Two Sinai bombers killed by Egypt police PDF Print E-mail
Written by UPI   
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
The Egyptian authorities stepped up the war on terrorism, killing two wanted members of a terror group responsible for bombings that rocked the Sinai Peninsula.
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Hala, a new victim of the Egyptian State Security Services PDF Print E-mail
Written by The Free Copts   
Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Hala Al MasryThe fabrication of charges by the Egyptian State Security prosecution against the human rights activist Hala Al Masry, and her prevention from leaving the country is indubitably a violation against freedom of expression. It is furthermore an act of intimidation aimed at civil rights advocates, and a menace that they will be detained and questioned for attempting to unearth and report infringements on human constitutional rights in Egypt.

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Egyptian MPs back diluted version of judicial reform PDF Print E-mail
Written by Daily Star staff, The Daily Star   
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Egypt's Parliament has approved a controversial law on judicial reform that falls short of opposition demands but temporarily quiets a fierce campaign against the government by the country's judges. "The law has curbed the powers of the Justice Ministry, but as a jurist, I am pleased with that," Justice Minister Mahmoud Abu Leil told Parliament on Monday.
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Journalists' sentencing draws angry reactions PDF Print E-mail
Written by IRIN news   
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
CAIRO, 27 June (IRIN) - Reporters and rights activists reacted angrily after two local journalists were sentenced to one year's imprisonment for disparaging President Hosni Mubarak in a newspaper article published last year.
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Egypt prepares for possible Gaza invasion PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

CAIRO, June 27 (UPI) -- Egypt has reinforced security along its Gaza border following Israeli threats to launch a large-scale military operation in the strip to free a missing soldier.

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