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Articles of the author Sara Nour Eldeen Adel el Daragli
Wafd Party leader quits Advisory Council
Wafd Party leader Al-Sayed al-Badawy, member of the ruling military council's civilian Advisory Council, tendered his resignation from the council on Wednesday. In his resignation, Badawy wrote: “I need to devote myself to the party in order to (...)

18 - 01 - 2012
Advisory council to call for national consensus conference
The advisory council to Egypt's military rulers plans to call for a national consensus conference, council spokesperson Mohamed al-Kholy told Al-Masry Al-Youm Tuesday. The council's panel, tasked with creating dialogue among different political (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
Advisory Council: Conditions for presidential candidacy unchanged
The law on the presidential candidacy has not changed, said Mohamed Farahat, secretary general of the military-backed Advisory Council. “We discussed it and sent it as it is to the military council, which has sent it in turn to the cabinet's (...)

02 - 01 - 2012
Protesters tell of saving books from Institut d''Egypte fire
In the wake of the fire that destroyed much of the manuscript collection at the Institut d'Egypte on Friday, scores of pro-democracy protesters have told of their efforts to salvage books and other rare documents from the smoking ruins. The (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Prominent political figures involved in cabinet violence, claims government official
An unnamed government official has accused several prominent political figures of being involved in recent acts of violence, including those outside the cabinet building, which started last Friday. The official, who made the accusations to Al-Masry (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Eyewitnesses confirm snipers shooting in Tahrir Square
Several eye-witnesses have confirmed the presence of security forces snipers in Tahrir Square on Monday, shooting at protesters. “A sniper standing on top of the Mugamma building hit four demonstrators,” said Mostafa, an eyewitness describing the (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Advisory Council to amend military law, scrap military trials for civilians
The Advisory Council has announced its intention to form a committee of legal experts to amend military law, particularly those articles allowing civilians to be referred to military tribunals. Amin Farahat, secretary general of the Advisory (...)

14 - 12 - 2011
Advisory Council to discuss military tribunals on Tuesday
During its meeting slated for Tuesday, the Advisory Council is expected to discuss the contentious issue of military trials for civilians. “We discussed the rights of the revolutionary martyrs and victims, as well as the ending of the state of (...)

12 - 12 - 2011
''Wise men'' to resolve Agrium plant crisis
The Agrium plant crisis has entered its tenth day, with residents of Damietta insisting that the ruling military council relocate the fertilizer factory to outside the city. Protesters continued to block the highway and besiege the Ras al-Bar (...)

17 - 11 - 2011
Popular committees pressure Giza governor to address trash problem
Popular committees have started to carry piles of garbage from different neighborhoods in Giza in front of the governorate headquarters to pressure the government to deal with its trash problem. A few months ago, the committees had announced they (...)

15 - 10 - 2011
Israeli sources: Hamas linked prisoner swap to moving headquarters to Cairo
Egypt will allow the vice president of Hamas' political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, to move from Damascus to Cairo and stay in a permanent villa there, described as the "luxury" part of the prisoner swap consummated last week between Israel and (...)

14 - 10 - 2011
Analysts: Sharaf''s cabinet continues Mubarak regime policies
Many political analysts and economists criticized the performance of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's cabinet for following the same policies of the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the former president. They attributed this phenomenon to restrictions imposed (...)

17 - 07 - 2011
Economic Research Center: Mubarak misappropriated US$185 bn of foreign aid
A recent study by the Economic Research Center said deposed President Hosni Mubarak misappropriated US$185 billion – or 87 percent – of the total US$213 billion that Egypt received in foreign aid from 1982 until 2010. The study said that the United (...)

19 - 06 - 2011
Egypt''s economic growth rate drops to -4.2%
Planning and International Cooperation Minister Faiza Abul Naga said at a press conference on Sunday that the economic growth rate during the third quarter of the current fiscal year would drop to -4.2 percent, compared to 5.4 percent during the (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Faiza Abul Naga: Foreign aid is spent on designated purposes
Foreign aid to Egypt is spent according to its designated purposes, said Minister for International Cooperation Faiza Abul Naga, denying reports that former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak seized aid intended for the National Council for Women. Abul Naga (...)

23 - 05 - 2011
Arabs and Africans in Cairo protest against their regimes
Members of various Arab and African communities in Cairo held protests on Sunday against their regimes and calling for increased democratic rights. Syrians and Yemenis held protests before the Arab League headquarters, condemning the use of force (...)

22 - 05 - 2011
Egypt to assess Ethiopia''s proposed Nile dam
Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hussein al-Atfy, in press statements on Thursday, reiterated Egypt will turn a new page in its relations with Ethiopia based on good will, transparency and cooperation in joint development projects, including (...)

22 - 04 - 2011
Ethiopia: We''ll deal with Egypt through Entebbe Nile agreement
Addis Ababa has announced that it will only deal with Egypt on issues of Nile water quotas through the Cooperative Framework Agreement, which was signed in May 2010 in Entebbe, Uganda. The agreement, also knowns as the Entebbe Framework Agreement, (...)

04 - 04 - 2011
ElBaradei calls for boycott of next year''s presidential elections
Reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei on Sunday called for a popular boycott of Egypt's upcoming presidential elections slated for September. On his Twitter account, ElBaradei blasted the strict regulations governing presidential (...)

09 - 01 - 2011
3 scenarios suggested for Alexandria church blast
Three scenarios for the New Year's Eve terrorist bombing of the St. Mark and St. Peter Church in Alexandria have been put forward by experts. The first scenario implicates al-Qaeda, which could have recruited local elements or sent in people from (...)

02 - 01 - 2011
Abassiya Psychiatric Hospital declared ''historic landmark''
Abassiya Psychiatric Hospital building was classified as a “historic landmark” by the committee of experts in Islamic and modern monuments on Tuesday. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), had formed the (...)

29 - 12 - 2010
Coptic Church dismisses alleged al-Qaeda threats
The Coptic Church is paying no attention to recent alleged threats by al-Qaeda to target Christians in Egypt, according to church officials. “God protects the church,” said Holy Synod media spokesman Bishop Morcus. “And we also have confidence in (...)

22 - 12 - 2010
Majority of poisoning cases involve female suicide, says health official
Egypt's National Poisoning Treatment Center receives 16 cases of poisoning daily, the majority consisting of failed suicide attempts by young women between the ages of 15 and 25, according to Essam Faiq, advisor at the National Poisoning Center (...)

16 - 12 - 2010
Wikileaks revelations no danger to Cairo''s interests, experts say
Several Egyptian analysts have said that documents released on Sunday by online whistle-blower Wikileaks effectively strengthen Egypt's position and serve its national interests. Earlier reports suggested the disclosure of the Egyptian-US alliance (...)

30 - 11 - 2010
Gamal''s posters move to downtown Cairo
The Egyptian Association for Development and Human Rights launched a campaign in support of Gamal Mubarak, son of current president Hosni Mubarak, in next year's presidential elections. Campaigners put up huge posters of the younger Mubarak in (...)

15 - 10 - 2010
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