Ghar, chairman of...
Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced former Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali to 25 years in prison in absentia over charges of intentionally damaging LE20 million of public money, and forging official documentation in what came to be...
During a talk show aired on Al-Nas satellite channel on Monday, Abu Ismail said his problems with the Nour Party will remain, in part because they will continue to form problematic alliances.   "The Nour Party meets with Ahmed Shafiq, the...
  Thirteen Egyptians returned home on Tuesday after being deported by Kuwaiti officials.    According to Kuwait, the 13 had obtained visas from bogus employment agencies.   Egypt’s consul in Kuwait, Wael Gad, is working...
All state bodies, including the army and police, are under financial scrutiny from the government’s Central Auditing Organization its director, Hesham Geneina, told private satellite news channel al-Mehwar on Monday. The agency is not a...