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February 5, 2014

Shafiq's embezzlement trial postponed

The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the trial of Ahmed Shafiq, along with the trials of ten other defendants, to 20 November. Shafiq, the former prime minister who lost...

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February 5, 2014

Egypt's Committee of 50 abolishes constitutional guarantee for workers and peasants

Egypt’s Committee of 50 has decided to abolish an article in the former constitution dictating that workers and farmers occupy at least 50 per cent of parliamentary seats. The...

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February 5, 2014

Russia and Egypt to sign missile deal

The head of state industrial holding company Rostec said on Monday that Russia is to provide Egypt with air defence missile systems. Sergei Chemezov told the state-run RIA Novosti...

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February 5, 2014

Tamarod turns against Egypt's ruling regime

Egypt’s Tamarod movement has denounced the Ministry of Interior for attacking a vigil the movement organized in memory of the Mohamed Mahmoud victims. The Ministry claimed that the vigil...

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February 5, 2014

Islamic Group refuses to abandon constitutional legitimacy

The Islamic Group’s Shura Council has denied the media claims of divisions within the group. The group stressed that it will not abandon the campaign for constitutional legitimacy, reiterating...

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February 5, 2014

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk likens Egypt coup to Garcia Marquez novel

Turkish Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk has said he is closely watching the latest developments in Egypt, likening the coup led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Gabriel García Márquez’s...

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February 5, 2014

Anti-coup alliance in Egypt will not talk with coup leaders

A senior leader of the National Alliance against the Coup in Egypt has said that its dialogue proposal does not include “coup leaders” and “those who have blood on...

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February 5, 2014

Committee of Fifty member protests against military court's proposed authority

The Sinai representative of the Committee of Fifty for amending the Egyptian Constitution, Musa’ad Abu-Fajr, has withdrawn his support for a motion after members insisted on prosecuting civilians before...

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February 5, 2014

Tourism declines dramatically since coup

Official statistics in Egypt have revealed that the number of tourists who visited the country in September is down by 69.7% over the previous year, when ousted President Mohamed...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian police injure 300 during student protest dispersal

Around 320 students are reported to have been wounded by the Egyptian police and army when they broke into the halls of residence at Cairo’s famed Al-Azhar University and...

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