Lawyers want Egypt’s government to hand over documents that may reveal who ordered police to fire on protesters during the violent uprising.
A South African documentary producer found hope and uncertainty in the post-Mubarak era.
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said on Monday he would reshuffle his Cabinet within a week, but protesters said they were not satisfied.
Deposed president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will face charges of graft and ordering the deaths of protesters during Egypt’s uprising in January.
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s wife has signed her assets over to the state, as her husband pledged to do likewise in a bid for amnesty.
Thieves escaped with 145 Islamic artefacts after raiding a university storage area in Cairo in March, Egypt’s minister of antiquities said on Tuesday.
Protesters gathered in Cairo, Alexandria and other Egyptian cities on Friday, demanding that ousted president Hosni Mubarak be called to account.
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/ 19 February 2011
Egypt’s military, after promising to deliver civilian rule in months, warned workers using their freedom to protest over pay that strikes must stop.
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/ 18 February 2011
Several hundred thousand Egyptians thronged Cairo’s now iconic Tahrir Square on Friday to pressure their new military rulers for democratic reform.
The man in charge of Egyptian antiquities has starred in a TV show about his exploits. On Monday, however, he was under siege.
Egypt’s military government on Monday urged a halt to widespread strikes inspired by a popular uprising that threatened to paralyse the country.
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/ 14 February 2011
An Egyptian minister says thieves targeted most-valuable artefacts after breaking in through roof and descending by ropes.
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/ 13 February 2011
Egypt’s new military rulers said on Sunday they had dissolved Parliament and suspended the Constitution and would govern only for six months.
Egyptian soldiers shoved pro-democracy protesters aside to force a path for traffic to start flowing through central Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday.
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/ 13 February 2011
The Egyptian military has given no timetable for the transition but says it is committed to civilian rule and democracy.
Egypt’s new military rulers told the nation on Saturday they were committed to civilian rule and democracy after Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow.
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/ 12 February 2011
Egyptians woke to a new dawn on Saturday after 30 years of autocratic rule under Hosni Mubarak, full of hope after achieving unthinkable change.
Egyptian protesters enraged at President Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to step down streamed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday.
Egypt’s protesters, reeling with disillusion after President Hosni Mubarak disappointed hopes he was about to resign, planned new protests on Friday.
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/ 10 February 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looked likely to step down on Thursday after more than two weeks of protests against his 30-year rule.
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/ 10 February 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq told the BBC that President Hosni Mubarak may step down and the situation in the country will be clarified soon.
The government warned of a military crackdown as massive rallies against President Hosni Mubarak spread and the army detained pro-democracy activists.
The United States on Tuesday set out four steps Cairo must take to end Egypt’s crisis, telling its ally to stop harassing protesters.
Google’s Wael Ghonim, who was released in Cairo on Monday, said he was kept blindfolded for two weeks while detained by Egyptian state security.
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/ 7 February 2011
Dozens of employees and clients waited on Monday outside Egypt’s Mugamma el-Tahrir as opposition protesters occupying Tahrir Square blocked entrances.
President Hosni Mubarak held on to power on Monday, defying a popular uprising against his autocratic rule.
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/ 6 February 2011
US officials insist their message on the Egypt crisis has been unwavering: President Hosni Mubarak must allow political transition.
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/ 5 February 2011
The United States signalled it wanted an orderly transition of power in Egypt that could see Hosni Mubarak remaining president until September.
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/ 5 February 2011
Leaders were meeting inside and outside Egypt on Saturday to seek a way out of a dangerous impasse between President Hosni Mubarak and demonstrators.
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/ 5 February 2011
Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline, state television said on Saturday, adding fresh turmoil to Egypt during unprecedented protests.
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched peacefully in Cairo on Friday to demand an immediate end to Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule.
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/ 4 February 2011
After 11 days of anti-government protests marked by deadly unrest, the regime appears to be trying to find an "honourable exit" for Hosni Mubarak.