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Monitor: Syria’s Homs in heaviest shelling for days

Monitor: Syria’s Homs in heaviest shelling for days

Syrian troops battered Homs on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling of the central flashpoint city for days, a…
Sudanese air strike hits South Sudan, breaking pact

Sudanese air strike hits South Sudan, breaking pact

Sudanese warplanes dropped several bombs wounding four soldiers in a contested area claimed by South Sudan, two days after agreeing…
University students march on Defense Ministry to call for power handover

University students march on Defense Ministry to call for power handover

Hundreds of students from Cairo, Ain Shams and Al-Azhar universities started a march toward the Defense Ministry on Tuesday to…
Presidential hopeful says Shafiq can’t run a local council

Presidential hopeful says Shafiq can’t run a local council

Neither Al-Azhar nor its grand sheikh, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, supports a specific candidate for the presidency, presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel…
Brotherhood Supreme Guide says FJP wants to hold national dialogue, form coalition govt

Brotherhood Supreme Guide says FJP wants to hold national dialogue, form coalition govt

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is preparing to hold what it is calling the “first national dialogue for Egypt”…
Ain Sokhna seaport workers strike for third day

Ain Sokhna seaport workers strike for third day

Workers at the Red Sea’s Ain Sokhna seaport have entered their third day on strike, demanding that the managing company,…
Clashes renew between Qena tribes

Clashes renew between Qena tribes

Gun fighting resumed on Tuesday in some areas in Qena following clashes between members of the Ashraf and Homaidat tribes…
Power blackout in Gaza as Egypt stops fuel smuggling

Power blackout in Gaza as Egypt stops fuel smuggling

The Gaza Strip’s sole electricity station has become inoperative because Egypt has begun to crack down on fuel smuggling activities…
Syria’s revolution finds a temporary home in Cairo

Syria’s revolution finds a temporary home in Cairo

Bashar al-Assad’s army is barraging residential buildings and hospitals in the besieged city of Homs, killing dozens of women and…
After travel ban, British charity worker allowed to leave Egypt

After travel ban, British charity worker allowed to leave Egypt

Authorities at the Cairo International Airport on Tuesday allowed a British charity worker to leave the country, after she was…
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