CAIRO: Clashes broke out Tuesday evening between protestors from the April 6 Youth Movement and vendors in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
No injuries were reported, but shops were closed and other protestors left the square.
Protesters removed all (...)
CAIRO: After clashes between Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square and security forces since Saturday November 19 in Mohamad Mahmoud St. Two Egyptian nuns put flowers wreaths in places where protesters were killed.
The name of the street now has (...)
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CAIRO: Egyptian Islamic movements and parties boycotted a mass demonstration called for by political powers Sunday, said a spokesman of the Al-Nour party.
The party condemned the pro-Baradei protest for (...)
CAIRO: Raining in Cairo sparked the enthusiasm of protesters in Tahrir Square who prayed to God to be rescued from the military ruling.
Some of the protesters lit fireworks in the sky above the square, calling for protestors to remain in the (...)
CAIRO: The amendments to a supra-constitutional document proposed by Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister Ali el-Selmy are incomplete, says Ayman Nour.
Nour, a lawyer and prominent liberal politician, has refused the document in its entirety. He said (...)
CAIRO: Prominent Egyptian politician and presidential candidate Ayman Nour described last night's violent clashes as “a stab into the heart of Egypt and its revolution.”
Nour, head of the liberal al-Ghad Party, said treacherous powers inside and (...)
CAIRO: The approval to establish the Revolutionary Al-Ghad Al-Gadeed Party was made after a long combat with authority, its members and the Egyptian presidential candidate, Ayman Nour, founder of new the Revolutionary Al-Ghad Al-Gadeed (...)
CAIRO: Around 300 protesters gathered in Tahrir Square Friday to participate in the demonstration entitled "Go back to your barracks."
Demonstrators are rejecting the statement issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and signed (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian government will have difficulty monitoring elections abroad, said Mamdouh Shaheen, Assistant Minister of Defense and member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)
Shaheen said it is difficult to appoint (...)
CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptian demonstrators marched in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday, raising the body of Mustafa Yahia Hussein, the last demonstrator to die from wounds sustained in clashes outside the Israeli Embassy early Saturday morning.
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CAIRO: Egyptian youth movements have called for the dismantling of wall recently erected by Egyptian authorities around the Israeli Embassy, with some calling for activists to destroy it themselves.
Youth of the Arab Revolution called on (...)
CAIRO: There is an intensified presence of security forces in Tahrir Square. They surrounded the square in anticipation of potential demonstrations after Friday prayers.
There are 18 armed vehicles full of security troops who are deployed at the (...)
CAIRO: Hundreds of teachers demonstrated outside the headquarters of the Egyptian Cabinet on Wednesday, protesting their deteriorating financial situation and standards of living.
The teachers decided to go on strike at the beginning of the new (...)
CAIRO: Cautious calm prevails in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square as the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets underway this morning.
Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, fugitive businessman Hussein Salem, former Minister of Interior (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian political and Islamic powers issued a statement to show gratitude to the demonstrators for their sit-ins and peaceful protests in Tahrir Square.
The statement called for immediate investigations on the planned violence that took (...)
CAIRO: The rallying cry, “I'm on a speaking strike because the military council does not listen to me,” is the latest in a string of unique protests against Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces' slow response to the demands of the (...)
CAIRO: Demonstrators gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square yesterday called to make January 25 ‘Martyrs' Day' in commemoration of the more than 800 people killed during Egypt's January 25 Revolution.
Demonstrators gathered yesterday, the ‘Friday of (...)
CAIRO: Demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square hit a policeman as he tried to prevent them from demonstrating against the Egyptian police system today.
The demonstrators chanted, “Oh Tantawi get up and take action, the Interior Ministry is a thorn (...)
CAIRO: Top graduates from Al-Azhar University continued their sit-in outside the Egyptian cabinet headquarters today. They are calling for Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to release their colleagues who were arrested Wednesday when security forces tried (...)
CAIRO: More than 3,000 demonstrators in Tahrir Square today affirmed they will not reconcile with members of the fallen regime. They called for the trial of those responsible for the deaths of hundreds during the January 25 Revolution.
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CAIRO: Muslims and Coptic Christians swapped fire in al-Galaa Street under the 6 October Bridge in downtown Cairo today. The shots came after the groups threw stones at each other for several hours outside Maspiro, the Egyptian Television and Radio (...)