#bribery
Judge resigns amid accusations of sexual bribery
Judge Ramy Abdel Hady resigned on Tuesday after he was accused of demanding sexual favors from a woman who appeared before his…
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#Ancient Egypt
Artifacts discovered in Aswan may shed light on ancient mining and jewelry industry
A joint team of Egyptian and American archaeologists in Aswan have discovered three stone plaques with hieroglyphic inscriptions estimated to date back…
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#civil service law
Public sector workers protest civil service law, plan more protests in August
Hundreds of Central Agency for Organization and Management employees protested in front of their workplace in Cairo on Monday demanding the repeal…
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#Islamist media
MB lashes out at Nour Party co-founder for winning Harvard scholarship
Muslim Brotherhood figures have been cranking up a smear campaign against Nour Party co-founder Nader Bakkar in recent days, accusing the aspiring…
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#Egypt-Libya relations
Foreign minister meets families of detained fishermen in Sudan
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with the families of over 100 detained Egyptian fishermen in Sudan on Monday. Shoukry assured…
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#police violence
Lawyer claims police beat key witness in torture case until unconscious
A witness due to testify in a torture case was reportedly beaten unconscious by police on Saturday morning, independently owned Daily News…
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#boat incidents
Egypt restricts Nile cargo traffic after fatal crash
In the aftermath of a boat crash on the Nile that killed at least 35 people, Egypt has temporarily banned cargo barges…
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#Bibliotheca Alexandrina
10 Bibliotheca Alexandrina employees sentenced to a year in prison, 8 acquitted
West Alexandria Misdemeanor Court sentenced 10 Bibliotheca Alexandrina employees to one year in prison and a LE1000 fine for insulting and detaining…
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#Ayman Nour
6 sentenced to death over 2013 torching of Ghad al-Thawra Party headquarters
Six men, all tried in absentia by Cairo Criminal Court, were handed death sentences for their role in a February 2013 attack…
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#tourism
Tourism figures lower in May than April, but up from same time last year
Tourism was up 16.5 percent year-on-year in May, with Egypt receiving 894,600 foreign visitors during the month, compared to 867,200 in the same…
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#labor law
Court forces 4 more workers into retirement for striking
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled against another four workers on Saturday, permanently dismissing them from their jobs and forcing them into early…
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#boat incidents
Death toll from Warraq boat accident rises to at least 35
The number of casualties associated with the sinking of a small motor boat in the Nile River on Wednesday evening rose to at…
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#Interior Ministry
Interior Ministry announces annual reshuffle
Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar approved the ministry’s annual reshuffle on Wednesday, which included the appointment of 21 new deputy ministers…
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#labor actions
Slight decrease in number of labor protests in 2nd quarter of 2015
The second quarter of 2015 has witnessed a nationwide total of 385 labor protests, according to figures compiled by the independent Mahrousa Center for Socioeconomic…
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#Gamal Omar
Prosecutor: Egypt recovers LE13 billion in tax evasion cases
Egypt’s office of the public prosecutor announced Wednesday that it has recovered around LE12.6 billion and US$73 million in assets from tax…
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#Egypt-US relations
Egypt forms committee to investigate controversial EU-US trade deal
Egypt will form an official committee to investigate the possible impacts on Egypt of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP.…
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#Ahmed Nazif
Mubarak-era PM Ahmed Nazif sentenced to 5 years in prison, LE53 million fine
In a rare occurrence, a leading member of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Finding him guilty…
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#CAPMAS
Egypt’s trade deficit up 52.7 percent in April
With imports up and exports down, Egypt’s trade deficit widened to LE24.6 billion in April, up 52.7 percent compared to the same…
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#classified information
Right to Information Law to criminalize spreading rumors on social networks
The Cabinet will begin discussing the final draft of the new Right to Information Law next week when Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb…
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#Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression
Photojournalist Shawkan’s hearing adjourned after 700 days detention without charge
Cairo Criminal Court adjourned photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid’s (popularly known as Shawkan) court hearing on Tuesday to August 3, as he and…
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