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The Egyptian government Thursday extended for additional three months the state of emergency decreed in April following the twin attacks against Coptic Christians. The extension has been approved by the parliament and is scheduled to start July 10, reports say. Read more
A bomb blast killed Friday in the Egyptian capital one person and wounded two others as the country’s former President Hosni Mubarak was allowed to return home after a court acquitted him. The explosion took place in the Maadi suburb Read more
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who has been earlier this month cleared of his alleged involvement in the killings of protesters in the uprising that ended his 30-year rule in 2011, on Friday left a military hospital where he had Read more
Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has been allowed by Cairo criminal court to walk free to home, his lawyer told the media Monday. The former leader early this month was cleared of the death of hundreds of protesters in the Read more
Egypt’s former dictator Hosni Mubarak was acquitted on Thursday of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. “The Court has found the defendant innocent,” Judge Ahmed Abdel Qawi said after an all-day Read more
Swiss authorities Friday announced they will extend for one more year the freeze of assets of former Tunisian President Ben Ali and Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Swiss banks. Initially slated to end in January and February 2017, Swiss Read more
After some delay, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who served as Foreign Minister from July 2004 until the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak’s government in 2011, was finally elected as Arab League Chief in replacement of Nabil El-Araby whose mandate will be Read more
An Egyptian court has confirmed the death sentence issued last May against toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi for escaping from prison during the 2011 popular uprising that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak regime. The ruling however can be Read more
An Egyptian gas pipeline has come under attack again in the northern Sinai town of El-Arish. The recent attack was on a pipeline which exports fuel to Israel and Jordan. Attacks have become frequent since the uprising begun and this Read more
Earlier today, the campaign team of Dr Mursi claimed victory in the 2012 presidential election based on the total of 97.66% of election official counting from polling stations reported by candidate representatives around the country after the counting finished. The Read more