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Egypt heads to polls to choose between Sisi and 'rival'
AFP, Published on 26/03/2018
» CAIRO: Egyptians headed to the polls Monday in a presidential election to choose between incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a little-known politician who has struggled to make the case he is a serious contender.
Egyptians to vote Monday, Sisi re-election guaranteed
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» CAIRO - Egyptians will choose their next president in elections starting Monday, with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to easily secure a second four-year term.
Berlusconi: Italy's comeback king on the ropes
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who has dominated Italian politics for more than two decades, suffered a humiliating setback in Sunday's election by coming second to the far-right League party in an alliance he expected to dominate.
Silvio Berlusconi: Italy's eternal comeback king
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» ROME - Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who has dominated Italian politics for more than two decades, has stepped back into the ring at the age of 81, defying those who dared to believe he had thrown in the towel.
Silvio Berlusconi: Italy's eternal comeback king
AFP, Published on 25/02/2018
» ROME - Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who dominated Italian politics for nearly two decades, has stepped back into the ring at the age of 81, defying those who dared to believe he had thrown in the towel.
Egyptian forces go after mosque attackers
Published on 25/11/2017
» CAIRO: Egypt's military said on Saturday that it had carried out air strikes and raids overnight against the militants it held responsible for killing more than 300 worshippers at a mosque in North Sinai.
Egypt cabinet approves state of emergency
Reuters, Published on 10/04/2017
» CAIRO - Egypt's cabinet said a three-month state of emergency would go into force from 1pm (1100 GMT) on Monday, a day after two church bombings killed at least 44 people.
Egypt's Mubarak free, acquitted after years-long detention
Associated Press, Published on 25/03/2017
» CAIRO - Far from the cameras that followed him closely over six years of legal wrangling, Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak quietly returned home to his family on Friday after winning acquittals and release from a Cairo hospital where he has been detained for years.
Recently unearthed Egyptian statue not Ramses II
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2017
» CAIRO -- A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may instead be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said on Thursday.
Humour best weapon against strongmen
News, Published on 13/02/2017
» When Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to protest against the regime of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, they brought with them a sense of humour -- a weapon of fun against the guns and tear gas of the military. They carried cartoons, sang parodies and renamed the central garbage heap after one of the president's agencies.