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5 Egyptian cops sentenced to 10-yrs for protest deaths

An Egyptian court sentenced five policemen to 10 years each in prison for their role in killing peac...

Egyptian Christians ‘fear persecution under Islamists’

Christians are Egypt`s largest religious minority, but yet they don`t believe that any of the candid...

‘Egypt’s military seeks to preserve political power`

Egyptian military rulers have planned to demand that the country`s next constitution must safeguard ...

Women accuse Egyptian military of sexual assault

Women detainees and rights groups have accused Egyptian troops of sexual assault in latest crackdown...

2,900-year-old Egyptian mummy had rare, cancer-like disease

About 2,900 years after he was mummified, scientists have uncovered that the ancient Egyptian man, l...

Fed up with Army, Egyptians back in Tahrir Square

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Cairo`s downtown Tahrir Square, demanding that Egypt`s ruli...

Egypt disqualifies top Islamists, Mubarak VP from vote

The head of Egypt`s election commission says 10 presidential hopefuls, including the country`s ex-sp...

Suleiman may run for Egyptian presidency: Report

Sulaiman was vice-president for the last two weeks of Mubarak`s regime.

Egyptian presidential hopeful pulls out of race

Mansour Hassan has said he will not run for president, citing a lack of support due to divisions bet...

Egypt Parl selects constitution panel dominated by hardliners

Egyptian Parliament chose a 100-member Constituent Assembly dominated by religious hardliners from...

Gaza baby dies after respirator runs out of fuel

A Gaza man says his baby died after the generator powering his respirator ran out of fuel the first...

Krishna condoles Pope Shenouda III`s death

Describing Pope Shenouda III as a great Egyptian patriot, SM Krishna expressed condolences on the ...

Egyptian lawmaker proposes to limit women`s right to divorce

An Egyptian lawmaker has proposed a controversial draft law to limit the legal provisions for women...

Egyptians decry acquittal over `virginity tests`

The young female activist filed a lawsuit against a military doctor accusing him of subjecting her t...

Egypt detains Islamist, confusion over Qaeda link

The arrested Egyptian denies terror link and claims mistaken identity.

Egyptian protesters want Syrian ambassador out

The protesters marched from a mosque near the epicenter of the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square to...

Egypt`s mummies divulge secrets in modern Scotland

Modern technology reveals the secrets kept for thousands of years by Egyptian mummies in a major exh...

Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police

The authorities erected fresh barriers of big concrete blocks barring access through streets leading...

El Baradei for Egyptian Parl electing interim prez

The newly elected Egyptian parliament should "immediately" elect an interim president to preside o...

Egyptians rally ahead of anniversary of uprising

Egyptians are marching towards Tahrir Square ahead of the one-year anniversary of the uprising tha...

Prominent Egyptian blogger freed from detention

Abdel-Fattah, a leader of the 18-day uprising that ousted Mubarak in February, was Egypt`s first blo...

‘Egypt`s Islamists dominate run-off elections’

Egyptian Islamist parties dominated the runoff for the second round of the three-stage Parl polls t...

Egypt`s PM seeks talk to resolve political crisis

Ganzoury also noted that the countries, which had promised aid, did not deliver because of internal...

Cairo calmer as Egyptian election resumes

Egypt is holding the latest round of its first democratic parliamentary election on Thursday in rela...

Egyptian troops clash with protesters

Egyptian troops and protesters clashed in the landmark Tahrir square for the third straight day.

Egyptians vote in multi-phase Parliament polls

Islamist parties, which clinched two thirds of the votes in the opening stage of the election, is s...

Egypt court jails blogger for criticizing Army

The 26-year-old blogger has also refused to apologize to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.

Egypt: New PM claims more powers than predecessor

Egypt`s military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak`s era to head the n...

`Egyptian police sexually assaulted journalist`

Many women have said sexual harassment by ordinary Egyptian men is rife in Tahrir Square.

Kamal Ganzouri appointed as Egypt`s new PM

Kamal al-Ganzuri served as minister of planning and international cooperation before his first tenur...

Mother Mother of jailed Egyptian blogger on hunger

Alaa Abdel-Fattah is one of Egypt`s most vocal activists and bloggers and an icon of the uprising.

Pakistan: 3 Egyptians killed in US drone strike

The US has deemed the Haqqani network the most dangerous group fighting in Afghanistan.

Israel apologises for killing 6 Egyptian police

Israel`s defence minister Ehud Barak issued the apology after a joint Israeli-Egyptian investigation...

Egyptian protesters return to Tahrir Square

Hundreds of Egyptian activists are demanding a clear road map to democracy and an end to military tr...

Egyptian military closing Gaza tunnels: Officials

Israel-Egypt relations took a hit, when five Egyptian police were killed during a firefight between ...

Seven Israelis dead in series of attacks by Gaza militants

Israel said the militants had entered its territory through the Sinai peninsula and slammed Egypt fo...

Ex-Egyptian president`s chief charged

Zakariya Azmi, one of Egypt`s powerful officials under Mubarak, has been charged with corruption.

Egyptian troops clash with protesters in Cairo

Witnesses say troops are clashing with protesters camping out at a central Cairo square.

Egyptian PM promises reforms, end to emergency law

A new Cabinet was sworn in under pressure from protesters demanding faster change.

Mubarak in coma, says lawyer; doctor denies

Hosni Mubarak`s lawyer said that the ousted Egyptian president suffered a stroke and is in a coma.

Egyptians rally, demand trials for police shooters

Thousands of Egyptians are getting increasingly impatient with their interim military rulers.

Mubarak denies ordering Egyptian protesters killed

Hosni Mubarak has told interrogators he did not order security forces to open fire on protesters.

Egyptians extend protest, dismiss army, PM pledges

More than 1,000 Egyptians extended protest in central Cairo to a fifth day on Tuesday after dismiss...

Egyptians protest, demand justice after Mubarak

Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets around the country on Friday to demand justice for victim...

25 Mubarak-era officials charged with manslaughter

An Egyptian prosecutor has charged 25 figures of the Mubarak regime with manslaughter.

Egyptian court acquits 3 Mubarak-era ministers

Egyptians are furious over procedures and slow pace of justice for police who killed demonstrators.

Egyptian pleads guilty in NYC maid sex abuse

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour sexual abuse charge.

Former Egyptian Guantanamo prisoner returns home

An Egyptian man has returned home after being jailed for years at the US naval base in Guantanamo,...

Egyptians want constitution before elections

Egypt secularist forces want constitution first, elections later.

$25K bail for Egyptian businessman in NYC sex case

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar was arraigned on two counts of sexual abuse and forcible touching.

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