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Egypt’s policemen face close shave

Police officers denied the right to grow beards while in service

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Israel strikes targets in Lebanon

Israel violates Lebanese airspace, this time to bomb its own spy installations

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Hend Kortam

New in the cinema

New actors, a new director, but that is as fresh as it…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt

Knocking on the president’s door

The presidential palace lawn is now the new Tahrir square

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha

New constitution set to be drafted by August

The new constitution may call for new presidential elections before the end…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein

Morsy calls Al-Azhar to clear air

Reasons behind Grand Sheikh’s walkout unclear, Morsy not taking chances

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie looks on under the group's logo during his first press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Badie

The unseen hand

He is described as the unseen hand of an incredibly hierarchal and…

Maryam Ishani
Maryam Ishani

General: we have no ‘political prisoners’ awaiting trials

Generals insist that they are only dealing with 'criminals'

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha

Mali militants target Sufi shrines

ICC threatens war crime charges if destruction continues

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha

El-Gizawy will not be executed

Al-Gizawy who is currently in a Saudi prison may be granted pardon…

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