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Image taken from the official Facebook page of the Revolutionary Union, the caption reads “Friday of Anger, 23 November.” (Via Facebook)
6 april

Calls made for Friday of Rage

Anger towards police aggression in Mohamed Mahmoud Street clashes

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr

“Secret draft” passed around Constituent Assembly, says Amr Moussa

Moussa claims an unattributed draft constitution was handed out to assembly members

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
he body of Palestinian boy Abdel Rahman Majdi Naim lies in a hospital morgue after he was killed in a second Israeli strike on the building housing AFP's offices in Gaza city, according to Hamas health officials, on 21 November. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
AFP

Egypt announces ceasefire in Gaza to start at 9pm

Agreement to be implemented within 24 hours

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike onGaza City, on 21 November. (AFP PHOTO / EZZ AL-ZAANOUN)
Daily News Egypt

Fate of Gaza in the balance

Bomb explodes in Tel Aviv, Egypt fails to broker ceasefire

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
Clinton will step down from her role on Friday and will be replaced by Senator John Kerry (Photo courtesy of the presidential office)
barack Obama

Clinton in Cairo to meet Morsy

Clinton: “America’s commitment to Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering”

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
President Mohamed Morsy welcomed Pope Tawadros II and several bishops to the presidential palace. (Photo courtesy of the presidential office)
Daily News Egypt

Morsy meets with Pope Tawadros II

President Morsy welcomed the newly enthroned pope to the presidential palace

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
Angry residents set fire to tyres in order to block the passage of military police. (Photo via Mohamed Abla's Facebook page)
army

Qorsaya residents threaten escalation

Have given the military 48 hour ultimatum

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
Pakistani security officials scan the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta. (AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN)
bomb

Bomb hits Pakistan soldiers, kills five

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack

Liliana Mihaila
Liliana Mihaila
Shafiq has been living abroad in the United Arab Emirates since narrowly losing the first post-Mubarak elections. (AFP PHOTO / Marwan Naamani)
ahmed shafiq

Ahmed Shafiq shouts against the wind

Former presidential candidate tells Egyptians to focus on national security

Liliana Mihaila
Liliana Mihaila
M23 paramilitaries celebrate in the streets after taking Goma. Photograph. (AFP / GETTY IMAGES / Phil Moore)
Congo

DRC rebels say they will not stop at Goma

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a new condemnation of "grave" human…

Liliana Mihaila
Liliana Mihaila