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Alexandria workers steadfast in strike
Spinning and weaving company shut down

6 April spurned by Ministry of Health
Youth Movement lobbies for hospital construction

Suez schools steeped in sewage
Students say they have had enough

Fatal train crash in Fayoum
Collision raises concerns about the condition of Egypt’s trains

Brotherhood condemns Israeli treatment of Christians
Mina El-Kess: Brotherhood does not speak out against attack on Copts in Egypt
Teacher spits on student
Official complaint filed after teacher insults student’s family

Ministry of Interior to reshape police ideology
Working with Ain Shams University, the ministry is reviving the police image
Constitution: Local administration
The seventh part of Daily News Egypt’s constitutional draft analysis series

Closing law continues to cause controversy
Restaurateurs and a preacher weigh in

Name change angers activists
A road renamed after Field Marshal Tantawi upsets activists; authorities deny responsibility

Pope elect concerned over application of Shari’a
Bishop Tawadros downplays political role of the church

Doctors Union secretary-general replaced
Move comes as ministry begins strike-breaking offensive
FJP launch constitution awareness campaign
Concerns that campaign will push Brotherhood agenda

Case to ban Google postponed
Administrative Court upholds Fara’een ban

ElBaradei to meet Morsy Tuesday
Al-Dostour chairman calls to dissolve Constituent Assembly

Suez preacher: secularists and liberals are the most despicable of mosquitoes
by Hassan Ghonema Sheikh Omar bin Abdel Aziz of Al-Ansari Mosque in Suez deplored secularists and liberals during his Friday sermon, calling them despicable mosquitoes, because of their resistance to applying God’s law. The preacher stressed that all national figures, including 1973 War veteran Hafez Salama, would stand with him in protests in front of …

Protest calls for Morsy to take a stand on violence in Myanmar
March stopped by police 100m from its goal

Bolvera bosses threaten retaliation
Striking workers will be put to the test on Saturday
In pictures: “Shari’a Friday” in Tahrir Square
Chants on Friday in the square included, “The people want the implementation of Shari’a law,” “The Constitution is our constitution,” and “Islameya.”

Don’t rush us
Moussa threatens walk-out if draft is not discussed in good faith

Thousands of protesters in Tahrir call for Shari’a Law
Chants in Tahrir call for an Islamic constitution

Health funeral roams downtown streets
Striking doctors organise a symbolic protest
Lawyers’ brawl
Rights lawyer Malek Adly accused of libel

Erakat hopes for Palestinian statehood in 4 years
Palestinian negotiator says he hopes Obama’s re-election would mean the creation of a Palestinian state in the next four years
Egypt prosecutor orders Internet porn ban
Porn ban to be issued in Egypt

Constitutional crisis continues
The draft doesn’t minimise the judiciary or the prosecution’s jurisdiction
Kafr Al-Sheikh governor in the doghouse
Protesters call for the removal of Kafr Al-Sheikh governor after a police dog attacked participants at a demonstration

Calm in Al-Arish after deployment of the army and security forces
Activists campaign for cooperation with security forces

Vigil held for Copts
Copts and Muslims gather in defiance of increasing Salafi attacks

Shari’a Friday just the beginning
Salafi groups will protest Friday to demand implementation of Islamic Shari’a in the new constitution