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The presidential palace in Heliopolis (Connor Molloy / DNE)
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Shots fired outside presidential palace

Shots were heard outside the presidential palace in the Heliopolis neighborhood of…

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Television anchor and Al-Youm Al-Sabei chief-editor Khaled Salah DNE archive
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Attacks on Media Production City

Khaled Salah accusing Freedom and Justice party of inciting protesters against Media…

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A member of the Egyptian security forces takes position on a sand dune during an operation in the northern Sinai peninsula AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
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Canadian student arrested in Sinai

a Canadian student arrested in Sinai on suspicion of involvement in an…

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Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (C)prepares to lead the prayer over the coffins of the 16 soldiers killed during an attack on a border crossing post in Northern Sinai, during their funeral on August 7, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt-AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
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Qandil’s faux independents

The fact that a quarter of ministers in Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s…

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GIS ex cheif Murad Muwafi- AFP PHOTO
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Spy chief had information on Rafah before attack

Head of intelligence service widely criticised for remarks to Turkish news agency

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Field Marshall and Defence Minister Mohamed Tantawi salutes President Mohamed Morsy during the presidential oath swearing ceremony televised on the state run Al-Masrya channel, 30 June SCREEN GRAB / AL-MASRYA
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Morsy strikes back

The president sacks key security and government officials

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Egyptian security forces stand by their Armoured Personell Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula on August 08, 2012. Egypt, which launched air raids against Islamist militants in Sinai for the first time in decades, faces a tough enemy that has used the peninsula's rugged terrain to evade capture in the past. The military said it deployed Apache helicopter gunships in the strikes that killed 20 "terrorists" in the Sinai village of Tumah, in retaliation for a weekend ambush that cost the lives of 16 soldiers. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
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Egyptian army retaliates after Rafah attack

The raids followed further attacks on security checkpoints on Tuesday night, this…

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Al-Munira hospital in Cairo also suffered attacks on facilities and staff in recent weeks-Hassan Ibrahim
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Another violent incident highlights “inadequate” hospital security

Over the last month emergency rooms and intensive care units (ICUs) have…

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Gamal Eid: Human rights continue to suffer since revolution

Gamal Eid, the executive director of the Arab Network for Human Rights…

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Guantanamo bay detention facility where Tarek Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Sawah is still being held (File photo) AFP PHOTO
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Last Egyptian case in Guantanamo to be reviewed

Al-Sawah was detained in Guantanamo in early 2002, and accused of being…

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