Shura Council refers judiciary law amendments to committee
Opposition MPs chant “unlawful” as upper house votes in favour of amending law
Court supports MOI decision to investigate bearded police officers
The verdict conflicts with a previous one allowing bearded police officers to grow their beards
SCC strikes down election laws again
Supreme Constitutional Court deems ban on military and police personnel voting unconstitutional, demands ban of religious campaign slogans and redrawing of voter districts
Interior ministry’s budget increases
The government raised the ministry’s budget by around EGP 5 billion
African states urge Egypt to join cluster-bomb ban
36 signatories push African states to ban cluster bombs at UNDP seminar
MIU administration issues statement addressing the students’ demands
Construction of pedestrian bridge approved by the military
28 dead in Lebanon Sunni-Alawite clashes
Rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machineguns have all been used in six days of clashes in the port city, in the deadliest violence to rock the country for years.
Morsi discusses Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia
The president meets with Ethiopia’s prime minister, praises NEPAD, and calls for African integration