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National Council issues unified draft list of constitutional principles

By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: The National Council issued Tuesday a unified draft list…

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Parties welcome electoral commission measures, demand more

By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Several political parties welcomed Tuesday the measures announced…

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Collapsed protester on hunger strike demands treatment in Sharm hospital ‘like Mubarak’

By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: A Tahrir Square protester on hunger strike has asked…

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Further delays to cabinet reshuffle as PM rests

By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who was hospitalized overnight…

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Finance minister-designate commits to market economy

By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's finance minister-designate told Reuters on Tuesday…

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Egypt gives desk jobs to officers charged with murder

By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's interior minister ordered on Tuesday that 54 police…

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‘Baguette gunman’ keeps new Tunisia in Facebook crosshairs

Tunisia's dictator fell to an uprising touched off by a tragic young…

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31 pct of women in MENA say they are paid less than men, shows poll

By Reem Khedr CAIRO: Thirty-one percent of women in the MENA region feel…

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Summer 2011: The great escape

The following week marks the official end of the strangest and shortest…

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Mubarak, long-time pharaoh with recent health problems

By Christophe de Roquefueil / AFP CAIRO: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, whose health was…

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