CBS News | Egypt faces police strikes amid daily protests CBS News CAIRO Egypt's interior minister on Sunday declared he would not allow vigilantes or militias to take over police duties, while admitting his police force has been strained by daily protests, clashes, criticism, and groups of officers going on strike ... Egypt's interior minister summoned by judge over Port Said violence 'Egypt police haven't fired one bullet since revolution anniversary': Interior ... Egypt plunges into turmoil as minister denies police abuse |
Gulf Times | Egypt rejects any suggestion of stop-gap IMF funding Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Sunday rejected any suggestion of stop-gap IMF funding to help it through a political and economic crisis, saying only broad structural measures as part of a package agreed with the Fund can tackle the country's soaring ... Egypt Needs Structural Help From IMF, Not Loans, Minister Says Egypt hits problems over IMF loan Egypt Not in Talks With IMF for Emergency Loan, Minister Says |
Aljazeera.com | Egyptian minister warns of police strain Aljazeera.com Lawmakers have raised the possibility of legalising private security companies granting them right of arrest [Reuters]. The Egyptian interior minister has said daily protests, clashes and harsh media criticism have strained the nation's police forces ... |
New York Times | As Crisis Deepens in Egypt After Ruling on Riot, Calls for a Military Coup New York Times PORT SAID, Egypt — Just months ago, demonstrators here and around Egypt were chanting for the end of military rule. But on Saturday, as a court ruling about a soccer riot set off angry mobs, many in the crowd here declared they now believed that a ... Riots as Egyptian judge upholds 21 death sentences over football disaster Rioting ultras, striking police officers may ease Egypt reform Deadly Egypt riots follow football verdicts |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt raises alert level in Sinai Aljazeera.com Egypt's interior ministry told police in the Sinai Peninsula to raise a state of emergency after obtaining intelligence that "jihadists" might attack their forces there, state media reported. Officials have expressed growing worries about security in ... Militants launch missile in Egypt's Sinai Terrorists fire long-range missile in Egypt's Sinai: officials Egypt declares state of emergency in Sinai over possible jihadist attack |
Arutz Sheva | Egypt arrests Israeli for illegally crossing border Jerusalem Post Egyptian security forces arrested an Israeli citizen in Taba after he illegally crossed the border without a passport. The man told Egyptian interrogators that he crossed over from Eilat and was looking for the tomb of a rabbi in the town of Damanhour ... Report: Egypt Arrests Israeli Man Trying to Visit Holy Site |
BBC News | Unrest in Egypt over Port Said football riot sentences BBC News Rival football fans in Egypt have protested over sentences handed down over riots at a match in Port Said in February last year. The court upheld 21 death sentences and handed down prison terms to other defendants over the violence, which claimed 74 ... |
Egypt Independent | Hamas: Egypt promised to pressure Israel over cargo trucks to Gaza Egypt Independent Egypt promised to pressure Israel to increase the number of cargo trucks allowed to the Gaza Strip through the Karam Abu Salem crossing, in accordance with the truce signed by the resistance factions and Israel after the last war, Hamas Foreign ... |
UPDATE 2-Egypt inflation jumps as currency slides, hurting poor Reuters Illustrating the squeeze on living standards since Egypt's 2011 revolution, data on Sunday showed prices in towns and cities rose 8.2 percent in the year to February, sharply higher than the 6.3 percent the previous month. Economists blamed turmoil on ... |
Aljazeera.com (blog) | Islamists in Egypt unite to stave off opposition Jerusalem Post Meanwhile, an important Salafi leader of the Raya party, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, tried to tie the opposition protests to foreign powers, warning about a “scheme of global powers to sabotage the country,” according to the Egypt Independent website. As Egypt's crisis deepens, one man stands out Egypt police strike leaves ministry on shaky ground Egypt's police strike spreads nationwide; Morsi deploys Army |