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Special edition of Al-Watan newspaper confiscated
The new version modified front-page headline, removed opinion article
Cairo University launches first TEDx event
The event brought together 15 speakers to inspire hundreds of students with new ideas
2 conscripts dead in North Sinai following militant attack
The military spokesperson announced killings of at least 700 militants since October
Spain’s defence minister signs pending military MOU with Egyptian counterpart
Spain continues to export arms sales to Egypt after partial embargo imposed by EU in 2013
Political movements call on universities to allow imprisoned students to sit exams
Five political movements sign joint statement, raising concerns over potential expulsion of imprisoned students
Investment opportunities to be presented at Dubai’s AHIC: EGOTH Chairman
EGOTH recorded profits worth EGP 111m between July 2014 and March 2015, says Samir Hassan
3 people imprisoned for 15 days in Suez
Defendants face charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day in detention
ANHRI condemns Beheira journalist’s arrest
2 Giza preachers banned for not acquiring permission for religious speech
Religious Endowments Ministry uses its right of civil arrest for the first time on Friday
Hundreds of torture cases in April: El-Nadeem Centre
“Torture Archive” aggregates reports by families, news outlets and rights organisations on torture cases inside prisons
Bomb explosion led to Alexandria-Beheira water pollution: Environment minister
Water station reopened in Ibis district after 72-hour shutdown
Endowments minister holds Muslim Brotherhood accountable for water poisoning
Commenting during a religious forum in Abu Dhabi, Gomaa also accused Iran of imposing influence on other countries
3rd Cairo metro line to resume amid workers’ strike
Train driver involved in Sunday’s derailment referred to investigations
Yemen air strikes, fierce fighting continue during first talks
Representatives of former Yemeni President Saleh held talks in Cairo and Riyadh, amid continued fighting in Yemen
The poor against Piketty
By Hernando de Soto Thomas Piketty’s, Capital in the 21st Century, has attracted worldwide attention, not because he crusades against inequality – many of us do that – but because of its central thesis; based on his reading of the 19th and 20th centuries: that capital “mechanically produces arbitrary, unsustainable inequalities” inevitably leading the world to misery, violence …
Hashtag launched by digital journalists demanding entity to protect them
Online journalists in Egypt represent a major segment of informal employees
Alleged ‘Helwan Brigades’ member arrested
Group previously denounced “peaceful” measures of Muslim Brotherhood
Journalists to protest in solidarity with Al-Masry Al-Youm journalists
Investigation date set for Sunday for five journalists following their special report on alleged police violations
1 dead at Ibrahimeya hospital in Sharqeya, amid claims of mass poisoning
Hospital received 500 patients suffering from poisoning between Thursday and Saturday, Health Ministry official reports
1 injured in North Cairo bomb blasts
Bomb explodes in Helmeyet El-Zeitoun in Northern Cairo
Student given 5 years imprisonment by military court
President’s decree on military tribunals applied retroactively to event which allegedly occurred six months before
ECSR lawyer submits appeal against Shura Council trial verdict
The verdict sentenced 22 persons to between three to five years in prison over protesting
Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters referred to investigations
Interior Ministry shares a responsibility for material published, says Press Syndicate Head
Rare prison sentence given to sexual harasser in Cairo
Woman is positive over verdict, but has failed twice previously to successfully take harassers to court
Court places Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis on terrorist organisations list
The court referred its alleged founder and seven others to the list on Saturday
Sudanese judiciary to review detained fishermen case within 2 weeks
Six children and senior transferred back to Egypt via Sudanese embassy in Port Sudan, Egyptian ambassador says
Religious Endowments Ministry to form anti-atheism awareness groups
A conference will be held in May to set up new regulations for religious speech
Yemenis in Egypt struggle to return home
We are not afraid to go back to Yemen and die among our families, one citizen said
Endowments minister calls on armed forces to allow counter-terrorism volunteers
If there was a need for calling on volunteers we would have initiated it already, says military spokesperson
Shoukry discusses mutual collaboration in UN-related issues with Kerry
Ministers’ discussions come two weeks after US decided to lift ban on military aid to Egypt