#2015 parliamentary elections
Elections countdown: 39 days
The High Elections Commission (HEC) said on Wednesday that elections would be held on time, despite speculation on Monday that there would…
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#Higher Education Ministry
Police forcefully disperse student protest outside Higher Education Ministry
Police forcefully dispersed student protesters outside the Ministry of Higher Education on Wednesday afternoon, with media reports indicating journalists and photographers covering…
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#Egypt-Israel relations
Israeli Embassy in Cairo reopens after four years of closure
The Israeli Embassy in Cairo has reopened, after being closed for four years, the official spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Ofir Gendelman…
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#corruption cases
Cabinet explains PM’s sudden exit from Tunisia press conference
Cabinet spokesperson Hossam al-Qaweesh explained in a phone call to privately owned CBC channel on Tuesday night that Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb…
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#Egypt-Yemen relations
Egypt reportedly deploys ground troops to Yemen
An Egyptian military force of 800 soldiers reportedly arrived in Yemen late on Tuesday to join the ranks of the Saudi-led coalition…
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#atheism
Anti-atheism campaign at Cairo cultural center ends second phase
As the second part of a two-month-long anti-atheism seminar series titled Al-Ghany (“The Rich”) at El Sawy Cultural Wheel ended Tuesday, the organizer and commentators paused…
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#Ashraf Salman
Zohr gas field steals the show at Euromoney
The newly discovered Zohr gas field dominated the conversation at this week's Euromoney Egypt conference and captured the audience's attention, so much…
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#conspiracy theories
Senior National Security official claims Muslim Brotherhood is a masonic group
A National Security official who took part in the investigation of former President Mohamed Morsi’s espionage case has claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood…
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#devaluation
As reserves fall, talk of devaluating the Egyptian pound intensifies
With pressure on Egypt’s foreign reserves mounting, officials have been making increasingly direct statements about the need to allow the Egyptian pound…
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#2015 parliamentary elections
Elections countdown: 40 days
An administrative court queried a recent amendment by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb to the law regulating electoral constituencies on Monday, which experts…
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#Ghada Waly
State shutters 57 NGOs, a total of 500 closed this year
Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly shut down 57 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Monday, bringing the tally of NGOs shuttered by the state…
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#Amnesty International
Amnesty decries treatment of injured detainee Esraa al-Taweel
Jailed amateur photographer student Esraa al-Taweel may lose the ability to walk if she doesn’t receive the medical treatment she needs in prison, said…
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#Ashraf Salman
Ministers talk privatizing education, health at Euromoney
Privatizing non-traditional sectors like healthcare and education could help kick Egypt's economy back into gear, the ministers of investment and finance suggested…
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#atheism
Facebook page for Arab atheists draws fire from religious conservatives
The Facebook page, “Proclaim atheism for those who have the means to do so,” active since late August, has stirred controversy in Egypt,…
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#Arab Network for Human Rights Information
Stop the press: Rights group details state’s grip on print media
A period of fewer restrictions on print media associated with the 2011 revolution came to an end under the current regime, according…
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#Ain Shams University
Exemption of officers’, judges’ children from university regulations slammed
A recent decision to exempt children of judges and police officers from the geographic distribution rule when applying to universities has continued…
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#Armed Forces
US reconsiders presence in Sinai following attack on MFO troops
The fate of the US contribution to the Multinational Force of Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula is growing more uncertain after…
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#Egypt-US relations
US Embassy in Cairo dispatches new travel warning
The US Embassy in Cairo issued a travel alert on Thursday warning Americans not to stray outside the major metropolitan areas of…
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#boat incidents
3 fishermen drown in Libyan waters, 8 others still missing
At least three Egyptian fishermen drowned in Libyan waters after their boat capsized, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, just days after dozens more…
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#art fraud
2 arrested for forging paintings by Mubarak-era culture minister
Two little-known gallerists were arrested Thursday for counterfeiting paintings by infamous former Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, the latest example of Egypt's worsening art forgery problem. Hosni,…
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