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Former Shura Council speaker pays LE3 mn for illegal gifts
Egypt
February 27, 2013
Former Shura Council speaker pays LE3 mn for illegal gifts
Former Shura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sherif has paid LE3 million in compensation to the State Funds Prosecution for the value…
50 protesters detained following Tahrir evacuation
Egypt
February 27, 2013
50 protesters detained following Tahrir evacuation
Qasr al-Nil Prosecution ordered 50 people detained pending investigation Wednesday after they were arrested in Tahrir Square.
Election law typo refers to lower house as ‘People’s Assembly’
Egypt
February 27, 2013
Election law typo refers to lower house as ‘People’s Assembly’
Despite a name change in the Constitution, the new parliamentary elections law still mistakenly refers to the lower house as…
Military tribunal imprisons Qursaya Island residents in land dispute ruling
Egypt
February 27, 2013
Military tribunal imprisons Qursaya Island residents in land dispute ruling
A military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced 12 Qursaya Island residents to prison and acquitted another 14 after clashes stemming from…
Activists’ pro-military protest call draws criticism
Egypt
February 26, 2013
Activists’ pro-military protest call draws criticism
Activists and public figures have called for another demonstration at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Nasr City Friday…
Mubarak family to cede LE11m in unlawful newspaper gifts
Egypt
February 26, 2013
Mubarak family to cede LE11m in unlawful newspaper gifts
The Supreme Public Funds Prosecution approved a request Tuesday by Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, sons of the former president, to…
Energy subsidies will disappear by 2016, says minister
Business
February 26, 2013
Energy subsidies will disappear by 2016, says minister
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh said Tuesday that energy subsidies for industrial firms would disappear over the…
Court throws out case calling for end of Israel-Egypt treaty
Egypt
February 26, 2013
Court throws out case calling for end of Israel-Egypt treaty
The Cairo Administrative Court ruled Tuesday that it has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit demanding the cancellation of the 1979…
Al-Sabah journalists protest publication going weekly
Egypt
February 26, 2013
Al-Sabah journalists protest publication going weekly
Journalists at the privately-owned Al-Sabah daily announced a sit-in at the newspaper's headquarters in Cairo Tuesday. The protest was prompted…
Salafi Watan Party set to run in parliamentary elections
Egypt
February 26, 2013
Salafi Watan Party set to run in parliamentary elections
The Political Parties' Affairs Committee approved the establishment of the Salafi Watan Party, headed by Emad Abdel Ghafour, on Tuesday.…