Tunisian bill set to criminalise ‘values-based offences”
Rights group: “The draft bill would provide prison terms and fines for broadly worded offenses such as insulting or mocking the ‘sanctity of religion'”
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Saudis refute claims that 700 Egyptians are to be released
Saudi Ambassador says pardons will go ahead but not in numbers claimed
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In pictures: Violence at the Nile City Towers
Violent clashes broke out at the Fairmont Nile City Towers in the Boulaq area near downtown Cairo today. The interior and emergency doors to the towers were sealed off until Central Security forces arrived to disperse the crowd. In the ensuing violence approximately ten cars were burned, as well as several motorcycles in the Nile City …
UN reports violations of humanitarian law in Aleppo
Observers caution both sides to abide by international humanitarian law
Nationwide blackout in Lebanon threatened
Blackout threatened as power cuts continue in Lebanon
Badie fires first shot against Brotherhood defamation
The Muslim Brotherhood’s general guide is taking on the minister of information in a case that raises questions about free speech and military powers in Morsy’s government
Sanitation, cabinet and transparency
Egyptian commentators continued to explore the national hygiene campaign initiated by President Morsy last weekend. Several opinion writers have attacked the move claiming it is never the role of Egyptian taxpayers to collect waste from streets. Other columnists have called upon Egyptians and political powers to allow a chance for the new government to prove …
National Front calls on President Morsy to keep promises
The front denied reports saying that it had issued a warning to Morsy and are giving him 15 days to undo his actions
Copts demonstrate against Constituent Assembly
Protests seek to pressure religious leaders to leave the committee
Cabinet formation to steer EGX performance this week
The stock market took a hit when HeshamQandil, Minsiter of Water Resources and Irrigation, was chosen to lead the new government