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Egypt bans airing of court sessions
Egypt
October 5, 2010
Egypt bans airing of court sessions
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has issued a decree banning both live broadcasts and taped recordings of court sessions by all…
Are litigation games hurting Egyptian real estate?
Opinion
September 23, 2010
Are litigation games hurting Egyptian real estate?
Anyone following the Madinaty dispute knows that the government is up to its head in this case, despite Prime Minister…
Egypt delays meeting on TMG land case
Business
September 21, 2010
Egypt delays meeting on TMG land case
Egypt's cabinet has delayed until early next week a meeting planned for Wednesday that had been expected to offer a…
Egypt court rejects TMG Madinaty appeals, shares fall
Business
September 14, 2010
Egypt court rejects TMG Madinaty appeals, shares fall
An Egyptian court upheld Tuesday a case canceling the sale of a 33 million-square-meter plot of government land on the…
A blessing in disguise
Opinion
August 11, 2010
A blessing in disguise
When the Cairo Court of Appeal passed its unprecedented judgment on 14 June, 1995 separating Islamic scholar Nasr Hamed Abu…
Egyptian imam pleads guilty to molestation at US mosque
Egypt
June 18, 2010
Egyptian imam pleads guilty to molestation at US mosque
Tampa, Florida— An Egyptian imam accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy at a Tampa mosque in Florida pleaded guilty to…
Iran hangs five members of Kurdish ‘terrorist’ group
World
May 9, 2010
Iran hangs five members of Kurdish ‘terrorist’ group
Tehran--Iran hanged five members of a Kurdish "anti-revolutionary" group for various charges, including "moharebe" or waging war against God, the…
Ex-housing minister defends himself with new evidence
Egypt
March 28, 2010
Ex-housing minister defends himself with new evidence
Former Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman has presented new documents to the Public Funds Prosecution which he claims prove that…
Egypt court okays gas exports to Israel
Egypt
February 27, 2010
Egypt court okays gas exports to Israel
A Cairo court on Saturday gave the Egyptian government legal clearance to allow natural gas exports to Israel, cancelling a…
A step closer to freedom of religion?
Egypt
February 21, 2010
A step closer to freedom of religion?
Mohamed Hegazy, a Christian convert demanding that his religious affiliation be changed on his national identity card, succeeded last week…