Latest in Tag: News Highlight
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Al-Azhar expels 76 students
Expulsions for protesting come a month after 27 others expelled
âTrial of the centuryâ postponed
Court postpones Mubarak incitement case to 10 May to complete hearing case for one of the defendants
Government adopts national project to develop desert villages
Project aims at reconstructing villages surrounded by desert to make them more suitable for habitation
Petroleum ministry prepares bourse listing of new petrochemicals companies
By Muhammad Adel After amending the listing rules of companies in the Egyptian stock exchange, the Ministry of Petroleum is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) of new petrochemicals companies, said Samir Azer undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance. Following a meeting between Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail and chairman of EGX Mohamed Omran, the …
My Friend, Bassem Sabry: One of the good people
“Why is it that all the good people die in this country?” (Bassem Sabry, 24 March 2013) I saw a couple of friends recently â both of them had been reasons I loved the âCity Victoriousâ, but who had lately moved away from Cairo. We hadn’t met up together in a very long time, …
Dahab is suffering
By Rebecca  Lister Dahab means gold in Arabic, but it seems that the resort should now be called lead. This once vibrant resort, formerly brimming with tourists and expats, is slowly dying and poverty is beckoning. Shops and restaurants are empty, dive centres closing daily, many hotels are standing empty â a ghost town in …
The chant for freedom
By Sara Khorshid By now it has become clichĂ© for observers in Egypt and worldwide to say that the Egyptian revolution is dead. Everyone knows it is. Everyone knows that three years after the 25 January uprising, the military and the police have consolidated their decades-long power, corruption continues to dominate the state and all …
Electricity ministry evaluates using solar energy to power outdoor ads
Street lighting accounts for 7% of countryâs overall power usage, Minister of Electricity says
States hosting Syrian refugees near âbreaking pointâ
UNHCR, ministers stress the need for a political solution to ease Syrian humanitarian crisis
Court hears witness testimony in Morsi âPresidential Palaceâ trial
Case adjourned and scheduled to resume on 13 May
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility for Sinai bombings
Police ramping up presence in Sinai, says interior ministry
Sinai land allocations to promote diversity of services: TDA Chairman
Tourism Development Authority considering opening up 10m metres to investors in South Sinai
Mansour earmarks more than 1m acres of state land for urban development, water projects
Interim president sets aside 885,000 acres for a new urban community in El-Alamein and 145,820 acres for water projects in Upper Egypt
Nile Delta natural gas well starts production
Field is part of the Disouq natural gas project in northern Egypt, operated by Germanyâs RWE Dea oil and gas firm
Bail denied for Al Jazeera journalists
Trial to resume 15 May, detention for Elshamy renewed
Egypt looks to secure US relationship on new terms
US aid to Egypt to be reviewed to avoid it being used âas a tool for pressureâ
102 sentenced to 10 years
Two others received seven year sentences, having been found guilty of participating in summer violence
Concern continues to mount for Minya death sentences
Ministry of Justice responds to criticism by clarifying proceedings and stressing the independence of the judiciary
Global condemnation of Minya mass death sentences
Prosecutor general orders appeal for all 528 sentenced in Minya on Monday
Al Jazeera files $150m claim against Egypt
Doha-based broadcaster says government violated bilateral investment treaty
37 death sentences upheld in Minya, 683 more handed preliminary death sentences
Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide among those sentenced
Egypt to participate in joint air force training in the Gulf
Gulf air force exercises intended to deepen Bahrain-Egypt strategic relationship
Mubarak incitement trial postponed until Tuesday
Former CSF head claims officers used restraint during the 25 January Revolution
Gaza tunnels discovered in Rafah Mosque
Armed forces find six tunnel openings concealed in a North Sinai Mosque
Democratic progress still needed in Egypt: US
Fahmy calls on âfriendsâ not to confuse fight against terror with human rights abuses during US visit
Amnesty International criticises Egyptian detention of refugees
Three men face deportation back to Syria
Egypt could see US military aid return
Kerry set to certify Egyptâs commitment to relationship with US and obligations under Israel peace treaty, unable to certify democratic progress
More video evidence presented as Al Jazeera trial resumes
Journalists briefly dismissed from Tora prison courtroom for interacting with defendants
Decision to refer Presidential Elections Law to SCC due 29 April
Constitutional expert believes it is near impossible for the law to be reconsidered
Morsi and Brotherhood leaders appear in court for espionage trial
Trial of Brotherhood leadership for espionage is postponed to next week