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Military council proposes changes to presidential elections law

Military council proposes changes to presidential elections law

The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has submitted a draft law to amend legislation on presidential elections.…
Update: Blood samples of poisoned cabinet protesters sent for testing

Update: Blood samples of poisoned cabinet protesters sent for testing

Following the food poisoning of protesters on Wednesday, Egyptian prosecutors have sent blood and gastric juice samples for testing at…
Update: Reports of violence, irregularities in second round of voting

Update: Reports of violence, irregularities in second round of voting

While the second round of People's Assembly elections have been mostly peaceful, reports of isolated violence and voting irregularities have…
Thursday’s papers: Second round brings more bitterness for Wafd

Thursday’s papers: Second round brings more bitterness for Wafd

Coverage of the second round of parliamentary elections dominates today’s press, with the party-run Al-Wafd in a bitter recriminatory mood,…
With balloons, medicine and smiles, FJP woos voters

With balloons, medicine and smiles, FJP woos voters

Mostafa Mahmoud Square in the Giza neighborhood of Mohandiseen was home to what felt like a street carnival on a…
Polls resume Thursday in second round of elections

Polls resume Thursday in second round of elections

Voting resumed on Thursday for the second round of Egypt's People's Assembly elections, which began Wednesday.  Reports of illegal election-day…
Tehran, Tel Aviv issue conflicting statements on fate of Camp David

Tehran, Tel Aviv issue conflicting statements on fate of Camp David

Leaders in Iran and Israel have given oposing visions of what Egypt’s recent revolution means for its 32-year-old Camp David…
Cabinet sit-in hit by mass food poisoning, dozens hospitalized

Cabinet sit-in hit by mass food poisoning, dozens hospitalized

Some 40 activists involved in the “Occupy Cabinet” sit-in have been transferred to hospital after suffering from food poisoning, apparently…
British research center criticizes sectarianism in Egyptian schools

British research center criticizes sectarianism in Egyptian schools

The British-based Impact-SE Research Center has criticized school curricula in Egypt and called on authorities to update them in order…
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