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Kerry renews $1.3 billion aid package for Egypt
Secretary of State John Kerry last month approved $1.3 billion in annual US military aid to Egypt, despite concerns over democratic progress by the country’s new government, a US official said Friday. All such aid is “carefully considered,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, but it was felt the…
Christian teacher in Egypt faces trial for ‘insulting religion’
A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The trial of Dimyana Ubeid Abdel Nour will begin on May 21, the judicial source said. She has…
Egypt ‘foils Al-Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy’
Egypt’s interior minister said on Saturday police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy and other targets in the country. Police “have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks,” including a plot to attack…
Egypt arrests leading youth activist for ‘incitement to protest’ charges
Egypt’s security forces on Friday detained the founder of one of the key youth movements behind the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime upon his arrival at Cairo Airport from Vienna, a security official told AFP. Ahmed Maher of the April 6 movement was arrested at the airport “based…
Egyptians seize pyramid sites for use as cemeteries
By Patrick Kingsley, The Observer Archaeologists fear for pyramid sites as illegal building gathers pace in wake of Arab spring In Manshiet Dahshur, 25 miles south of Cairo, the villagers recently extended the boundaries of the cemetery. For Ahmed Rageb, a carpenter who buried his cousin in the annexe, it…
Egypt’s Mubarak goes back to prison
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was transferred Thursday from a military hospital back to prison to await a retrial in May over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011, a security source said. Mubarak was taken by ambulance to Tora prison under heavy security escort, the source told…
Egypt’s navy ‘intercepts arms-laden ship from Israel’
Egypt’s navy on Thursday seized a weapons-laden ship and detained its crew who had set off from the Israeli port of Eilat en route to the African country of Togo, security officials said. Officials said the navy intercepted the ship, “which was flying the flag of an African country,” after…
Egyptian protesters slam new law that requests demonstration plans be submitted in advance
Egypt’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a new draft law regulating public demonstrations that was swiftly slammed by rights groups as restrictive. The law, which needs the ratification of the upper house of parliament, was created “to ensure the peaceful nature of demonstrations,” Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki told reporters. The law…
Egypt on high alert as protesters prepare to commemorate Mubarak’s fall
Egypt’s security forces were on high alert Monday ahead of pro-democracy protests to mark the second anniversary of former president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a police official told AFP. Authorities have boosted security around the presidential palace, the interior ministry and around Tahrir Square, as well as around key public installations,…
Egyptian defense minister: Country on the verge of collapse
Egyptian Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sissi warned on Tuesday that the political crisis rocking Egypt could lead to the collapse of the state. Failure to resolve the situation “could lead to grave repercussions if the political forces do not act” to tackle it, Sissi said in comments posted on…
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