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Ban on Sale of Duty-Free Alcohol at Egypt Airports Considered by Ministry

Morsi's Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has emerged as the most powerful political force in Egypt since the uprising two years ago that ousted...

Imprisoned Christian Returned from Libya: “We Were Tortured”

He told MCN the details of arresting them, saying, “bearded armed people arrested us, insulting us with offending phrases, including ‘let us go unbeliever.....

Morsi Runs out of Answers as Ultra-Violence Spreads

What prompts these protests is often a sense of injustice, as in the now weeks-long turmoil that has hit the Suez Canal region and...

Prosecutor General Calls upon Citizens to Arrest “Anyone Found Committing a Crime”

Saber Aboul Fotouh, FJP labor committee head, suggested a draft law that would allow the Interior Ministry to contract private security firms to make...

Official Encouragement of Citizen Arrests Sets off New Political Storm in Egypt

“It is now clear why the regime insists on pitting the police against the people and relying on security measures to tackle problems that...

Coptic Detainee in Libya Dies from Torture

Hakim said his brother’s wife was allowed visit him three days after his arrest and found him in a state of severe fatigue with...

Congress Blocked Kerry from Offering More Aid to Egypt

“Our approach is not the full-throttle administration approach of delivering all the aid that they wanted to deliver, but rather a measured approach of...

As Crisis Deepens in Egypt After Ruling on Riot, Calls for a Military Coup

As the city braced for a court ruling on Saturday about responsibility for a deadly riot last year at a match between Port Said...

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Closure of Café Shows Egypt’s Atheists Are Next in Line for Crackdown

Just before noon on Sunday, Egyptian government officials flanked...

Church closures in Egypt: ‘We were silent when it was one, now it’s four’

By Sonia Farid - Al Arabiya - English“We said...