20110929
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Political parties from across Egypt's political spectrum threatened to boycott elections scheduled to start in November unless the country's military rulers amend the election law.

20110929
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military prosecutors launched an investigation into a case of abuse of detainees at a police station north of Cairo after footage of an alleged assault was shown on social networking sites, state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.

20110927
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Amnesty International urged Egypt on Monday to immediately release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for more than a month.

20110926
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Lawyers representing the families of those killed in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak said on Sunday that Egypt's top general had been given an easy ride in questioning behind closed doors at the trial of the deposed president.

20110925
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Egyptian activist, whose death last year contributed to the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, died from asphyxiation caused by a roll forced into his mouth while he was unconscious, the state news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

20110925
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt deported a French journalist on Saturday who had been placed on a banned list for allegedly insulting the country, security sources said.

20110925
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptian teachers demonstrated outside the cabinet office in central Cairo on Saturday, demanding higher pay and the sacking of the education minister.

20110923
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian youth coalition that played a major role in ousting President Hosni Mubarak has said it will field candidates for parliamentary elections to counter organised Islamist groups and remnants of the former regime.

20110920
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt approved on Monday the establishment of a party led by a former top official in Hosni Mubarak's now disbanded party and rejected another set up by an Islamist group, the committee charged with reviewing party applications said in a statement.

20110919
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamists and other political groups sought changes to election rules at a meeting on Sunday with the ruling military to ensure those linked to Hosni Mubarak's now defunct party are blocked from Egypt's first free parliamentary vote in decades.

20110919
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's former Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah was given a three year jail sentence on Sunday for unlawfully issuing company licenses, the latest jail term for ex-officials who served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

20110918
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will start parliamentary elections on November 21, Al Arabiya Television and the Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Saturday, the country's first vote since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February after 30 years of autocratic rule.

20110918
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to set up a technical team to review the impact of a $4.8-billion Nile river dam which Addis Ababa announced in March, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in Cairo on Saturday.

20110914
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday Turkey may carry out gas exploration in the Mediterranean with Egypt and that it was considering importing gas from the north African country.

20110913
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Taypip Erdogan received an enthusiastic welcome in Egypt at the start of a North African tour which will assert Turkey's role as a friend and helper of the popular movements that have toppled long-standing Arab leaders.

20110912
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's military rulers outlined on Sunday new areas where they would use long-standing emergency laws, citing activities such as blocking roads, publishing false information and weapons possession, the state news agency said.

20110912
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and Israel said on Sunday they wanted a return to normal diplomatic activities after the Israeli ambassador flew home following the storming of the embassy in Cairo during violent protests.

20110912
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CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of Egypt's ruling army council postponed his appearance at the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, saying he was busy with the security situation, media reported on Sunday days after a spike in anti-Israel violence.

20110911
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Egypt are working to preserve the landmark peace accord they signed in 1979, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman said on Saturday after rioting forced the evacuation of Israel's Cairo embassy.

20110911
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military council rejected an offer to resign by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Saturday after violent clashes around the Israeli embassy in Cairo, the Arabic television channel Al Arabiya reported.