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Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers
Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.
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Two Egyptian journalists, critical of Mursi, face trial
Two Egyptian journalists at a newspaper critical of President Mohamed Mursi were ordered on Sunday to face an expedited criminal trial for defamation.
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Opposition attacks Brotherhood-...
CAIRO: Egypt's main opposition bloc said yesterday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private organisations was an attempt to stifle their work.
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One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt
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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of ... (more)
Police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Morsi protest
Egyptian security forces clashed with young men in central Cairo after a protest by several thousand opponents of President Mohamed Morsi, state news agency MENA reported.
Police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Mursi protest
Egyptian security forces clashed with young men in central Cairo after a protest by several thousand opponents of President Mohamed Mursi, state news agency MENA reported.
Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the country's lawlessness and its crisis of authority two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
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In 2006, I watched middle-aged members of the Muslim Brotherhood kneel and pray in the street outside Cairo's High Court in front of rows of officers from the riot police.
The [unequal] Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition
A supporter of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak shouts slogans against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood outside the police academy, where Mubarak's trial will take place, in Cairo May 11, 2013 REUTERS/Amr Abdallah When the G8 Foreign Ministers met in London last month, they reaffirmed their commitment to ... (more)
Their View: Betrayal of opposition leader shows Morsi is consolidating power
Ahmed Maher, one of the leaders of Egypt's 2011 revolution, supported Islamist Mohamed Morsi in last year's presidential election because he believed Morsi's victory over a military-backed candidate would be more likely to consolidate democracy in their country.
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Sinai militants kidnap 7 Egyptian security officers
A group of anonymous militants kidnapped early on Thursday seven Egyptian security officers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula, near the borders with Israel, security and Bedouin sources said.
Egypt's soaring unemployment rate stirs fears
Egypt's unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2013 rose to 13.2 percent, according to an official report released Wednesday, raising fears that the ongoing political chaos would lead to further economic and social troubles.
In Post-Revolution Egypt, Social Media Shows Dark Side
The social media that allowed Egyptian activists to organise the massive rallies that led to Mubarak's ouster now play a less constructive role.
Egypt judges suspend talks with Morsi
Witches flying broomsticks in Swaziland above 150m will be subjected to arrest and a hefty fine of R500 000, civil aviation authorities say, according to a report.
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Over 2,000 doctors are expected to attend the five-day annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin - the largest ethnic medical organization in the US ... Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is 84, is being retried in Cairo.
Lawyers seek six years' jail for Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed for six years, prosecutors said yesterday, accusing the former Italian Prime Minister of masterminding a prostitution network for the "satisfaction" of his sexual needs.