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An assassination brings insurgency to Cairo
By Amr Khalifa Imagine the Prosecutor General of France in a motorcade near the Place de Montmartre. Now imagine a suicide car bomb intercepting that motorcade and killing him. Today Egypt doesn’t have to imagine. On an otherwise normal sunny Ramadan day, Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, was assassinated thereby delivering a burgeoning insurgency’s biggest …
Return of GDRs to be provided in Egyptian pounds
EGX loses EGP 4.5bn on Monday
High profile figures expected to be further targeted: Security analysts
Security analysts comment on the assassination of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat
Prosecutor General assassinated in Heliopolis explosion
Barakat died in Nozha hospital due to injuries he sustained
Verdict to be delivered on Al Jazeera retrial in July
Case also involves students, including Sohaib Al-Haddad who was forcibly disappeared with Esraa El-Taweel at the beginning of June
In Pictures: Prosecutor General injured in Heliopolis explosion
Explosive device was planted in Barakat’s security vehicle outside his residence, say witnesses
IDF seizes Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Flotilla is second such attempt to break the blockade on Gaza
Worries over detained Shawkan’s health, family plan Press Syndicate sit-in
Syndicate head says he will follow up on case of photojournalist detained almost two years without charge
Prosecutor General injured in Heliopolis explosion
‘Giza Popular Resistance’ claims the attack, Barakat’s condition is stable
Egypt drops to 47th in brand ranking in 2014/2015: Bloom Consulting
Significant decline noted in country’s online performance
Emaar Misr Board approve capital rise by EGP 600m
Firm’s current issued capital evaluated at EGP 4.019bn, set to reach EGP 4.619bn with increase
Raya board approves offering 35m shares on EGX
30m shares of company capital to be offered in private placement for financially solvent investors
National Security prosecution unconstitutional: ‘Al-Zawahiri cell’ defence
68 defendants charged with forming, managing terrorist organisation
Homosexuals need treatment: Bishop Rafael
Commenting on the recent US ruling, the leading Bishop implied gay people can be cured
28% YoY decline expected in Luxor hotel room revenues: Colliers International
Medium-term tourism in Luxor sees a hit after recent militant attack
Al-Sisi announces ambitious plans for hepatitis-C, sanitation
The President joined a Ramadan Iftar event held by the Long Live Egypt fund
Disappeared Esraa El-Taweel to face prosecution on spreading false news charges
Young photojournalist only “slept, ate and was interrogated blindfolded during 15 days of detention”
Securing democratic transition a secondary task of Air Defence Forces: Commander
Air Defence Forces is securing air forces units in their fight against terrorism in Sinai, says Commander of the Air Defence Forces El-Tarras
Egyptian Ambassador to China to attend AIIB agreement signing: Al-Ahwani
Egypt was confirmed to join the China-backed bank in April and became one of the 57 founding members
Dispute over marriage in Coptic Church sparks calls for Pope to resign
Pope Tawadros II has refused calls to reform Church rules over divorce and remarriage
Egypt condemns terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait, France
Attacks on Friday in France, Tunisia, and Kuwait, left over 50 people dead
Egypt recloses Rafah crossing
Authorities allow 1,158 people to cross, at least 10,000 people have signed up to travel outside Gaza
Users boycott Egypt’s telecoms companies
Group claims Egyptian telecommunications companies are “exploitative”, demands consumers dictate prices
EIPR supports call for CIA torture ‘accountability’
Groups stay that the US “has much to gain”, if it rejects impunity and provides “adequate redress to the dozens and dozens of people it so brutally abused”
OTMT records EGP 373.8m net profits, 15% YoY surge
Company’s standalone net profits register EGP 221.5m
Ministry of Housing denies termination of Cairo Capital MoU
Contradictory reports have surrounded project since its announcement
CIHRS renews call for dialogue with authorities
Human rights group was investigated by legal committee on judicial order
Al-Dostour Party halts internal elections over voters’ database issue
Four electoral campaigns continue competition, present programmes
Israeli air force strikes Gaza after rocket hits Israel
No injuries or deaths reported in both incidents
HRW tells Germany to investigate Al Jazeera journalist’s detention
Interpol had rejected Cairo’s request to issue extradition notice