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Hosni Mubarak gets life sentence
An Egyptian Court has sentenced Mubarak to life in prison after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters during last year’s uprisings
Egypt disqualifies top Islamists from election
Authorities have disqualified presidential front-runners including Hosni Mubarak’s spy chief and a Muslim Brotherhood candidate from the election.
Hosni Mubarak painted as ‘a just man’
Hosni Mubarak’s lawyer has painted him as "a just man, not a tyrant", adding his accusers have no evidence to support their claims against him.
Citizens declare war on abuses in Egypt vote
Egyptians desperate to stop cheats stitching up the country’s first free election in decades are lining up by the thousand, cameras at the ready.
Egypt’s youth call for a new face of government
Young activists have organised a vote for a civilian council to guard their revolution from Egypt’s rulers who they no longer trust.
Broken and bowed, caged Mubarak put on trial
Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for conspiring to kill protesters, was wheeled into a courtroom cage in a hospital bed on Wednesday.
Mubarak faces trial set to rattle Arab rulers
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be held to account by the people he ruled for three decades in a trial starting on Wednesday.
Historic Mubarak trial outlined by Egyptian judge
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be held at a police academy in Cairo with a maximum of 600 people allowed to attend.
Egyptian youth say they’ll be ‘last to leave Tahrir Square’
Youth protesters vowed to remain in Tahrir Square until their demands are met, in escalating tension between demonstrators and the miltary council.
Protests sweep Arab world, 22 die in Syria
Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen.
After the revolution: Egyptians demand accountability
Protesters gathered in Cairo, Alexandria and other Egyptian cities on Friday, demanding that ousted president Hosni Mubarak be called to account.
In Egypt’s first democratic test, reformists divided
Egyptians will vote on proposed constitutional changes on Saturday in the first election in decades in which they will not know the result in advance.
Egypt military angers protesters with show of force
Soldiers used force on Saturday to break up a protest demanding more political reform in Egypt, demonstrators said.
Military rulers dissolve Egypt’s Parliament
Egypt’s new military rulers said on Sunday they had dissolved Parliament and suspended the Constitution and would govern only for six months.
Egyptian army corrals protesters to reopen Tahrir
Egyptian soldiers shoved pro-democracy protesters aside to force a path for traffic to start flowing through central Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday.