Month: November 2012

Political gathering in Marsa Matrouh (File photo by Mohamed Farag)
Egypt

Political forces scrap in Matruh

A meeting between political groups in Matruh on Sunday came to blows

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
The Prosecutor General issued a list of names to be freed from prison for crimes "in support of the revolution" (File photo by Mohamed Omar)
Egypt

Prosecutor general releases list of pardoned detainees

Activists angered over omissions from list

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Former MP Mohamed El-Omda, left, speaks alongside colleagues in the Parliament building Mohamed Omar
EgyptPolitics

Members of parliament to demonstrate on 14 November

Freedom and Justice, Al-Nour, and Arab Egyptian Socialist parties to participate

Fady Salah Fady Salah
Prime Minster Hesham Qandil announced yesterday government plans to increase natural gas prices for cement and brick factories from $4 per million BTU to $6 per million BTU. (File Photo) (AFP PHOTO)
EgyptPolitics

Revised shop curfew law revealed

Revised version grants a few additional hours to most closing times

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian military forces have been deployed across Sinai, with tanks, armoured personnel carriers and soldiers spread across the peninsula’s main and international roads. AFP / Stringer
EgyptPolitics

All quiet in the Sinai as military intensifies security

Peninsula covered in military units from the north and police in the…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a joint press conference on Oct. 4, 2012. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP)
Politics

Lavrov meets Morsy, Brahimi and El-Araby in Cairo

Russian foreign minister accuses other countries of taking sides in Syrian crisis.

Joel Gulhane Joel Gulhane
Amr Moussa (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
EgyptPolitics

Moussa denies meeting with prominent Israeli

Calls for ‘paradigm shift’ in Israel and Palestine

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
Military police released a police dog on the fishermen to disperse them (AFP / KHALED DESOUKI)
EgyptPolitics

Governor requests investigation into ‘dog’ incident

Sa’ad Al-Hosseini denounces officer who let dog loose and criticises Popular Current

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
The Ministry of Justice proposed a new draft law requesting a new committee to be formed (AFP Photo)
EgyptPolitics

Mekki mandates judges to investigate police assault

Minister of justice responds to request filed by the National Council for…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Flags representing some of the 54 nations of the African Union AFP Photo
EgyptPolitics

Egypt hosts African Union conference

Transforming African peace and security

Joel Gulhane Joel Gulhane