20110804
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial on Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world.

20110802
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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian army moved into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday and cleared away a few hundred protesters who remained camped there after the main groups suspended a three-week demonstration held to advance demands for faster democratic reforms.

20110801
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian political groups said on Sunday they would suspend demonstrations during Ramadan, which starts on Monday, but would resume a campaign for swifter democratic reforms by the ruling army after the Muslim fasting month is over.

20110731
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CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for charges that include ordering the killing of protesters will take place at Cairo's Police Academy on Wednesday August 3, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.

20110731
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen using rocket-propelled grenades on Saturday attacked a cooling system linked to an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai that supplied gas to Israel until it was blown up earlier this month, security sources said.

20110730
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian army officer and three civilian bystanders were shot dead in fighting between an armed group and security forces in northern Sinai, security sources said on Saturday.

20110730
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CAIRO (Reuters) - More than 30 political parties and movements withdrew from a rally on Friday that was organised to send a united message to the ruling army about reform, saying the event was hijacked by Islamist groups.

20110726
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A court postponed on Monday the trial of Egypt's former interior minister over the killing of protesters until next week so that he will be tried alongside ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

20110722
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister promised on Thursday to set up an anti-corruption body and work to end a 30-year-emergency law to placate protesters demanding faster reforms.

20110721
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new cabinet was sworn in on Thursday as the ruling army council tries to placate protesters demanding faster reforms and a deeper purge of former President Hosni Mubarak's allies.

20110721
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's appeals court rescinded a ruling to remove the names of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from schools and streets, state news agency MENA reported on Thursday.

20110719
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf was taken to hospital because of blood pressure problems on Monday, and the swearing in of a much-changed cabinet was delayed.

20110718
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July (Reuters) - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak, hospitalised since April and due to stand trial in August, is in a coma, his lawyer said on Sunday, although the state news agency MENA cited a hospital official as denying the report.

20110718
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt picked a new finance minister on Sunday as part of a cabinet reshuffle demanded by protesters camped out in central Cairo, and the outgoing minister said policy-making had become "confused".

20110717
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Holding a portrait of a young man, Hamed Fikri's eyes welled with tears as he listened to a speaker in Cairo's Tahrir Square demand justice for those killed in the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February.

20110713
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians marched on the cabinet headquarters in central Cairo on Tuesday to demand the removal of the ruling military council.

20110713
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliamentary election may not be held until November, about two months later than originally planned, an army source said on Wednesday after some political groups called for the vote to be pushed back.

20110713
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities detained a former agriculture minister for 15 days on Tuesday to investigate allegations that he had allowed the importation of cancer-causing pesticides, judicial sources said.

20110711
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian activists vowed on Sunday to stay camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square, accusing the army rulers of failing to sweep out corruption, end the use of military courts and swiftly try those who killed protesters.

20110710
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has ordered the detention and questioning of three police officers in the case of a man who relatives say was tortured to death by authorities, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday, citing Alexandria's public prosecution.