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From right to left, Pierre Vimont, Executive Secretary General of the European External Action Service, EU Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour and Arab League general secretary Nabil al-Arabi, attend the ministerial meeting of Arab League and European Union at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
Arab League

EU-Arab League ministers announce Cairo Declaration

Ministers welcome the formation of Syrian opposition coalition

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
President Morsy (file photo) AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB
aid

Syria at centre of Saudi talks

Meeting takes place amidst regional strife, domestic anger, and diplomatic pressure

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Muslim Brotherhood Logo
attack

Brotherhood calls for protests against Israeli action

Power wielding group directs public gaze outward

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Non-Islamists are threatening to withdraw from the assembly tasked with drafting the new constitution
constitution

Non-Islamists suspend Constituent Assembly membership

Over 20 members to withdraw if demands unmet

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
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