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Worshippers attend a service at the St Samaans (Simon) Church also known as the Cave Church in the Mokattam village in Cairo (file photo: AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
Bishop

Bishop to tell Copts to emigrate

Controversial debates over religious aspects of constitution only further isolate Egypt’s Copts

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
The shuffle in the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday at a press conference will move thousands of officers into new positions (photo: Mohamed Omar)
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Massive reshuffle underway in the Ministry of Interior

The Egyptian Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, announces the reassignment of 3,800 police…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
A freighter passes through the Suez Canal (file photo: AFP)
china

Ministry of the Interior denies Chinese warship crossing at Suez

Rumours of a battleship headed through teh canal raised concerns about Egypt’s…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr announced a free-travel zone between Egypt, Libya and Tunisia
Arab Spring

‘Cairo Declaration’ to create free-travel zone

The deal allows free-travel between the first three North African states to…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Ousted president Hosny Mubarak is suffering from a myriad of physical ailments which could mean his early released from prison early, according to reports (file photo: AFP)
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Mubarak and other ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners may be released early

Media see it as a harbinger of an early release for the…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Protesters against the Prime Minister and his cabinet use makeshift shields to approach the Shura Council building during clashes with the army in December 2011 (photo: AFP/Mohamed Hossam)
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Fights erupt at Cabinet Building protest trial

Fights erupted on Sunday after a court postponed the trial of the…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Palestinians unload their belongings from a taxi as the ready to cross to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt (photo: AFP / Said Khatib)
Gaza

Hamas and Morsy to open Rafah

Over a weekend of meetings the Egyptian President and Hamas Prime Minister…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem will reportedly hold talks with Iran on Sunday (file photo: AFP)
Ally

Syrian Foreign minister visits Iran

The troubled government turns to a loyal ally

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
A handout picture released by Bahrain’s main opposition Al-Wefaq group shows protesters engulfed in tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in a Shia village close to Manama (file photo: AFP/Ho/Al-Wefaq Media Centre)
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Bahrain interior minister orders investigation into violations

Sheikh Rashed Ibn Abdullah Al-Khalifa has ordered an investigation into violations of…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
No to Military Trials for Civilians accused the police, the prosecutors and the judiciary of being unjust (file photo: The Daily News Egypt/Hassan Ibrahim)
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Kidnapped paramedic: “It was general intelligence who abducted me”

Anas Al-Assal recalls his kidnapping, questioning, beating, drugging and sudden release

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha