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The verdict session for the trial of Saber will be on 28 November Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
Alber Saber

Saber verdict due on 28 November

Defence lawyers argue prosecution evidence is faulty

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Trials of media figues continue (file photo) Mohamed Omar / DNE
censorship

Media controversy continues

Another TV anchor investigated, accused of “contempt of religion”

Fady Salah Fady Salah
Protesters attempted to block the Al-Arish/Rafah Road when they were surrounded by security forces attempting to protect the entrances and exits to the governor’s office. (file photo) AFP Photo
Borders

No evidence that rocket attack on Israel came from Sinai

May have been fired from Gaza

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Under former President Hosni Mubarak and the intermediate period of military rule following the revolution, human rights groups were often sidelined from important political and social decision making.(file photo) AFP PHOTO
boycott

Human rights NGOs barred and boycotted EU discussions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs blamed for intervening

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
The strike caused severe congestion across Cairo (file photo) (AFP Photo/ Mahmud Hams)
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Metro workers face investigations

Workers await possible charges of disrupting work

Fady Salah Fady Salah

Presidential advisers hold talks in Matruh

Previously excluded groups given the chance to express their concerns

Joel Gulhane Joel Gulhane
Millions of Egyptians use metro everyday (file photo) Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
Egypt

Metro chairperson departs

Ali Hussein leaves Metro authority, appointed as adviser for the Ministry of…

Fady Salah Fady Salah
Non-Islamists are threatening to withdraw from the assembly tasked with drafting the new constitution
Constituent Assembly

Non-Islamist uprising within Constituent Assembly

Seculars and liberals will completely withdraw if their demands are not met…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Protesters take to the streets of downtown Cairo on 12 November 2012 in rejection of the International Monetary Fund loan. (PHOTO BU JOEL GULHANE)
Administrative Judiciary

Rights centre demands transparency on IMF loan

Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights files lawsuit

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for the ministerial meeting of the Arab League and European Union in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
Dailly News Egypt

Britain snubs Brahimi’s plan at the Arab League

President of the Syrian opposition requests weapons

Joel Gulhane Joel Gulhane