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May 19, 2011
Strike's resolution could also strain the government budget and encourage a growing wave of destabilising labour disputes across the country, critics warn. Read Article Doctors' strike in Egypt wins promise to double health spending
May 18, 2011
Former Egyptian president's wife freed by judge after she gave the Illicit Gains Authority power of attorney over a villa in Cairo and two bank accounts, worth up to $4 million. Read Article Suzanne Mubarak freed after she hands over millions in assets to Egypt
May 12, 2011
Egypt is struggling with a growing deficit, high inflation and joblessness. Read Article State struggles with deficit, inflation and joblessness
May 12, 2011
Severe budgetary constraints mean the Egypt cannot afford to bend to popular demands. Read Article Egypt holds to free-market policy despite opposition
May 09, 2011
Clashes between Muslims and Christians leave at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured amid rising concerns that security vacuum in Egypt after the removal of Hosni Mubarak has left Coptic minority vulnerable to assaults from Islamists.
Read Article Egyptian government pledges 'iron hand' after churches firebombed
May 05, 2011
Reconciliation deal signed in Cairo yesterday is aimed at ending the split that has divided Palestinians between rival governments. Read Article Fatah and Hamas end four-year feud and plan election in a year
Apr 28, 2011
Palestinians say they have reached an initial agreement on uniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza. Read Article Hamas, Fatah report unity agreement reached
Apr 28, 2011
For the second time in three months, saboteurs blow up an Egyptian pipeline, demonstrating the continued lack of security around the pipeline after a February 5 attack that disabled it for a month.
Read Article Saboteurs blow up Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan
Apr 26, 2011
Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a prison outside the capital as investigators look to build a case against the ailing former president, Egyptian prosecutors announce.
Read Article Egypt's Mubarak to be moved to prison hospital
Apr 14, 2011
Prosecutors in Egypt order that Hosni Mubarak and his two sons be detained, launching an investigation of the former first family. The sons are taken to a prison outside Cairo and are limited to the amenities of any inmate. Read Article Egypt's Mubarak and his sons are detained for questioning