Egypt Air prepares emergency plan
Yesterday 133 flights – 78 international and 55 local – departed Egypt, filled to an average of 67.5% capacity, while 126 were scheduled to leave today, 72 of which are international flights, and 54 domestic.
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Residents in North Sinai cut off roads in protest of gas shortages
Roads leading to villages south of the city were blocked by tyre fires ignited by protesters.
Suicide bomb kills Sunni Iraqi MP and six others
The demonstrations in Sunni Iraqi areas have decried alleged misuse of anti-terror laws to detain members of the minority community, and claim Sunnis are being targeted by the Shiite-led authorities.
Al-Watan Party gears up for upcoming elections
Al-Watan Party meets with representatives of other Islamist parties ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections
Nine dead as Middle East battered by bad weather
In Jordan, the government declared Wednesday a public holiday due to the icy weather
Shot ex-congresswoman takes on US gun lobby
The NRA said Tuesday it would send a representative to the White House on Thursday “to hear what they have to say,” following an invitation last week from the Obama administration for input on ways to confront gun violence
Report released into death of alleged torture victim
Blow to head likely cause of death of Sa’ad Said, who died in police custody, drug overdose excluded
Censored China paper to publish ‘as normal’
Public challenges to the authorities on press freedom are rare in China and the affair is seen as a test for the new Communist Party leadership
Zewail Science City opens enrollment for student admission
Science university will accept new students for 2013-2014 academic year
Protest in solidarity with journalists
Journalists gather outside the Press Syndicate as one journalist gets handed a five year prison term, while another is tried by the military
Qatar to double aid to Egypt
Qatari prime minister labels claims of dominance over Egypt “ridiculous joke”
Cabinet proposes elections law
Proposed elections law amended for consistency with new constitution
CBE fails to balance exchange market
Deputy governor admits that attempts to preserve pound to demonstrate strength of economy have caused foreign currency reserves to lose value
Al-Wafd to investigate murder
Yamama assigned to investigative committee concerning murder of late politician’s elderly daughters
Tahany El-Gebaly condemns constitution
Former Deputy Chair of the SCC appeals the constitution and her removal from office
New railways this year
Egypt’s railway system is set to build new lines next march, at a cost of $600m, funded by the World Bank
New plans to convert burned gas
Ministry of Petroleum approves plan to convert burned gas to butane
IMF remains committed to supporting Egypt
During his recent visit to Cairo, the director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Masood Ahmed, held meetings with numerous political figures
Okasha: not guilty
Court rules evidence insufficient to convict
British newspaper claims Iran in cahoots with Brotherhood
The Times reports that the presence of an Iranian official in Egypt is proof the Brotherhood means to ‘enslave Egyptians’
HRW: Bahrain court verdicts ‘mind-boggling’
Bahrain’s Court of Cassation on Monday upheld jail terms served by a lower court on the 13 activists for allegedly plotting to overthrow the monarchy
Banned cartoonist protests against ‘Brotherhoodisation’
Samah Farouk, whose cartoons were banned from a Sawy Culturewheel exhibition, paints graffiti outside the venue decrying the a crackdown on freedom of expression
Egypt Party proposes constitutional amendments
Amr Khalid says his party wants to strengthen gender equality and freedom of belief provisions in new constitution
Police fire plastic bullets in N. Ireland riots
Some 3,000 people were killed in the three decades of sectarian bombings and shootings in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles.”
China press freedom campaign swells with new rally
Scores of people, some carrying mourning flowers, gathered outside the Guangzhou offices of the Southern Weekly
Hamas plans to build industrial city near Egyptian border
Local manufacturing in Gaza could decrease Egyptian exports, expert warns
Two to plead not guilty in Delhi gang-rape case
Mukesh Singh, who is the brother of the bus driver Ram Singh, and Thakur are two of the five men charged with rape and murder over the 16 December attack on the young student
Shi’as hold counter-demos in southern Iraq
Among those rallies have been an ongoing sit-in in western Anbar province that has blocked off a key highway linking Iraq to Syria and Jordan since 23 December
Boat found, fishermen missing off Matruh coast
Armed forces respond to fishing boat’s distress call off coast of Ras El-Hekma, in Marsa Matruh
Railway authority announces new level crossings
Contracts up for tenders to improve railway safety