Egypt - Politics

Egypt-Iran trade could reach $30 bn in 10 years: Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Ahmadinejad says he seeks to build strong relations with Egypt following a decades-long severance of ties

AUC to hold memorial service for Samer Soliman

American University in Cairo to commemorate life and work of Samer Soliman, writer and politics professor, at a service on 18 February

Egypt activist Gendy died after car crash, not torture: Doctor

Egypt's senior forensic official says activist Mohamed El-Gendy died in a car crash, not because of torture by police

Egyptian Nasserist defends controversial visit to Syria’s Al-Assad

Co-founder of Egyptian Nasserist Party, Farouq El-Eshri, defends meeting with Bashar Al-Assad, who he describes as 'the last line of defence for Pan-Arabism'

Thousands worldwide protest sexual assault on female Egypt demonstrators

Protesters assemble in Cairo, as well as at Egyptian embassies in other countries, to protest recent sexual assaults on female protesters

Israeli gets 2-year jail term for illegally entering Egypt's Sinai: Court sources

Egyptian authorities arrested man in December for illegally crossing border into Sinai's Taba region and taking photographs of security installations

Egypt rights group calls for investigation into activist's death

Recent death of activist Mohamed El-Gendy prompts Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights to call for investigations into alleged police torture

French archaeologist found dead in Cairo apartment

60-year old archaeologist who worked at Cairo's French Archaeological Institute is found dead on Monday; Authorities suspect foul play

Low-ranking police personnel stage protests across Egypt

Protests by low-ranking police personnel take place across Egypt to demand better pay and conditions and reform of the interior ministry

39 arrests in Egypt clashes on Monday

21 arrests in Cairo and 18 in Tanta during clashes between anti-Brotherhood protesters and police on anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster

Protesters block entrance to Cairo's Mogamma for third day

Protesters opposed to Muslim Brotherhood continue sit-in at Egypt's largest administrative building in Tahrir Square for a third day

Egyptian women still struggling for rights 2 years after revolution

Women's groups are actively campaigning for women's rights despite what they describe as inadequate electoral laws, poor political representation and a problematic constitution

Modest countrywide anti-Morsi protests, clashes at Presidential Palace

Anti-govt rallies marking 2nd anniversary of Mubarak's ouster fail to draw large numbers, but that doesn't stop limited clashes from erupting outside Presidential Palace in Cairo

Shura MPs fault protesters for Tahrir Square rapes, sexual harassment

Islamist MPs in Shura Council accuse local media of downplaying recent proliferation of sexual harassment and rape during anti-government rallies focusing instead on police brutality

Gamaa Islamiya calls for peaceful methods to attain revolution demands

Egypt's Jan 25 Revolution goals should be met without violence, urges Gamaa Islamiya and its Construction and Development Party on Mubarak ouster anniversary

Fresh skirmishes erupt outside Egypt's Presidential Palace

Dozens of Egyptian protesters clash with Presidential Guard units in fresh round of violence outside President Morsi's official headquarters

Worldwide solidarity with Egyptian women against 'Sexual terrorism'

Activists and feminists call for demonstrations outside Egyptian embassies in various world capitals on Tuesday to denounce recent sexual attacks against women protesters in Tahrir Square

Egypt's new Grand Mufti elected for first time ever

Following a vote by senior figures at Al-Azhar, Shawqi Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam has been chosen as Egypt's new Grand Mufti; President Mohamed Morsi must approve the choice

Hundreds chant against Morsi on 2nd anniversary of Mubarak ouster

Activists taking part in opposition marches marking 2nd anniversary of Mubarak's ouster chant against presidency and Muslim Brotherhood, demand unity government, constitutional amendments

Prosecutor-general orders arrest of 'kill opposition leaders' sheikh

Talaat Abdullah orders authorities to arrest Azhar professor Mahmoud Shaaban who called for the killing of ElBaradei and Sabbahi

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