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Anti-govt demonstrators clash with Egyptian forces in rare anti-Sisi protests; heavy security deployed at Cairo's Tahrir square
• 6 years agoEgyptian security forces clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters in the port city of Suez on Saturday.
Imran Khan protests against Pak PM Nawaz Sharif: All you need to know
Fp Staff • 11 years agoKhan wants fresh elections, Qadri wants a technocracy installed. But their supporters merged as protestors marched to the Pakistan Parliament on Wednesday.
Cairo court gives death sentence to two for sexually assaulting women in Tahrir square
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe Cairo Criminal Court Thursday handed down life sentences to two of the three defendants charged with sexually assaulting a group of women at Tahrir Square during the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, state-run MENA news agency said.
Egypt asks YouTube to remove video of sexual assault victim
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAbdel-Fattah el-Sissi sworn in as Egypt's president
Fp Archives • 11 years agoEgypt's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, winner by a landslide in last month's presidential election, was sworn into office on Sunday nearly a year after he ousted the nation's first freely elected leader.
Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square
Fp Archives • 11 years agoEgypt's revolutionary activists, overshadowed since leading the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, showed a new vigor Tuesday, scuffling with supporters of the military-backed government in Cairo's Tahrir Square and wrecking a state memorial dedicated to slain protesters only hours after it was inaugurated.
Protesters rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square against security forces
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAbout 1,000 people marched in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday night to condemn the actions of Egyptian security forces and some voiced rare criticism of the army chief, raising tension on the eve of planned mass protests.
Egyptian riot police lock down Tahrir Square after clashes break out
Fp Archives • 12 years agoEgyptian riot police have fired tear gas and locked down Cairo's Tahrir Square and several other main streets as clashes broke out during a march by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi
Egypt's Tahrir square gears up for military, pro-Morsi rallies
Fp Archives • 12 years agoAs both the military and its supporters and Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group prepared their rival rallies, there was little sign of reconciliation.
17 killed in fresh clashes between security and pro-Morsi supporters in Egypt
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSeventeen people were killed in Egypt today in fresh clashes between security forces and ousted President Mohamed Morsi's supporters