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Supporters of detained army personnel collect MPs signatures for their release

Supporters of detained army personnel collect MPs signatures for their release

Supporters of detained army officers arrested for joining anti-military protests have collected signatures of Parliament members calling for their release, the…
Salafi MP demands porn website ban

Salafi MP demands porn website ban

A parliamentarian representing the Salafi-oriented Nour Party, Youness Makhyoun, called on Monday for banning porn websites in Egypt, the party’s…
Interior minister: Committee deemed Tora hospital unfit for Mubarak

Interior minister: Committee deemed Tora hospital unfit for Mubarak

A medical committee has visited Tora prison hospital previously and determined that the hospital was not fit to receive non-urgent…
Rights organization voices concern over Mubarak prison transfer

Rights organization voices concern over Mubarak prison transfer

  An Egyptian human rights organization on Monday voiced concerns of a possible threat to former President Hosni Mubarak’s life…
Monday’s papers: Police protest for beards, and parliamentary mayhem

Monday’s papers: Police protest for beards, and parliamentary mayhem

News of presidential elections and parliamentary mayhem yet again dominate much of the local papers. But first, a story about…
Fixing for Anthony, fixing the practice

Fixing for Anthony, fixing the practice

On Thursday night, I was bragging to an American tourist on a plane back to Cairo about having worked with…
Hamas prime minister to arrive in Cairo for talks over fuel, power

Hamas prime minister to arrive in Cairo for talks over fuel, power

Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniya will head to Cairo on Monday to discuss the fuel and power crisis…
Presidential hopefuls reject idea of consensus candidate

Presidential hopefuls reject idea of consensus candidate

More presidential hopefuls this week have rejected the idea of a consensus candidate for Egypt’s upcoming presidential race. Islamist hopeful…
DP World: Workers ended Ain Sokhna seaport strike

DP World: Workers ended Ain Sokhna seaport strike

Workers at Ain Sokhna seaport ended a five-day strike to demand an increase in their profit share and risk payment,…
Socialist MP apologizes for remarks on Salafi sheikh

Socialist MP apologizes for remarks on Salafi sheikh

Egyptian Social Democratic Party MP Ziad al-Elaimy apologized on Sunday to prominent Salafi preacher Mohamed Hassan for remarks he made…
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