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Hundreds march from Al-Azhar Mosque to Orthodox Cathedral

Hundreds march from Al-Azhar Mosque to Orthodox Cathedral

Hundreds of protesters staged a "national unity" march from Al-Azhar Mosque to the Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya after Friday prayers.…
Eyewitness website disputes military narrative of Maspero violence

Eyewitness website disputes military narrative of Maspero violence

Following 9 October’s deadly violence near the state television building, also known as Maspero, the state-owned media has only presented…
Israeli sources: Hamas linked prisoner swap to moving headquarters to Cairo

Israeli sources: Hamas linked prisoner swap to moving headquarters to Cairo

Egypt will allow the vice president of Hamas' political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, to move from Damascus to Cairo and…
Egypt to review church permit disputes after violence

Egypt to review church permit disputes after violence

Egypt said on Thursday it would launch a review of disputed permits for churches in a bid to head off…
Former officials to be questioned on charges of facilitating illegal privatization

Former officials to be questioned on charges of facilitating illegal privatization

The Public Funds Prosecution has started interrogations into the former Mubarak regime's alleged illegal privatization activity after receiving reports on…
Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike resonates worldwide

Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike resonates worldwide

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons are currently on the 18th day of a hunger strike that began…
Doctors hold health minister responsible for colleague disappearance

Doctors hold health minister responsible for colleague disappearance

Ahmed Atef, the coordinator of Doctors' Youth Coalition, mysteriously disappeared while on duty at Nile Hospital in Shubra, said Engy…
Doctors Syndicate elections to get underway on Friday

Doctors Syndicate elections to get underway on Friday

Doctors Syndicate elections are set to begin on Friday for the first time in 19 years. Previously, judicial custody had…
Journalists demand resignation of information minister in wake of Maspero

Journalists demand resignation of information minister in wake of Maspero

The Minister of Information must resign, the group No to Military Censorship said yesterday during a protest at the state…
Women running in elections should be veiled, says Salafi leader

Women running in elections should be veiled, says Salafi leader

Salafi leader Mahmoud Amer has said there should be conditions on women running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, namely that…
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