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Egypt benchmark stock index plummets on overnight violence
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Egypt benchmark stock index plummets on overnight violence
CAIRO - Egypt’s benchmark stock index fell sharply early Monday, dragged down by investor panic after the country’s capital was…
Monday’s papers: A doomed night for Egypt’s revolution
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Monday’s papers: A doomed night for Egypt’s revolution
Today's newspapers, both independent and state-owned, condemn Sunday's violence outside the state TV building in central Cairo, and mostly refer…
Health Ministry: Maspero toll rises to 24 dead, 272 injured
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Health Ministry: Maspero toll rises to 24 dead, 272 injured
Twenty-four people died and 272 were injured in violence that erupted Sunday during a Coptic protest outside the state TV…
Copts to stage march decrying abuses
Egypt
October 9, 2011
Copts to stage march decrying abuses
A number of Coptic activist groups have declared their intention to stage a march on Sunday from 5 to 8…
Health Ministry denies allocating LE700 million to increase doctors’ pay
Egypt
October 9, 2011
Health Ministry denies allocating LE700 million to increase doctors’ pay
Health Minister Amr Helmy has denied allocating LE700 million from the state budget to provide doctors with better pay. The…
Imams protest, demanding bonuses be disbursed
Egypt
October 9, 2011
Imams protest, demanding bonuses be disbursed
Hundreds of imams and preachers from various governorates gathered on Sunday to protest before the Religious Endowments Ministry and cabinet,…
Operations return to normal at Cairo International Airport
Egypt
October 8, 2011
Operations return to normal at Cairo International Airport
Operations at Egypt's Cairo International Airport returned to normal on Saturday after the end of an air traffic controllers strike.…
Teachers renew protests, Brotherhood declines to participate
Egypt
October 8, 2011
Teachers renew protests, Brotherhood declines to participate
Scores of teachers have staged a protest in front of the Cabinet building in downtown Cairo objecting what they call…
Egyptians protest in solidarity with Tahrir protesters
Egypt
October 7, 2011
Egyptians protest in solidarity with Tahrir protesters
The governorates on Friday witnessed limited protests in solidarity with the concurrent "Go Back to Your Barracks" protest in Cairo’s…
Hundreds march on Tahrir Square to demand handover to civilian rule
Egypt
October 6, 2011
Hundreds march on Tahrir Square to demand handover to civilian rule
Hundreds of protesters, including Ahly Club Ultras, staged a march from Sayyeda Aisha Square to Tahrir Square on Wednesday night,…