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Tantawi rejects any outside pressure on military council

Tantawi rejects any outside pressure on military council

Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), said Sunday that he will not…
Sunday’s papers: In wake of last week’s violence, what now?

Sunday’s papers: In wake of last week’s violence, what now?

The fallout from last week's fighting continues to be covered in Sunday's papers. After day-long running battles between protesters and…
Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?

Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?

In 1964, during the height of “Arab Socialist” President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s popularity, a new constitution was drafted that included…
Arab League meeting moved from Tahrir HQ to hotel

Arab League meeting moved from Tahrir HQ to hotel

Today's emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers on the situation in Syria has been moved to a hotel near Cairo…
Report: Revolutionaries rebuff SCAF’s advisory council proposal

Report: Revolutionaries rebuff SCAF’s advisory council proposal

A number of Egyptian political groups have rejected a proposal by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)…
Prosecution to interrogate 13 security officials over Tahrir clashes

Prosecution to interrogate 13 security officials over Tahrir clashes

Egypt's public prosecution will interrogate 13 officials from the Interior Ministry on Sunday over the fighting in and around Cairo's…
Update: Protests grow in Tahrir, sit-in continues outside cabinet

Update: Protests grow in Tahrir, sit-in continues outside cabinet

By 12 noon numbers were steadily increasing in Tahrir Square, well into the thousands. The protesters were mostly young people,…
Activists call to boycott parliamentary elections

Activists call to boycott parliamentary elections

A call to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to start 28 November was posted by activists on the Second…
At cabinet sit-in, calls for salvation government are high

At cabinet sit-in, calls for salvation government are high

Protesters camping at the sit-in in front of the cabinet are calling for the formation of a national salvation government…
ElBaradei says ready to head salvation government

ElBaradei says ready to head salvation government

Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei issued a statement Saturday night declaring his willingness to head a national salvation government if he…
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