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Egyptian truck drivers in Libya freed

Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates warning against travelling to Libya

Basil El-Dabh

University security, administrative violations ‘killing space for freedom of expression’: AFTE

Al-Azhar sees a majority of violations, with two students shot dead on…

Ali Omar

African Union delegation arrives for third visit

Panel to meet with interim government officials having previously “affirmed the correctness”…

Joel Gulhane

Appeals court acquits revolution anniversary detainees

Detainees arrested in Maadi on 25 January were initially fined and handed…

Rana Muhammad Taha

Current government ‘a regime worse than Mubarak’: Alaa Abdel Fattah

NCHR member Mohamed Abdel Kouddous calls on Hamdeen Sabahy not to participate…

Morsi trial postponed to Sunday

Former president is on trial, along with 14 other prominent Islamist leaders,…

Basil El-Dabh

Photojournalists hold one-day strike

Participants decry dangerous conditions under which they operate

Hend Kortam

Medical professionals protest, demanding Staff Law

Doctors’ Syndicate escalates by preparing an administrative strike; negotiations with cabinet halted

Rana Muhammad Taha

6 April Movement trial postponed to 28 April

Lawsuit accuses movement of espionage, defaming Egypt's image; seeks to ban their…

Daily News Egypt

23 dead, at least 12 injured in Aswan clashes

After two days of violence, reconciliation and police mediation has failed; governor…

Ali Omar