#arms deals
Sisi: Weapons deal to be financed by French govt
A deal between France and Egypt to purchase 5.2 billion Euros worth of French military equipment will be partially financed by a…
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#2015 parliamentary elections
Court rules election laws unconstitutional, parliament elections postponed
The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) issued a verdict on Sunday deeming the Constituency Division Law unconstitutional, effectively postponing parliamentary elections that were scheduled…
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#Arish
Sinai: States of fear
Arish — Like many of his neighbors, Sherif was watching the Ahly and Zamalek game on the wintery evening of Thursday, January 29, when…
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#detainee and prisoner deaths
Autopsy shows lawyer was tortured to death at Matareya Police Station
Recently deceased lawyer Karim Hamdy was tortured to death at the notorious Matareya Police Station, an autopsy report released on Thursday concluded.…
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#bombings
Wave of bombings in Cairo kills 1, injures at least 7
At least one person was killed and seven others injured on Thursday when six bombs reportedly erupted across Cairo and Giza. An…
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#Arish
Armed Forces allegedly kill 26, injures 20 militants in North Sinai
Military forces succeeded in killing 26 "takfiri elements" in North Sinai on Wednesday, while wounding another 20 militants and remotely detonating two…
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#bird flu
Bird flu infections in first 2 months of 2015 exceed all cases in 2014
The number of bird flu infections and subsequent fatalities continue to rise in Egypt, with the first two months of this year…
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#Egypt-Russia relations
Russia, Egypt sign customs agreement
Egypt and Russia signed four customs agreements aimed at facilitating trade between the two countries, the Finance Ministry announced Wednesday. According to Egyptian…
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#gas
Peteroleum Ministry moves to liberalize gas sector
As part of a plan to liberalize Egypt’s gas market, Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail has established a unit within Egypt’s state-owned gas…
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#2015 parliamentary elections
Court to determine legitimacy of election laws on March 1
The Supreme Constitutional Court announced on Wednesday that it would issue a verdict on four challenges to Egypt’s election laws on March…
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#2015 parliamentary elections
Ahmed Ezz: My exclusion from election goes against the revolution
Prominent Mubarak-regime figure and steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz defended his decision to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections in his first television…
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#Alaa Abd El Fattah
Egyptian rights groups slam Shura Council case verdict
A number of Egyptian human rights organizations issued a joint statement “expressing grave concern” over Monday’s verdict in the "Shura Council" case. Cairo…
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#cigarette tax
No time to exhale, as tax increases on cigarettes are confirmed
Confusion spread among Egyptian smokers as rumors of the government withdrawing its decision to raise taxes on cigarettes surfaced. Late on Tuesday,…
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#airstrikes
Rights groups hold Egypt responsible for civilian deaths in Libya
Human rights groups claim at least seven civilians were killed in Egypt's airstrikes on Libya last week. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW)…
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#anti-terrorism law
Update: Task force established to implement terrorism law
Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat ordered on Thursday the formation of a department tasked with executing the obligations of the general prosecution related…
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#Ahmed Nazif
Mubarak-era officials Nazif and Adly cleared of corruption charges
Mubarak-era Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly were cleared of corruption charges in the ‘license plates’ case on…
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#cigarette tax
Smokers fuming after cigarette tax jumps 50% overnight
Cigarette prices jumped dramatically on Monday, just a day after the state-owned Egyptian Gazette published a presidential decree announcing a 50 percent…
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#Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
Egypt closes embassy in Yemen after rebels seize capital
Egypt has closed its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa due to the increasingly dangerous security situation, the state-owned Middle East…
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#activist arrests
Defendants sentenced to 3–5 years in prison in Shura Council case
Activists Alaa Abd El Fattah and Ahmed Abdel Rahman were sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for breaking the Protest Law when they demonstrated in front of…
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#2015 Egypt Economic Development Conference
ECESR: Foreign direct investment alone won’t cure Egypt’s economic woes
Egypt’s government has viewed attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) as a goal unto itself, rather than part of a coherent social and…
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