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Court sentences ex-trade minister to 5 years

By Sherine El Madany /Reuters CAIRO: The Cairo Criminal Court convicted former Trade…

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Over 100 pro-Mubarak demonstrators call for his release

By Ahmed Hazem CAIRO: Over 100 supporters of ousted president Hosni Mubarak gathered…

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Poultry traders join Maspero sit-in, martyrs’ families in Friday demos

By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Hundreds of vendors, drivers and workers in the wholesale…

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Tens demonstrate at Spanish embassy for Hussein Salem extradition

CAIRO: Tens of Egyptians gathered by the Spanish embassy on Friday to…

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AUC professor among dead in Baghdad blasts

CAIRO: A Cairo-based American finance professor was among some 20 people killed…

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Vague agenda fuels doubts over Egypt’s Brotherhood

CAIRO: Few things better sum up Egypt's uncharted future than the vague…

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ANALYSIS: Egypt army may pull strings from barracks in future

By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: Hossam El-Hamalawy is used to being in…

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Fight against sexual harassment needs to go beyond social media, activists say

By Deea Ariana CAIRO: While a call for speaking out against sexual…

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Activists say revolution must go ‘back to basics’

By Jailan Zayan /AFP CAIRO: Egyptian activists are calling for a massive rally…

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Cabinet, political powers hail Azhar’s call for democratic state

By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Egypt’s Cabinet and different political powers hailed an Al-Azhar…

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