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Campaigners allege that the draft constitution subjugates judiciary to the whims of parliament. (DNE/ FILE/ HASSAN IBRAHIM)
Constituent Assembly

Judiciary analysis: Independent in name only

Draft constitution subjugates judiciary to whims of parliament

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein

Nile oil slicks drift downstream

Cause of the spills still unknown

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Constituent Assembly

Morsy discusses draft constitution with political leaders

Most liberal and leftist parties expressed their disappointment with the Constituent Assembly

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Nation Without Torture commemorates the first anniversary of torture victim Essam Atta. (PHOTO BY HASSAN IBRAHIM)
Daily News Egypt

Al-Mansour street remembers Essam Atta

Nation Without Torture campaign commemorates Atta’s death

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Sami Mahran, former secretary general of the dissolved People’s Assembly. (DAILY NEWS EGYPT)
Daily News Egypt

People’s Assembly secretary general faces trial

Case politically motivated says defence lawyer

Fady Salah
Fady Salah

Constituent Assembly presidential dialogue

Sadat accuses president of meddling

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt

Tit-for-tat violence in Aswan

Security situation volatile in upper Egyptian town

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Morsy, Egypt's first Islamist president, has kept Israel at arm's length since he took office. (AFP PHOTO)
Daily News Egypt

Israel’s Barak disavows aide’s comments on Egypt leader

Israel has watched warily as the Brotherhood has gained increasing power in…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Tyres burn as tension in the Sinai spills over into violent clashes. (PHOTO BY NASSER EL-AZZAZY)
Al-Arish

Attacks ignite Sinai

North Sinai police chief sacked, protesters still surrounding governorate building

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Student unions of seven universities, including Cairo and Helwan, along with many political parties rejected the bylaws drafted by ESU. (PHOTO BY NOURAN EL-BEHAIRY)
cairo

Students’ Union press conference descends into chaos

Journalists furious with abrupt conclusion

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy