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Man watches the flood waters near Nuweiba Nasser El-Azazy

Floods strike Sinai

15 houses are submerged by flood waters

Daily News Egypt October 3, 2012

Repressive measures associated with the state of emergency that was in force until May of this year were used to detain and convict protesters from clashes such as Mohamed Mahmoud Street in November 2011 (File photo) Laurence Underhill / DNE

Morsy appoints emergency court judges

Rights group says 3,000 appointments are illegal

Connor Molloy October 3, 2012

Medical staff speak to patients at a Cairo hospital despite ongoing strike action Mohamed Omar

Doctors dig in

Minor skirmishes, but talks with government underway

Connor Molloy October 3, 2012

Muslim Brotherhood fumbles NGO registration

Brotherhood failes to provide required forms for registration

Luiz Sanchez October 3, 2012

Alber Saber, a political activist and blogger, was also arrested for comments made over social networking websites Hassan Ibrahim

Contempt of religion charges disproportionately target Copts

Hundreds could face the same treatment by the end of the year…

Ahmed Aboulenein October 4, 2012

amnesty international

Yasser Ali Responds to Amnesty International conference

Presidency studies international NGO reports addressing human rights violations in Egypt

Daily News Egypt October 3, 2012

Drivers at Suez Steel strike after suspension of colleague

Lebanese chairman insults Egyptian workers

Daily News Egypt October 4, 2012

A special prayer service is held at Saint Mark’s cathedral to remember those killed in the Maspero massacre in 2011 and to ask for guidance in electing a new pope Basil El-Dabh

Copts remember Maspero victims at Cathedral

Pachomius: “We live in a new era of martyrdom.”

Basil El-Dabh October 3, 2012

8 April officer given year and half sentence

Soldiers arrested last year for participating in anti-army protest

Luiz Sanchez October 4, 2012

Coptic children arrested and charged with “contempt of religion”

Young boys accused of ripping pages from the Quran and defacing them

Ahmed Aboulenein October 3, 2012