Kiwi detained during Cairo clashes
A New Zealand freelance journalist has been released after being detained in Egypt amid clashes between rival groups.
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US plotted to oust me, says Mubarak
Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak claimed the United States was plotting to overthrow him as far back as 2005.
Egyptian tanks, helicopters push through Sinai
Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Correction: Egypt story
Egypt's interior minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a suspected car bomb tore through his convoy, wounding 22 people and leaving a major Cairo boulevard strewn with debris.
Egypt judges recommend dissolving the Brotherhood
A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, adding momentum to a push by authorities to ban the ousted president's main backer and a pillar of political Islam in the region.
Egypt's Morsi to be tried for inciting violence
Egypt's top prosecutor has referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office, the state news agency said.
Cold beer reward for Kiwi journo
Kiwi journalist Wayne Hay has been celebrating his release from detention in Egypt with a cold beer.
Kiwis protest Egypt violence
About 250 people gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today to protest against the Egyptian security forces' crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Violent outbreak in Egypt
Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 192 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites.
Ousted Egyptian leader's family denounces military
The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi has furiously denounced the military, accusing it of "kidnapping" him.
Paul Thomas: Democracy it's a problem everywhere
The nation is divided against itself. On one side are the liberals who want to live in a tolerant, secular society.
Arrest orders for Brotherhood leadership dim prospects of political reconciliation
Egypt's military authorities ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader yesterday for inciting an outbreak of violence that left at least 51 of the movement's supporters dead.
Photographer films own death
The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building.
Anne Penketh: Same bad old movie with stability so far away
"Morsi had no experience of government before becoming President. But who does in Egypt?" asks Anne Penketh.
Crackdown on Brotherhood
Fresh from toppling the country's first democratically elected leader, Egypt's military risked further outrage from the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the group's Supreme Guide as he was staying in a resort by the Mediterranean coast.
Morsi digs in as rivals scent victory
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's embattled President, stared down his last stand as the country faced a second revolution.
Mass protests become the 'new social network'
The demonstrations in Brazil began after a small rise in bus fares triggered mass protests.
Pyramids under threat from recent burials
In Manshiet Dahshur, 35km south of Cairo, the villagers recently extended the boundaries of the cemetery. For Ahmed Rageb, a carpenter who buried his cousin in the annexe, it was a logical decision.
Gunbattles erupt in Port Said
The streets of Port Said were convulsed by gun battles as groups of civilians, some using Kalashnikov machineguns, launched attacks on police stations and an army club.