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Israeli airline El Al resumes flights to Egypt after 3-month halt

Israeli airline El Al resumes flights to Egypt after 3-month halt

Israel's El Al airlines resumed on Monday flights between Cairo and Tel Aviv after a three-month halt. Flight 443 arrived…
Fewer NGOs seek to monitor election after funding crackdown

Fewer NGOs seek to monitor election after funding crackdown

Only 60 local NGOs have applied to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 23 and 24 May, according to Egypt's…
Abouel Fotouh calls former regime figures’ candidacies ‘effrontery’

Abouel Fotouh calls former regime figures’ candidacies ‘effrontery’

Presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh has described the nomination of former regime figures for the presidential election slated for…
Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

QANTARA, Egypt — Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa campaigned for the votes of influential tribes on Sunday in his…
Lebanese protest calling for secular state

Lebanese protest calling for secular state

More than 1,000 people marched in the Lebanese capital on Sunday calling for the establishment of a secular state in…
Sky News Arabia, 24-hour Arabic-language news channel, goes on air

Sky News Arabia, 24-hour Arabic-language news channel, goes on air

Sky News Arabia, a 24-hour Arabic language news channel based in Abu Dhabi, began broadcasting Sunday, pledging to be "objective"…
Wafd MP wants candidate Hariry referred to ethics committee

Wafd MP wants candidate Hariry referred to ethics committee

Wafd Party MP Ahmed Attalah has called for presidential candidate Abul Ezz al-Hariry to be referred to Parliament’s ethics committee…
Protesters open Qasr al-Aini to traffic following Abbasseya detentions

Protesters open Qasr al-Aini to traffic following Abbasseya detentions

Different groups that have been separated by political rivalry and contradictory interests marched together on Sunday to the Parliament building…
Police checkpoint fired on in North Sinai

Police checkpoint fired on in North Sinai

Yet another police checkpoint in North Sinai was attacked on Sunday, when unknown assailants driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle fired at…
Salafis boycott Abu Ismail’s call for Friday million-man protest

Salafis boycott Abu Ismail’s call for Friday million-man protest

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a Salafi lawyer excluded from the presidential election last month, has called on Islamists and other…
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