20110315
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday dissolved an internal security and spying agency whose reputation for brutality helped ignite the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power last month.

20110315
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CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday began the highest-level visit to Egypt by a U.S. official since an uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak, for decades a close ally of Washington.

20110312
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CAIRO, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Secretary General of Egypt's National Democratic Party (NDP) Mohammed Ragab on Saturday sacked 21 senior members, including a number of former ministers, and accepted the resignation of four others, according to state news agency MENA.

20110310
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CAIRO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's army on Wednesday evacuated Copt protestors from the Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, state- run MENA reported.

20110308
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Outgoing Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Tuesday he wanted Egyptian presidential elections to come before people vote for a new parliament and said he would run for president for only one term.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian central bank's unofficial reserves plummeted by $3.3 billion in February, bringing its total decline in foreign currency assets during the month of political unrest to $5 billion, the bank said.

20110305
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new prime minister told thousands of demonstrators in Tahrir Square on Friday he was committed to the goals of their revolution and promised to take to the streets in protest if he could not deliver.

20110305
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A state security building on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital was set alight on Saturday, a security source said, one day after some 200 protesters stormed state security headquarters in the coastal city of Alexandria.

20110305
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian criminal court on Saturday began the first hearing in the case against former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli, charged with money laundering and profiteering, the state news agency MENA reported.

20110304
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Prime Minister-designate Essam Sharaf told thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square on Friday that he would work to meet their demands and saluted the "martyrs" of the country's revolution.

20110304
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RIYADH, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A senior Egyptian diplomat denied a report claimed that former President Hosni Mubarak is now in Saudi Arabia for a medical treatment, local daily Arab News reported on Thursday.

20110301
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian judicial panel ruled on Tuesday that a state land sale to Palm Hills Development, Egypt's second biggest listed developer, was illegal and should be scrapped.

20110228
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Monday imposed a travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family while complaints about their wealth are being investigated.

20110228
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military council plans to hold a snap referendum next month on constitutional amendments, a lawywer who helped draft them said on Sunday.

20110226
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A judicial committee formed to draft changes to Egypt's constitution on Saturday proposed capping to eight years the time a president can stay in office and loosening the rules that curbed competition for the post.

20110226
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Soldiers used force on Saturday to break up a protest demanding more political change in Egypt in the toughest move yet against demonstrators who accused the country's military rulers of "betraying the people".

20110225
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers, promising to guard against "counter-revolution", faced political pressure on Friday to purge the cabinet of ministers appointed by Hosni Mubarak as thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo.

20110222
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's key portfolios of defence interior, foreign, finance and justice were unchanged in a cabinet reshuffle, state television confirmed on Tuesday when it broadcast the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers.

20110223
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new cabinet met for the first time on Wednesday with security high on its agenda and under attack from the Muslim Brotherhood and others who want it purged of ministers appointed by ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

20110221
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor on Monday moved to freeze the foreign assets of Hosni Mubarak, the first sign that the deposed president would be held to account by the rulers to whom he handed power 10 days ago.