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Mahalla police officers on strike

Police officers strike in solidarity with injured colleagues

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
President Mohamed Morsi opened the first session of the Egyptian Forum on Foreign Policy on Saturday (Photo : Presidency hand out )
Foreign Affairs

Morsi opens foreign policy forum

President Morsi stresses importance of academic and research work to government institutions

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Morsi’s presidential team, which was launched as composing of “different colours of the political spectrum,” is now formed by five Islamist advisors, Only Emad Abdullah, a police general, is considered independent. (File Photo) (AFP\Photo)
Ayman Al-Sayyad

Presidential team shrinks

Eleven of Morsi’s original 21 advisory board members have walked out leaving…

Ethar Shalaby
Ethar Shalaby
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr published a statement on Friday saying that Egypt will be increasing its efforts to solve the Syrian crisis and announced the “revival of the Egyptian initiative”. (AFP\Photo)
Al-assad

Egypt calls on Arab League to support Syria initiative

Foreign minister requests Arab League, OIC and Brahimi support for Morsi’s quartet…

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
The attackers had knives and firearms, and they took documents and video tapes from Nour’s office, before starting a fire. (Photo By Mohamed Omar)
Al-Wafd Party

Ghad El-Thawra Party HQ burnt down

Unidentified men burn down Ayman Nour’s party headquarters, Islamists condemn the attack

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
6 april

6 April wants to send Morsi into space

Group offers novel way to protest against the President

Salma Hegab
Salma Hegab
Mohamed Kamel Amr said that Iran is “a regional power that no one can ignore, but there are determinants of the relationship and Egypt has fixed limitations and is committed to them”. Photo : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (AFP- Photo)
ahmedinejad

Egypt clarifies relationship with Iran

Foreign minister says there are limitations on Egypt’s relationship with Iran

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
ElBaradei said on his twitter account that he had “called for parliamentary election boycott in 2010 to expose sham democracy. Today I repeat my call, [we] will not be part of an act of deception”.(AFP/File Photo)
boycott

ElBaradei calls for boycott of parliamentary elections

The opposition leader says he will ‘not be part of an act…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein

Civil disobedience continues in governorates

Protesters and police clash in Mahalla as Port Said remains closed for…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Al-Dostour Party

Hundreds protest at High Court against Morsi, police, and military

Judges also set to discuss Morsi-appointed prosecutor who refuses their demand to…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein