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Armed men attack protesters in Alexandria

Men attack protesters with knives and fireworks, injuring two

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
The retrial for former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, the former Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly and six of his aides will take place on 13 April (File Photo) (AFP Photo)
Egyptian Initiative for Personal rights

Mubarak retrial to commence 13 April

The former president’s appeal against his life sentence exonerates him of prior…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Amr Moussa

Kerry meets Morsi and intelligence chief

US secretary of state met Morsi, following meetings with opposition figures, businessmen…

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
The Tour Guides' Syndicate in Aswan held the presidency and government responsible for a vehicle transporting a group of tourists from Aswan to Abu Simbel that crashed on Saturday morning, killing one Chinese tourist and injuring 11 others. (AFP Photo)
Aswan

Aswan Tour Guides’ Syndicate condemns tourist car-crash

The Syndicate head demands suspending tourist activities until the government is ready…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
The case, filed in August, called for the dissolution of the assembly on grounds that President Mohamed Morsi signed the bill forming it into law a month after the parliament that drafted it was dissolved (AFP Photo)
Constituent Assembly

Constitutional Court rejects Constituent Assembly dissolution case

The court rejected the case on grounds that since the assembly finished…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Police took shelter in the governorate building and used armoured vehicles to taunt protesters and throw rocks at them. He added that plainclothes policemen were assisting the police. (Photo courtesy of 6 April youth movement Facebook Fan Page )
Al Ahly

Port Said enraged over prisoners’ relocation

Clashes erupted between police and protesters after some defendants in Port Said…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy

Sunday 3 March. 2013, issue 2144

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The accusations were based on Ziedan's book, The Arab Theology, where Ziedan referred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam as religions which came through "messages from heaven", and describing the religions as "three manifestations of the same essence". (Photo: Courtesy of Facebook Fan Page)
Books

Writers’ Union announces solidarity with Youssef Zidan

Author Youssef Zidan faces religious blasphemy charges for exploring Islam, Christianity and…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
The detainees are suspected of trying to convert Muslims after being found with Bibles, images of Christ, and the late Pope Shenuda of Egypt's Coptic Christians. (AFP Photo)
Benghazi

Dozens of Egyptian Copts tortured in Libya

Copts reportedly tortured by Libya's Preventive Security for ‘proselytising’

Salma Hegab
Salma Hegab
Hundreds protested in Tala’at Harb Square in Downtown Cairo on Saturday against President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, in solidarity with the citizen killed by Central Security Forces (CSF) in Mansoura on Friday (Photo by Fady Salah)
Chants

Rage over death

Protesters criticise President Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood following the death of Mansoura…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah