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USAID funds Egypt's presidential elections with $3 million

USAID funds Egypt's presidential elections with $3 million

The Egypt director of the US governmental aid organization said it has provided US$3 million to the high elections commission to fund the presidential elections scheduled for 23 and 24 May. "The organization has Full Story


Shafiq leads presidential race for second week in cabinet-conducted poll

Shafiq leads presidential race for second week in cabinet-conducted poll

A presidetial election poll conducted by the cabinet-affiliated Center for Information and Decision Support showed Ahmed Shafiq in the lead for the second week in a row with 12 percent, followed by Amr Moussa with Full Story

Sinai tribe chief killed in Arish

Sinai tribe chief killed in Arish

Nayef Abu Qebal, the government-appointed chief of the Swarka Tribe in Arish, Sinai, died Saturday after anonymous gunmen attacked him when he was in a salon for hair cut. The Full Story

Abouel Fotouh wins presidential race in Qatar

Abouel Fotouh wins presidential race in Qatar

The results of the presidential elections for Egyptian expatriates in Qatar, announced Saturday evening, showed Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh as the winner. A diplomatic source from the Egyptian Embassy in Doha said the turnout Full Story

ElBaradei: Complementary constitutional declaration attempts to reproduce Mubarak regime

ElBaradei: Complementary constitutional declaration attempts to reproduce Mubarak regime

Mohamed ElBaradei criticized reports that the military council is planning to issue a supplementary constitutional declaration before the presidential election to stipulate the powers of the president without putting it to referendum or referring it Full Story

Court adjourns Battle of the Camel trial to 9 June

Court adjourns Battle of the Camel trial to 9 June

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the so-called Battle of the Camel case on Thursday until 9 June to give the prosecution time to present its argument. The trial involves 24 former National Democratic Party Full Story

Authorities seize heavy weapons smuggled via Salloum crossing

Authorities seize heavy weapons smuggled via Salloum crossing

Security forces have thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large number of weapons into the Mediterranean resort of Marsa Matrouh. The harbors department arrested a Libyan national who allegedly tried to smuggle two submachine Full Story

Second death from fight over sexual harassment

Second death from fight over sexual harassment

A young man in the Cairo district of Gammaliya on Tuesday died on Wednesday after being injured in a fight that broke out between families after a man from one family sexually harassed the fiancée Full Story

Syndicate fights for release of engineers jailed during protest

Syndicate fights for release of engineers jailed during protest

Engineers Syndicate officials are demanding that the ruling military council immediately release members arrested during clashes at an Abbasseya protest and detained pending investigations. The syndicate has formed a delegation Full Story

Imams put holy work on hold over stipends

Imams put holy work on hold over stipends

Imams who preach in mosques in the northwestern governorate of Matrouh protested Wednesday inside a local branch of the Endowments Ministry, demanding their remote relocation allowances which, they say, have been paid to other public Full Story

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