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Govt interrogates school board over Tantawi campaign
Egypt
November 30, 2011
Govt interrogates school board over Tantawi campaign
Egypt's Education Ministry referred the directors of a Cairo private school to interrogation for hosting a seminar tipping Egypt's military…
Authorities to release man charged with defaming military, rights group says
Egypt
November 30, 2011
Authorities to release man charged with defaming military, rights group says
Egyptian authorities will likely release Nasary Hassan, who was detained in March on charges of defaming the military, the Arabic…
ElBaradei says smear campaign relaunched against him
Egypt
November 30, 2011
ElBaradei says smear campaign relaunched against him
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei on Wednesday accused remnants of former President Hosni Mubarak's regime of launching a campaign to tarnish…
Officer turns himself in to police over targeting protesters
Egypt
November 30, 2011
Officer turns himself in to police over targeting protesters
A police officer accused of shooting protesters in the eyes during last week's clashes in Tahrir turned himself in to…
Police assaulted two election monitors, says rights group
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Police assaulted two election monitors, says rights group
Police arrested two monitors overseeing the voting process on Tuesday, before releasing them after a short time, said a rights…
Activists back customs employees who blocked tear gas shipment
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Activists back customs employees who blocked tear gas shipment
A number of Egyptian activists on Tuesday voiced support for customs employees who blocked a shipment of tear gas from…
Government to add 25 January revolution to school textbooks
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Government to add 25 January revolution to school textbooks
The Education Ministry has remodeled syllabuses for primary and elementary schools to teach the 25 January revolution, which ended the…
Report: Interior Ministry apologizes for election mistakes
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Report: Interior Ministry apologizes for election mistakes
Egypt's Interior Ministry has apologized for procedural mistakes reported so far in the first round of the People's Assembly elections,…
Freedom and Justice Party estimates voter turnout at least 30%
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Freedom and Justice Party estimates voter turnout at least 30%
Voter turnout at yesterday's polls was 30 to 32 percent, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) estimated, according…
Brotherhood party ‘to win majority of votes of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia’
Egypt
November 28, 2011
Brotherhood party ‘to win majority of votes of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia’
Preliminary counts of votes cast by Egyptians based in Saudi Arabia indicate that the majority are for the Muslim Brotherhood’s…