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- Egypt court rejects election law, further poll delays expected 18 hours ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional, More »
Egypt's cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons Fri, May 24, 2013An Egyptian woman walks past riot police deployed near the lawyers' syndicate in downtown Cairo during a protest on April 6, 2008 against rising prices of basic More »
- Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest Wed, May 22, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the More »
- Sinai kidnappers free Egypt security personnel: army Wed, May 22, 2013
Kidnappers freed Egyptian police and soldiers in the Sinai on Wednesday, as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed to More »
- Morsi appeals to Egypt opposition for unity Wed, May 22, 2013
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appealed Wednesday to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power More »
- Egypt troops sweep Sinai before possible rescue op Tue, May 21, 2013
Egyptian troops and policemen began sweeps of north Sinai on Tuesday ahead of a possible showdown with heavily armed gunmen who abducted seven security personnel, More »
- Egypt's army blocks roads in Sinai in hunt for kidnappers Tue, May 21, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven More »
- Reinforcements to Egypt's Sinai after police camp hit Mon, May 20, 2013
Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp on Monday in the wake of the kidnapping of security personnel, officials said. More »
- Egypt's Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears Sun, May 19, 2013
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in More »
- Egypt police shut passage to Israel Sun, May 19, 2013
Egyptian police closed a commercial passage with Israel on Sunday in support of colleagues who shut down a crossing with Gaza to protest the abduction of policemen, More »
- Egypt's opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law Sat, May 18, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private More »
- One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt Sat, May 18, 2013
ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's More »
- Egypt police shut Rafah crossing to protest abductions Fri, May 17, 2013
Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Friday in protest at the kidnapping of colleagues in the Sinai peninsula, a security source and More »
- Egypt's Morsi holds crisis talks over kidnappings Thu, May 16, 2013
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday held crisis talks with his defence and interior ministers over the kidnapping of policemen and soldiers in Sinai, as More »
- Islamist gunmen kidnap 7 Egypt security personnel in Sinai Thu, May 16, 2013
By Yousri Mohamed ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen abducted seven members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday and want More »
- Cell 'plotted attacks' on US, French missions in Egypt Wed, May 15, 2013
An Al-Qaeda-linked cell broken up in Egypt at the weekend planned to bomb the US and French embassies in Cairo, state news agency MENA quoted investigators as More »
- Egypt militants planned to hit U.S. and French embassies - MENA Wed, May 15, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked militant cell detained in Egypt was planning suicide attacks on the French and U.S. embassies, the state news agency MENA More »
- Egypt judges suspend talks with Mursi over disputed reforms Wed, May 15, 2013
By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO (Reuters) - Senior Egyptian judges halted talks with President Mohamed Mursi on judicial reforms on Wednesday after parliament decided More »
- Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam Tue, May 14, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana More »
- Egypt to try Coptic teacher for 'insulting religion' Tue, May 14, 2013
A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and More »
- Egypt's Orascom Telecom says it rejects Altimo's buyout offer Tue, May 14, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian group Orascom Telecom Holding's management has recommended shareholders reject an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail More »
- Appeals court frees six backers of black-clad Egypt protest group Mon, May 13, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - A Cairo court quashed the convictions of six men accused of attacking police and damaging property during protests against Egyptian President More »
- Gaddafi cousin goes on trial in Egypt for attempted murder Mon, May 13, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his More »
- Egypt court to rule next month on challenge to upper house Sun, May 12, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court will rule next month on the legality of the upper house of parliament, judicial sources said on Sunday, in a case that More »
- Egypt's Mubarak says too early to judge Mursi - newspaper Sat, May 11, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said it was too early to judge President Mohamed Mursi, saying the Islamist politician faced a difficult job, More »
- Egypt military chief rules out move in politics Sat, May 11, 2013
Egypt's military chief on Saturday ruled out intervention in the country's polarised politics after the army handed power to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last More »
- Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy' Sat, May 11, 2013
Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested three members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and More »
- General signals Egypt army staying out of politics Sat, May 11, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - The army is not the answer to Egypt's political problems, the army chief said on Saturday, urging Egyptians to find a way to get along in comments More »
- Prominent Egypt youth activist released Sat, May 11, 2013
Egyptian authorities on Saturday released the founder of one of the key youth movements behind the 2011 uprising after he was held overnight, a judicial source told More »
- Egypt says thwarts suicide attack on foreign embassy Sat, May 11, 2013
By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces thwarted an al Qaeda-linked group's plan to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign More »
- Egypt confident on IMF deal, timing of next visit unsure - minister Sat, May 11, 2013
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Egypt's new planning minister said on Saturday he was confident the country would reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a More »
- Prominent Egypt youth activist jailed Fri, May 10, 2013
Egypt's security forces on Friday detained the founder of one of the key youth movements behind the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime upon his arrival at More »
- IMF says Egypt loan talks in 'evolving' conditions Thu, May 9, 2013
Egyptian men arrives at a warehouse to refill empy gas cylinders in Cairo on April 4, 2013. The International Monetary Fund on Thursday highlighted Egypt's rising More »
- Israel apology after police rough up Egypt dignitaries Thu, May 9, 2013
Israel on Thursday formally apologised to Cairo after police violence against Egyptian diplomats during the Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church More »
- S&P downgrades Egypt credit rating Thu, May 9, 2013
An Egyptian construction worker carries stones in central Cairo on December 27, 2011. Ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded Egypt's long- and short-term More »
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