security vacuum
Amid security vacuum, attacks on police stations repeated
Egypt
February 4, 2012
Amid security vacuum, attacks on police stations repeated
In the past two days four attacks on police stations have taken place amid nationwide unrest in the wake of a football…
State TV: Gunmen free prisoners, set fire to police station in Cairo
Egypt
February 4, 2012
State TV: Gunmen free prisoners, set fire to police station in Cairo
Gunmen set fire to a police station in the east Cairo suburb of Marg on Friday and released the suspects…
Elections looming amid security turmoil
Life & Style
November 27, 2011
Elections looming amid security turmoil
As sit-in protests continue in Tahrir Square and outside the cabinet building, some express fear that violence may break out…
Sunday’s papers: Excluding remnants … fearing for elections … Lady Gaga
Egypt
November 13, 2011
Sunday’s papers: Excluding remnants … fearing for elections … Lady Gaga
For what must be at least the third time in the last few months, state-run papers run headlines declaring the…
Sunday’s papers: Planning for parliamentary elections and bemoaning vigilantism
Egypt
September 4, 2011
Sunday’s papers: Planning for parliamentary elections and bemoaning vigilantism
Egypt’s military rulers will chose September 27 as the opening day for candidacy in the first free parliamentary election in…
Citizens attack Mansoura hospital after relative dies
Egypt
July 17, 2011
Citizens attack Mansoura hospital after relative dies
A public hospital in Daqahlia Governorate, north of Cairo, was attacked on Sunday by citizens whose relative died while receiving…
Hospitals, vulnerable to attack, limit healthcare in face of security vacuum
Egypt
July 11, 2011
Hospitals, vulnerable to attack, limit healthcare in face of security vacuum
Dr. Rashwan Shaaban remembers bitterly the two or three days that Banha University Hospital kept its doors closed. On one…
Sale of pharaonic statuette foiled
Egypt
May 1, 2011
Sale of pharaonic statuette foiled
Egypt's security authorities foiled the attempted sale of a statuette that investigators said carries pharaonic inscriptions. The piece is 50cm…