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Egypt protests draw biggest crowd yet

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo`s iconic Tahrir Square and towns across Egypt on Tuesday, in the ...

Egypt releases Google executive

The Egyptian authorities on Monday released an executive from Internet search giant Google who was arrested last week ...

UN rights chief urges Egypt to end violence, free those detained

The United Nations human rights chief called for an end to the "shocking" violence in Egypt and the immediate release ...

Cairo begins to stabilize after riots, pyramids remain deserted

Egypt continues to suffer revenue losses from the lack of tourists as the country tries to return to a normal daily ...

Egyptian youth to found new opposition political party

The Egyptian youth movement plans to found its own opposition party to "preserve the achievements" of nearly two weeks ...

Normal life begins to return in Cairo

The Egyptian military on Sunday reinforced its presence around Cairo`s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of anti-regime ...

Two dead in fresh Tunisia unrest

Four people died in clashes between protesters and police in the northwestern Tunisian town of Kef on Saturday, union ...

Opposition divided over Egypt`s power shift plan

Opposition groups demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak failed to agree a common position before ...

Hamas commander back in Gaza after Egypt jailbreak

A senior Hamas commander returned to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after breaking out of a Cairo jail during the ...

Egypt frees Al-Jazeera bureau chief, journalist

The Al-Jazeera bureau chief in Cairo and one of its journalists were freed on Saturday several hours after being ...

Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party

The leadership of Egypt`s ruling National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday, including Gamal Mubarak, the son of ...

Russia calls on Egyptian opposition leader to seek ways to overcome crisis

Russia has called on one of Egypt`s leading opposition figures, ex-head of the IAEA Mohamed El Baradei, to seek ways ...

Saudi top cleric blasts Arab, Egypt protests-paper

Saudi Arabia`s top Islamic scholar condemned anti-government protests in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere as a plot by ...

Defiant Mubarak stays put amid mounting calls to quit

Egypt`s defiant strongman Hosni Mubarak showed no sign of quitting Saturday, the 12th straight day of Cairo protests ...

Saboteurs attack Egypt gas pipeline to Israel

Unknown saboteurs attacked an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Israel near the Gaza Strip on Saturday, an official ...