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Egypt’s Morsi withdraws complaints against media

CAIRO: An Egyptian official says the president has ordered withdrawal of complaints against journalists for allegedly reporting rumors. Presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmy said Mohammed Morsi

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Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist

CAIRO: Egypt’s state prosecutors issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country’s president, in the latest legal action to take aim

Egypt minister: lynchings signal ‘death of state’

CAIRO: Egypt’s justice minister warns the lynching of criminals in the streets by angry citizens signals “the death of the state.” His comments come a day after residents in a

Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi’s pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 million in American aid

Egypt to widen probe into fatal balloon crash

CAIRO: Egypt’s lead investigator says countries of some of the victims of the deadly balloon crash in Luxor have asked to join the probe. Walid el-Moqadem said Thursday that Hong

Fiery balloon accident kills 19 tourists in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air ballooncarrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it

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Egypt’s vote won’t calm turbulent streets

CAIRO: Egypt’s streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of myriad clashes over the

Egypt protests on anniversary of Mubarak’s fall

CAIRO: Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s with

Egypt opposition leader warns over death edict

CAIRO; Egypt’s most prominent opposition leader criticized the Islamist government on Wednesday for its silence over a Muslim cleric’s edict calling for the death of opposition supporters. Mohamed ElBaradei was

Video of police abuse stokes anger in Egypt

CAIRO: Egypt’s Interior Minister vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked man by riot police that threatened to further inflame popular anger against security forces, but suggested that