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Students protest in Cairo and across Egypt
Cairo has had its first snow in 112 years, blanketing the city's suburbs as well as some of its most famous sites such as the Sphinx in Giza south-west of...
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Egypt and Turkey downgrade diplomatic relations
Cairo reacts following repeated criticism by Turkey Egypt expelled Turkey's ambassador from Cairo on 23 November over Turkey's continued “interference” in Egyptian internal affairs, promp...
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Morsi trial adjourned until January
Ousted leader insists he remains president
The trial of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has been adjourned until 8 January, following chaotic scenes at a criminal court hearing on 4 Novem...
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FIFA rules Cairo safe for World Cup qualifier
First international match since overthrow of Mubarak in 2011
FIFA, the international football governing body, has ruled that Cairo is safe to host the World Cup play-off between Egypt and Ghana on...
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Resumption of some Cairo train services
A number of train services began operating out of Cairo's Ramses station again on 22 October, following a 10-week stoppage ordered by the Egyptian interior ministry over security concerns.
About 28...
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Over 50 dead in clashes in Egypt
Rival factions clash during national holiday
At least 50 people were killed in clashes across Egypt as supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi clashed with security forces on 6 Octobe...
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Cairo court bans Muslim Brotherhood
An Egyptian court outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered the confiscation of its assets, following a ruling in Cairo on 23 September.
The order marks a major escalation in the crackdown on the...
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US embassy Cairo changes visa application process
The visa application process at the US embassy in Cairo is set to change from 4 October with a transition period in effect from 15 September.
The new system is part of the Cairo embassy's efforts t...
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Egypt’s constitutional panel convenes
Egypt's 50-member constitutional panel convened in Cairo for the first time on 8 September to study proposed revisions to disputed articles in the nation's Islamist-backed 2012 constitution.
Its fi...
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Cairo film festival called off
The 36th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which was scheduled for November, has been cancelled and rescheduled in September 2014.
The festival's board of directors said the...
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Mubarak to be placed under house arrest in Egypt
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is to be placed under house arrest after being released from Cairo's Tora prison on 22 August.
The order for house arrest has been made by the office of the...
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Morsi accused of Hamas connections
The Egyptian state prosecutor has ordered the detention of ousted former president Mohammed Morsi for 15 days pending an investigation into a variety of accusations against him, according to a report...
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Cairo Opera House cancels Ramadan Evenings
The Cairo Opera House has cancelled this year's Ramadan Evenings over security concerns in the capital. The programme of events, which was reportedly to be smaller than usual, had been scheduled to ta...
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The family of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has claimed he has been abducted by the country's military.
Morsi's family, who has had no contact with him since his removal from office on 3...
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Egypt's acting president and head of its supreme constitutional court, Adly Mansour, issued a decree on 8 July providing an election timetable in a bid to halt the continuing civil unrest between Egyp...
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Egyptian army overthrows president
The Egyptian army removed president Mohammed Morsi from power on Wednesday 3 July, following a military ultimatum which expired earlier that day. In a televised address, army chief General Abdul Fatt...
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Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi refused to step down late on Tuesday 2 July, following a day in which clashes between his supporters and opponents claimed at least 16 lives in the greater Cairo area...
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Protesters demanding the resignation of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi are preparing for a second day of demonstrations on Monday 1 July.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo's...
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The management of Cairo Opera House as well as the cast of current production Aida have gone on strike in protest over the sacking of Cairo Opera director Ines Abdel-Dayem by the newly-appointed cultu...
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Egypt is to introduce a trial "smart card" system for subsidised fuel in July and August, allowing consumers to buy a limited amount of subsidised fuel, beyond which they must pay market prices. The...
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Kuwait funds Egyptian railway project
Kuwait is providing Egypt with a grant of $250 million to invest in the nation's troubled railway system.
The funds will be used to fund an electronic traffic signal project along the railway from...
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Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi reshuffled the nation’s government on 7 May, increasing his Muslim Brotherhood party's share to 10 of the cabinet's 35 members.
Two of the nine new ministers...
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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak faces a retrial on 11 May on charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 demonstrators during the 18-day uprising that ended his three-decade rule in...
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Cairo airport to close at night
Cairo International Airport is to close between 01.30 and 05.30 from 1 June "to save energy", according to civil aviation minister Wael al-Maddawy.
The minister said that Terminal 3 – which s...
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Egypt raises import taxes on luxury goods
The Egyptian government has increased import duties on 100 "unnecessary" goods as part of its ongoing efforts to revive the nation's ailing economy.
The decree sees tariffs raised by 5 to 40...
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Seacom cable restored to full capacity
Pan-African submarine cable company Seacom restored to full capacity its disrupted internet services on 30 March after Egypt and parts of the Mediterranean region had experienced reduced internet serv...
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Violence in Cairo after Port Said stadium ruling
Two people were killed in clashes in Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Port Said on 9 March following an Egyptian court's decision to uphold the death sentences against 21 people found guilty of cau...
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Egypt is using crop-dusting aircraft and is being helped by the military to combat the estimated 30 million locusts that began appearing in the skies over Cairo during the weekend of 2-3 March....
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Major hot air balloon crash in Egypt
19 tourists were killed after the hot air balloon in which they were travelling crashed near the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, some 500km south of Cairo, at dawn on Tuesday 26 February.
The casua...
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Egypt announces parliamentary elections
On 21 February, embattled Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi announced that the nation's parliamentary elections would begin on 27 April, in a four-staged voting process ending in June.
Following th...
