Egypt’s public prosecutor has referred ousted president Hosni Mubarak to a new trial on charges of misappropriating public funds to renovate homes.
A court has in absentia convicted seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor on charges linked to "Innocence of Muslims".
Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has pardoned those charged or convicted of acts "in support of the revolution" since the beginning of the uprising.
Egypt has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel following alleged violations of the contractual obligations.
Egypt’s ruling military council has warned it will not allow civilians to encroach on the armed forces’ extensive business enterprises.
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/ 15 January 2012
Egypt’s reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has withdrawn from the presidential race, saying a fair election is impossible under the military’s grip.
The Muslim Brotherhood held its first open internal election since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak to show off its democratic credentials.
Hosni Mubarak’s doctor denied on Sunday that the ousted Egyptian president had suffered a stroke or was in a coma.
Suzanne Mubarak was taken to hospital after suffering from chest pains upon hearing the news that she was to be detained on corruption allegations.
In the first remarks since his downfall, former President Hosni Mubarak denied that he used his position to amass wealth during his
Egypt’s prime minister-designate named a caretaker Cabinet on Sunday to help lead the country through reforms and toward free elections.
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/ 12 January 2011
The status of the estimated 1,5-million to 2-million southerners living in northern Sudan is one of the major problems that need to be resolved.
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/ 13 October 2010
Egypt’s telecommunications regulator has set new rules for companies sending text messages to multiple cellphones, in a move criticised by activists.
Amending a proposed Arab peace initiative to win Israeli support for the plan is not a viable option, said Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak.
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/ 22 September 2004
An Islamic website has claimed that militants killed a second American hostage in Iraq and has threatened that a Briton kidnapped with him will also die if his government does not act. A decapitated body was handed over to American authorities in Baghdad on Wednesday, the United States embassy said.
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