Egypt
Salafis arrested for demolishing Sufi shrines
March 31, 2011
Salafis arrested for demolishing Sufi shrines
Security forces have arrested two Salafis suspected of demolishing the shrines of revered Sufi figures in the Delta city of…
Rights groups criticize Egyptian govt for exclusionary policy
March 31, 2011
Rights groups criticize Egyptian govt for exclusionary policy
Twenty-seven Egyptian human rights organizations on Thursday criticized the government for excluding certain political forces from the so-called "national dialogue"…
Student protests continue in Cairo and Fayoum
March 31, 2011
Student protests continue in Cairo and Fayoum
University students and teaching staff in Cairo and Fayoum continued their ongoing protests on Thursday, calling for the resumption of…
Egypt requests Great Millennium Dam studies from Ethiopia
March 31, 2011
Egypt requests Great Millennium Dam studies from Ethiopia
Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Thursday said Egypt is awaiting the Ethiopian government’s reply to its request for technical and…
Political forces greet Constitutional Declaration with mixed reactions
March 31, 2011
Political forces greet Constitutional Declaration with mixed reactions
The interim Constitutional Declaration issued by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces on Wednesday has provoked a wide range of…
Three thousand Islamists due to return from abroad
March 31, 2011
Three thousand Islamists due to return from abroad
A lawyer who works with various Islamist groups has predicted that 3000 leading figures of the Jama'a al-Islamyia and ُEgyptian…
Investigators request confidential accounts of Mubarak officials
March 31, 2011
Investigators request confidential accounts of Mubarak officials
Assem al-Gohary, chairman of the Illicit Gains Office (IGO), asked an Egyptian court Thursday to disclose the confidential accounts of…
Judges to follow up on retrieval of frozen assets abroad
March 31, 2011
Judges to follow up on retrieval of frozen assets abroad
The Egyptian government announced on Thursday its intention of sending a group of judges abroad to follow the process of…
Armed forces representatives meet Coptic Pope
March 31, 2011
Armed forces representatives meet Coptic Pope
Members of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces met on Wednesday with the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox…
Brotherhood engaged in secret deals with ousted regime
March 31, 2011
Brotherhood engaged in secret deals with ousted regime
Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, was involved in secret political deals with the ousted regime of former President…