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2010-08-05 00:00:00

3 opposition parties to join Egypt's vote

By-Ashraf Madbouli-EG
CAIRO- Three major Egyptian oppostion have rebuffed calls for boycotting the forthcoming legislative and presidential elections.

2010-08-05 00:00:00

Egyptian hospitalised for alleged torture

By-EG
MANSURA- An Egyptian man jumped off a police station in the Nile Delta town of Bani Ebeid to escape alleged torture.Mohamed Salah Mahmoud, a 18-year-old driver, is now lying in a hospital under security after surving the jump, said his family.

2010-08-05 00:00:00

Mubarak, Sarkozy 'co-ordinate' on peace

By-MENA
PARIS- President Hosni Mubarak Monday meets his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on peacemaking in the Middle East, a senior Egyptian official has said.

2010-07-29 00:00:00

2 Egyptian policemen go on trial

By-AP
ALEXANDRIA(Egypt) - The victim's lawyers in a trial of two Egyptian policemen involved in the death of a young man demanded Tuesday that the defendants face torture charges in a case that has focused national attention on police brutality in Egypt.

2010-07-29 00:00:00

Egypt arrested 10 african at Sinai

By-dpa
El ARISH(Egypt) - Egyptian security forces arrested Wednesday two groups of African migrants as they attempted to cross the country's porous Sinai peninsula border into Israel.

2010-07-29 00:00:00

Egyptian journalists still face laws restricting freedom, says report

By-Marwa Al-A’sar-Daily News Egypt
CAIRO: Egyptian journalists still encounter laws restricting their freedom of speech and expression, despite considerable progress in allowing a wider margin of freedom, said a recent report.

2010-07-28 00:00:00

Gamal Mubarak nomination campaign 'a fiasco,' says Kefaya leader

By-Marwa Al-A’sar-Daily News Egypt
CAIRO: A recent campaign to promote the nomination of Gamal Mubarak — son of incumbent President Mubarak — for the presidency in 2011 is nothing but a fiasco, general coordinator of Kefaya Abdel-Halim Qandil told Daily News Egypt on Monday.

2010-07-28 00:00:00

Egypt seizes 3 Gaza tunnels

By-Egypt News
The seizures were part of a new campaign underway to expose tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle goods into Gaza, which proliferated exponentially as Israel's four-year siege intensified during 2008-9.

2010-07-28 00:00:00

Trial of policemen charged in Khaled Saeid case begins

By-Sarah Carr-Daily News Egypt
CAIRO: A trial begins Tuesday at the Alexandria Criminal Court of two policemen charged with offences in connection with the death of Khaled Saied.

2010-07-27 00:00:00

Mubarak to meet Saudi King Wed

By-Mena
CAIRO- President Hosni Mubarak will meet Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday, reported the official Middle East News Agency on Sunday.

2010-07-27 00:00:00

Egypt takes action against sex change surgeon

By-Egypt News
Egypt's Minister of Health Hatem el Gabali shut down a clinic in Asyut while its owner is questioned on criminal charges of performing sex change operations

2010-07-27 00:00:00

Egyptians support Lebanese singer

By-EG
CAIRO- Egyptian intellectuals and fans will Monday evening stage a protest in Cairo in support of Lebanese diva Fayrouz against a recent court injunction. They will gather for a show of solidarity with Fayrouz, 75, at el-Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, according to organisers. A similar protest is planned in Beirut on Monday.