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February 5, 2014

Prominent youth activist arrested at his home in Cairo

Egyptian blogger and activist Ahmed Doma announced on Tuesday that he had been arrested by the police while he was at his home in Cairo. “I am now in...

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February 5, 2014

Egypt prepares to deport 290 Palestinian refugees who fled from Syria

The Egyptian authorities have launched a campaign for detaining and prosecuting Palestinian and Syrian refugees fleeing from Syria to Egypt over the past three days. The Working Group for...

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February 5, 2014

Scepticism over sudden death of two army officers in Egypt

Egypt has announced the death of two pillars of the military coup, Major General Rida Hafiz and Mohamed Hamid. Media reports also claim that Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi has...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian Satirist applauds freedom of expression during Morsi's era

Egyptian satirist, Bassem Yousef, has said that he had tried to convince himself that his country’s ruling regime had not intervened to suspend his show but failed. Yousef said,...

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February 5, 2014

Egypt: Palestinian and Jordanian workers are a threat to national security

Egypt has suddenly decided that Jordanian and Palestinian employees in the telecommunications and petrol sectors pose a threat to Egypt’s national security. A number of Jordanian and Palestinians employees...

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February 5, 2014

Founder of 6 April Movement faces trial for protesting without permission

Egypt’s public prosecutor has referred the founder of the 6 April Movement, Ahmed Maher, along with two other activists, for trial on charges that include protesting without permission. This...

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February 5, 2014

World leaders pay tribute to Nelson Mandela

Leaders around the world have paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 95. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon described Mandela as a “source...

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February 5, 2014

Ennahda accuses opposition of undermining national dialogue in Tunisia

Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party Ennahda has accused the opposition, particularly the Popular Front, of creating obstacles to undermine the national dialogue. During a conference on Thursday in the capital...

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February 5, 2014

Sheikh Ali Gomaa, former mufti of Egypt, cancels London visit for fear of prosecution

Informed sources from the Egyptian community in Britain have revealed that Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the former mufti of Egypt, cancelled a scheduled visit to London for fear of being...

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February 5, 2014

Former army official: army leadership cannot be independent from America

A retired Egyptian major general and strategic expert, Adel Suleiman, has said that America recognises and is working on legalising the military coup, and that Morsi tried to build...

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