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Egyptian Activist Stands Trial Today For Insulting President
The first hearing in the trial of prominent activist Ahmed Douma, who has been accused of insulting the president…
Egypt’s Christians Mark Coptic Easter Weeks After Spiritual Leader Criticizes…
Thousands of Egyptian Christians are marking Coptic Easter at the same church that was the site of sectarian…
Close But Not Together: Egypt And Iran Seek Syria Political Exit
Regional and Western diplomats in Cairo have told Ahram Online that Cairo and Tehran are both working on a…
Egypt Eyes 5.5% Budget Deficit In 2016-17 – Fin Min
Egypt hopes to lower its budget deficit to 5.5 percent in the 2016-1017 fiscal year from 10.7 percent in 2012/13,…
Sawiris Family Finally Back Home As Tax Disputes Settled
Members of Sawiris family have arrived at Cairo International Airport on Friday coming from France, after a travel…
China Jails Former Senior Official For Life For Corruption
China has sentenced a former provincial deputy governor to life in prison for accepting almost $2 million in…
Wildfire On Southern California Coast Threatens 4,000 Homes
A fierce, wind-driven wildfire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening…
Clashes Kill Nine Police In North Iraq: Officials
Clashes in northern Iraq killed nine police on Friday, while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a Sunni mosque…
Israel’s Netanyahu Says Would Put Peace Deal To Referendum
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would put any peace deal with the Palestinians to a…
Hamas Rebuffs Arabs For Softening Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
In meetings this week in Washington, Arab states appeared to soften their 2002 peace plan, acknowledging that…
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