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The end game for Port Said: Football case reveals new breadth of politics

Thousands during funeral of Port Said victims, 27 January 2013. Violent clashes erupted in Port Said following verdict of Port Said massacre.
28 Jan 2013
PORT SAID — While wall graffiti in Cairo is fixated on the dead, those of Port Said are fixated on the would-be dead. The faces of Homos, Outa and other defendants from among the ultras of the Port Said football massacre are...
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The Popular Current makes its mark, despite structural problems

Mohamed ElBaradie head of Dostour Party, and Hamdeen Sabahi former presidential candidate leading march to Tahrir Square, Cairo, 25 January 2013, to mark the second anniversary of January revolution.
28 Jan 2013
As he sits in the office of the Popular Current in Cairo, waiting to fill out the application to join the movement, retired banker Mohamed Korayem says that, after returning to Egypt following the revolution, it was the only political...
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Brotherhood youth say tight structure is the key to its success

27 Jan 2013
With rising opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood in light of the leadership of President Mohamed Morsy, who hails from the group, opponents consistently voice one criticism: that young Brothers are mindless followers of the orders of...
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Eagles and White Pinks make debut at Ettehadiya

Members of a black bloc group calling themselves the
26 Jan 2013
The dramatic entrance staged by a group of masked protesters on Friday at Ettehadiya Presidential Palace was quickly followed by a less than dignified exit after they were berated by women who'd been chanting in front of the palace...
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Port Said trial verdict to prove decisive for both sides

Hundreds of Ultras Ahlawy protest outside Egyptian Stock Exchange, Cairo, 23 January 2013.
25 Jan 2013
  Promises of "retribution or chaos" are sprayed in graffiti on the walls of central Cairo and its metro stations, signed by the Ultras Ahlawy ahead of 26 January, when a decisive verdict in the Port Said massacre is due....
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Two families remember their martyred and missing sons

25 Jan 2013
In the second anniversary of an uprising that erupted against poverty, injustice and oppression, demands for the rights of martyrs and those injured continue to resonate at protests. Their families are left to grieve, with no hope of...
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On 25 January, one anniversary but two commemorations

24 Jan 2013
While still both recognizing the ongoing struggle for bread, freedom and social justice, the Muslim Brotherhood and its political party on one side and the opposition on the other will mark the second anniversary of the 25 January in two...
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Ahead of anniversary, suspension between normalcy and ongoing revolution

Thousands of Ultras Ahlawy during march to Tahrir Square, Cairo, 18 January 2013, to demand justice for the martyrs of the Port Said Stadium massacre that occurred almost a year ago.
24 Jan 2013
Ahmed Farag, a 25-year-old lawyer, sits in his office in a suit and tie, but underneath his desk is a backpack with jeans, a shirt and sneakers. The extra clothes are always on hand in case a protest turns unexpectedly violent and he needs...
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Two years on, accountability evades those implicated in killing protesters

Ahmed Fathy Sorour, ex House Speaker, in cage as he and fallen Mubarak's regime's men including veteran politician Safwat al-Sherief, during court proceedings on charges of killing protesters in what has become known as Camel Battle during January 25th protests which led to president Mubarak's ouster, Cairo Criminal Court, September 11, 2011.
23 Jan 2013
Out of 135 defendants facing charges relating to the killings of protesters during the 25 January uprising, only two police officers are serving time in prison, each handed a five-year sentence, according to numbers recorded by the...
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Egypt's railway sector struggles between financial woes and promises of modernization

23 Jan 2013
Through the dusty windows of the Bulaq al-Dakrur train station control tower, Karam Faheem, an inspector, pointed to a never-ending stream of people crossing the railway tracks below — through a railway repairs workshop. “It...
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