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Wednesday's papers: Exploding canisters, expired chicken

A woman smiles after getting butane gas cylinder, Giza, December 11,2011. Battles over butane gas cylinders have claimed at least two lives, and scores have been injured in various governorates, during the shortage which has continued for one month so far.
03 Apr 2013
Privately owned newspaper Al-Shorouk leads this morning with, “Angry cylinders explode in the government’s face.” In a swift act of anger, Butane gas distributors expressed their disapproval of the price hikes implemented...
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Tuesday's papers: Bassem Youssef rises, and so do gas prices

02 Apr 2013
Nearly every daily paper publishes headlines, features, and articles pertaining to the exorbitant rise in the prices of cooking gas canisters. Though the country has been trapped in various political and economic crises since the ouster of...
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Monday's papers: Youssef posts bail, and Farsi speakers needed

01 Apr 2013
Monday’s papers are replete with news pertaining to the legal investigations against TV comedian Bassem Youssef, who is charged with insulting President Mohamed Morsy and Islam. Also topping the news is a nationwide railroad workers...
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Sunday's papers: Prosecutors general, past and present

Newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah starts his work officially at his bureau at High Court of Justice, Cairo, 24 November 2012. President Mohamed Morsy dismissed Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, and appointed Ibrahim instead, who sworn-in before Morsy, Thursday evening.
31 Mar 2013
The future of a court ruling to annul the appointment of the country's top prosecutor Talaat Abdallah is the main talk of Egypt's newspapers on Sunday, as Abdallah promises to appeal the contentious ruling. The state owned Al-Ahram...
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Thursday’s papers: the judiciary and the presidency back in the ring

Newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah starts his work officially at his bureau at High Court of Justice, Cairo, 24 November 2012. President Mohamed Morsy dismissed Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, and appointed Ibrahim instead, who sworn-in before Morsy, Thursday evening.
28 Mar 2013
Thursday’s papers point to a new episode in the long-standing power struggle between the presidency and the judiciary, which had been dormant for the past few months. Independent Al-Shorouk newspaper reports that an appeals court has...
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Wednesday's papers: Summits and summons

27 Mar 2013
President Mohamed Morsy's speech in front of the Arab Summit in Doha and the aftermath of clashes between protesters and Brotherhood members dominate the headlines of Egypt's newspapers Wednesday. State-owned Al-Ahram newspaper...
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Tuesday's papers: After the clashes, the summons

26 Mar 2013
“The prosecutor general summons five political activists,” leads state-run Al-Ahram this morning. The paper reports that the activists are also banned from travelling pending investigations into charges that they were...
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Monday's papers: Morsy's meddling fingers

  An Egyptian protester waves his national flag during clashes in Cairo on 22 March 2013 (AFP/ Khaled Desouki).
25 Mar 2013
The fallout from Friday’s “Battle of Moqattam” between opponents and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood tops the news in all papers on Monday. All of today’s papers highlight the accusations and legal charges...
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Sunday’s papers: Of hills, camels and battles

24 Mar 2013
  Bloody clashes that took place in Moqattam on Friday dominated Sunday’s newspapers, with both independent and state-owned newspapers offering detailed coverage of the violence and its aftermath, as well as the blame game...
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Thursdays Papers: Judges claim Brotherhood has no legal status, prompting much speculation

Spokesman of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Mursi (R), listens to senior Brotherhood Essam el-Erian during a joint press conference, Cairo, November 22, 2010, under slogan “excessiveness of the government to Fraud the election 2010” on November 22, 2010, in Cairo.
21 Mar 2013
Some of the country's newspapers celebrated a non-binding report Thursday issued by the State Commissioners Authority the day before, which deems the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group as an unlawful entitity since it is not officially...
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