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A Palestinian youth shows the remains of an Israeli missile following an air strikes in the Jabalia refugee camp. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
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Israel ponders incursion into Gaza

Rocket attacks cannot continue, Israeli officials say

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Around 220 NGOs have joined forces to reject the draft constitution and call for the removal of restrictions on civil society. (PHOTO BY HASSAN IBRAHIM)
EgyptPolitics

NGOs reject draft constitution

Over two hundred NGOs join campaign

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Train collision
EgyptPolitics

Egypt’s wrecked railways

Minister of transportation may resign

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EgyptPolitics

Doctors’ partial strike enters week seven

Continues tactic of group resignations

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Crowds gather at the scene of a train collision in Fayoum. (PHOTO BY MOHAMED OMAR)
EgyptPolitics

Fatal train crash in Fayoum

Collision raises concerns about the condition of Egypt’s trains

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Politics

Egypt brokers ceasefire in Gaza

Egypt intervenes to bring rocket exchange between Hamas and Israel to an…

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Egypt condemns Israeli attack on Sudan

Sudan blames Israel for destroying a military site in Yarmouk, in a…

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Eman Abou Bakr made headlines last week when she cut the hair of two girls in her class after warning them to wear a veil. (AFP / Getty Images / John MacDougall)
EgyptPolitics

Teacher who cut girls’ hair gets support

Father of one of the girls withdraws complaint

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President Morsy thinks of the bank account as a method through which figures of the old regime would find it easier to return stolen funds (AFP PHOTO)
EgyptPolitics

Over 20 parties reject presidential meeting

Mohamed Morsy invited political groups and parties for a meeting

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Al-Sakary attacks marriage law

As the new constitution is drafted a fresh controversy erupts over the…

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