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Al-Azhar body calls on Morsy to freeze constitutional declaration
Egypt

Al-Azhar body calls on Morsy to freeze constitutional declaration

Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, the body in charge of handing down fatwas, called on the president to freeze his recent…
Diplomats refuse to supervise referendum vote abroad
Egypt

Diplomats refuse to supervise referendum vote abroad

More than 200 diplomats have said they will not supervise expatriate referendum voting on the draft constitution, which is scheduled…
Interior minister: Police act with impartiality and integrity
Egypt

Interior minister: Police act with impartiality and integrity

Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said Thursday that the police are exerting the maximum effort to secure citizens and facilities,…
Clashes break out at Brotherhood headquarters in eastern Cairo
Egypt

Clashes break out at Brotherhood headquarters in eastern Cairo

Clashes broke out at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Moqattam, eastern Cairo, between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy.…
Update: Elections commission secretary general won’t supervise referendum
Egypt

Update: Elections commission secretary general won’t supervise referendum

Advisers to President Mohamed Morsy and the head of the committee overseeing the constitutional referendum resigned Wednesday evening in the…
Satellite channels halt blackout to cover clashes
Egypt

Satellite channels halt blackout to cover clashes

Dream TV, Al-Hayat, CBC and ONTV decided to end a blackout in protest against restriction of free expression in the…
Prosecutor general asks prosecutors to send notice of referendum intentions
Egypt

Prosecutor general asks prosecutors to send notice of referendum intentions

Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah sent a letter to all of the prosecutions in Egypt saying that the Supreme Judicial…
Egypt holds crude oil tender for first quarter 2013
Business

Egypt holds crude oil tender for first quarter 2013

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation launched a tender for the purchase of 6 million barrels of oil, or 2 million…
Cabinet says only legitimacy is that of ballot box
Egypt

Cabinet says only legitimacy is that of ballot box

Legitimacy in democratic societies is from the ballot box only, said a Cabinet statement released after a meeting on Wednesday.
Trial of Mubarak-era People’s Assembly official adjourned
Egypt

Trial of Mubarak-era People’s Assembly official adjourned

The Giza Criminal Court on Wednesday postponed the case of former People’s Assembly Secretary General Sami Mahran to 5 January.…
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