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Government pardons prisoners for Muslim feast

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Monday pardoned 649 prisoners to mark the Muslim…

AFP
AFP

Journalists arrested at thwarted Gaza caravan assembly point

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities again prevented the departure of an aid caravan destined…

Sarah Carr

YouTube seeks musicians for online orchestra

YouTube is looking for a few good musicians to audition for what…

AFP
AFP

Egypt diplomats worst traffic offenders, says London paper

CAIRO: Egyptian diplomats along with their Saudi Arabian, Afghani and Sudanese counterparts…

Yasmine Saleh

White House, Congress on brink of auto deal

WASHINGTON: Weary Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials agreed in principle…

Daily News Egypt

Four dead in El Tebbein clashes

CAIRO: Four people are presumed dead following clashes between two families in…

Sarah Carr

Criminalizing HIV

JOHANNESBURG: "If the law supposes that, Mr. Bumble says in Charles Dickens'…

Daily News Egypt

Human rights 60 years after the declaration

Today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human…

Daily News Egypt

Cairo's houseboats: Life on the river waves

CAIRO: From the May 15 Bridge as it crosses to Giza you…

David Stanford

Special Series: Education: How 'free' is Egypt's free education?

CAIRO: One of the remaining vestiges of Egypt's socialist era is free…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein