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Essam Sharaf and Yehya El-Gamal discuss new government

Essam Sharaf and Yehya El-Gamal discuss new government

Essam Sharaf, the new prime minister, started consultations with Yehya El-Gamal, a jurist and professor of constitutional law, on Saturday…
Interior ministry to restructure state security

Interior ministry to restructure state security

On its official Facebook page, the cabinet said the ministry of interior is currently conducting an urgent study to restructure the state…
Two dead, church torched in Egypt sectarian clash

Two dead, church torched in Egypt sectarian clash

Two men were killed during clashes in Egypt between Muslims and Christians, which also saw Muslims set fire to a…
Eyewitnesses say documents burning in state security HQs in 6th October, Zagazig

Eyewitnesses say documents burning in state security HQs in 6th October, Zagazig

Hundreds of protesters today surrounded the state security headquarters in 6th October City after thick smoke was seen rising from…
ElBaradei urges Egypt’s military to hand power to presidential council

ElBaradei urges Egypt’s military to hand power to presidential council

Pro-democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei suggested on Saturday the formation of a presidential council if the Supreme Council of the Armed…
Court upholds decision to freeze Mubaraks’ assets

Court upholds decision to freeze Mubaraks’ assets

The Cairo Court of Appeal today upheld a decision by Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud to freeze the assets of…
Artifact storehouse attacked amid fears of international involvement

Artifact storehouse attacked amid fears of international involvement

The Tal al-Farain antiquities storehouse in Kafr al-Sheikh was attacked by more than 40 armed men on Saturday, said state-run…
Egypt’s ex-interior minister pleas ‘not guilty’

Egypt’s ex-interior minister pleas ‘not guilty’

Egypt's once feared former interior minister Habib al-Adly pleaded not guilty to corruption charges on Saturday, in the first trial…
Lawyers decline to handle Mubaraks’ cases, documents likely to indict sons emerge

Lawyers decline to handle Mubaraks’ cases, documents likely to indict sons emerge

Lawyers Mohamed Abu Shoqqa and his father Bahaa Abu Shoqqa for a second time declined to handle any cases involving former…
Egypt to hold reform referendum on 19 March

Egypt to hold reform referendum on 19 March

Egypt will hold a referendum on reforms to its constitution on 19 March, the government said on its Facebook page…
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