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Protests rage in Egypt against Christian governor
Others | 20 April 2011
CAIRO – Hundreds of Egyptians on Monday protested against the appointment of a Christian governor in the southern city of Qena, as officials scrambled to end the four-day crisis, security officials said...
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Women's rights group condemns recent governor appointments
Others | 20 April 2011
CAIRO: The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) condemned the recent reshuffling and appointment of new governors in Egypt that excluded women, describing it as “disappointing and contradictory to the principles of citizenship, justice and equality.”..
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Mubaraks' wealth 'illicitly amassed'
Others | 20 April 2011
CAIRO - An Egyptian State-run watchdog agency of Monday officially notified the Justice Ministry's Illicit Gains Agency of the fortune of former president Hosni Mubarak and his family members, disclosing that most of their wealth were 'real estate'...
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Egyptian Islamists send mixed signals
Others | 19 April 2011
CAIRO - A pledge recently made by two leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the strongest opposition force in Egypt, to set up a purely Islamic state in this country, has fuelled fears about the Islamists' agenda in post-Mubarak Egypt. ..
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Disbanding NDP is a strike to restructure endeavors, says analyst
Others | 19 April 2011
CAIRO: Disbanding former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) was a big strike to the endeavors of some members to give it a new shape relatively different from the old one, political analyst Nabil Abdel-Fatah told Daily News Egypt on Sunday...
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Top Egyptian Islamist in Tehran talks
Others | 19 April 2011
TEHRAN - An Egyptian Islamist and a long-time opponent of the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak has held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday...
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Mubarak still in Sharm El-Sheikh Hospital
Others | 18 April 2011
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak is still in Sharm El-Sheikh Hospital along with his wife Suzanne, Egypt's state news agency MENA quoted an official source as saying on Sunday.
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Egypt refers ex-PM, finance minister to court
Others | 18 April 2011
CAIRO (Update 1) - Egypt will put on trial the former prime minister and his finance minister on charges of profiteering and squandering public funds, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday.
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Hawass sells his clothes for charity
Others | 18 April 2011
CAIRO - Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Minister of State for Archaeological Affairs, has announced that a foreign company is going to market and sell the clothes he wore while engaged in archaeological excavations, with the proceeds going to the Children Cancer’s Hospital 57357, an international-standard charitable institution...
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Mubarak headed for military hospital, then to jail
Others | 17 April 2011
CAIRO: Egypt's state prosecutor decided Friday to move ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital, then to prison when his health improves, in a probe over a deadly crackdown on protesters that could send him to the gallows, state media reported.
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Egypt court dissolves former ruling party
Others | 17 April 2011
CAIRO (Update) - Saturday Egypt's Higher Administrative Court ordered the dissolution of the previously ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), meeting one major demand of the protesters, after the detention of ailing former President Hosni Mubarak and key figures of his regime...
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Twenty new governors to be sworn in Saturday
Others | 17 April 2011
CAIRO: Twenty newly-appointed governors will be sworn in on Saturday before the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Mohamed Hussein Tantawy...
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Mubarak's sons detained for 2 weeks
Others | 14 April 2011
CAIRO (Updated 4) - Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak's sons Gamal and Alaa arrived Wednesday at a Cairo..
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Egypt’s shares rise on Mubarak detention
Others | 14 April 2011
CAIRO - Egypt’s benchmark stock index gained the most in almost two weeks after the country’s public prosecutor detained former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons while they are being investigated for alleged corruption.
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Court upholds freezing of Fahmi's assets
Others | 14 April 2011
CAIRO - A criminal court in Cairo Wednesday upheld a decision made by the Ministry of Justice to freeze the liquid assets of the former Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi and his wife until investigations have been finished...
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Tahrir protestors say sit-in will continue, brawl with army
Others | 13 April 2011
CAIRO: Hundreds of protestors in Tahrir Square said Monday that they will continue their sit-in until their demands of prosecuting ousted president Mubarak and his family and appointing a civil presidential council are met...
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Mubarak to appear in Cairo court - paper
Others | 13 April 2011
CAIRO (Updated 2) - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak received a summons to appear before a Cairo court for questioning and special security is being arranged, state-run al-Ahram newspaper quoted the interior minister as saying...
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Blogger Maikel Nabil slapped with 3-year prison sentence; says worried about his safety
Others | 13 April 2011
CAIRO: A military court sentenced blogger Maikel Nabil to three years in prison on Sunday night despite announcing earlier that his trial was adjourned till Tuesday to examine the defense documents.
In an article he wrote in prison which he gave to his friend during a visit, Nabil expressed concerns about his safety inside...
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Egypt ex-PM detained over corruption
Others | 12 April 2011
CAIRO - Egypt's public prosecutor has detained former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif for 15 days as part of investigations..
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Prosecutor summons Mubarak after denying corruption allegations on TV
Others | 12 April 2011
CAIRO: Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak denied in a recorded audio message aired on Al-Arabiya channel all corruption allegations against him, confirming that neither he nor his family posses any assets abroad...
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Egypt's FM hold talks with Turkish FM
Others | 12 April 2011
CAIRO - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu starts an official visit to Egypt Sunday aimed at bolstering ties between Cairo and Ankara, Foreign Ministry officials said...
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