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Any Egyptian familiar with the frustrations of apartment hunting will likely still be haunted by a three-word phrase they will…
Wednesday’s papers: Bus-driver shooting, Bedouin-state relations, Abu Zaid as infidel

Wednesday’s papers: Bus-driver shooting, Bedouin-state relations, Abu Zaid as infidel

Yesterday’s bus-driver shooting takes the lion’s share of all front pages today. Independent and state-run papers alike lead with the…
Finance Minister: Pensioners already enjoying increases

Finance Minister: Pensioners already enjoying increases

Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali announced that more than 700,000 Egyptians have so far claimed their pensions for July, following the…
Education minister gives goodwill gesture to protesting staff

Education minister gives goodwill gesture to protesting staff

Minister of Education Ahmed Zaki Badr has decided to grant an extra two months' salary to staff at the General…
Lawyers in defenestration case denied access to investigations

Lawyers in defenestration case denied access to investigations

Lawyers representing a man allegedly tortured and thrown by police from the third floor of a police station in the…
Gamal Mubarak discusses NDP strategy with party leaders

Gamal Mubarak discusses NDP strategy with party leaders

Gamal Mubarak, General Secretary of the Policy Committee of the National Democratic Party (NDP), met with a number of NDP…
Fights break out amid gas and diesel shortages

Fights break out amid gas and diesel shortages

Problems related to gasoline and diesel fuel shortages in the provinces intensified on Tuesday, as disputes and fights erupted between…
Cement, textile workers strike over grievances

Cement, textile workers strike over grievances

Workers from the Misr-Beni Sueif Cement Company on Tuesday went on strike after a colleague was accidentally killed while operating…
Sayida Zeinab moulid draws thousands

Sayida Zeinab moulid draws thousands

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the small streets and alleyways surrounding Sayida Zeinab Square to celebrate the…
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