Egypt's political crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new constitution

Prior to the constitutional referendum slated for 15 December, thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday to express their unhappiness with Egypt's draft constitution

Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building

On Sunday, Egypt’s highest court suspended its work in protest over perceived pressure after Islamist demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse

Egypt expects economic growth to average 7 percent a year in the coming decade

Chokolani Street is a hazy, noisy lower middle class district in Shubra, packed with pious Muslims and secularists

If it is not wise to take coal to Newcastle because there is so much of it there, the same is not true for natural gas as major producers import additional quantities

Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University Ahmed El-Tayeb and a number of notable political figures have agreed to launch an initiative to handle the current crisis

Several Egyptian political parties and groups have issued a joint statement announcing their intention to peacefully march to the presidential palace in Cairo at 5pm on Tuesday to voice opposition to President Mohamed Morsi's recent decisions and the date that has been set for a nationwide popular referendum on Egypt's draft constitution.

The national Public Prosecution decided Sunday to poll heads, deputies and assistants of prosecution offices around the country to determine their willingness to supervise the public referendum vote on the recently drafted constitution, which will be held on 15 December.

Another protester was announced dead at the Helal Hospital in Cairo after being injured during clashes between protesters and security forces on Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Interior Ministry last week.

The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has expressed deep concern after hundreds of supporters of President Morsi forced the High Constitutional Court to halt its work on Sunday.

The High Constitutional Court (HCC) declared on Sunday it will freeze all its sessions indefinitely in protest of pressure exerted upon it by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi who gathered outside the court building earlier the same day.

Egypt's stocks ended the year 2012 on a positive note, bolstering its impressive 2012 rally and putting it in third place globally in terms of per cent earnings.

Ashraf El-Arabi, Egypt's minister of planning and international cooperation, warned that the budget deficit might reach almost LE200 billion by the end of the 2012/2013 fiscal year if the government does not implement long-awaited financial and fiscal reforms, state news agency MENA reported.

A number of professional syndicates are calling on Egyptian authorities to investigate why syndicate members--including doctors, engineeers, and journalists--have been detained in the United Arab Emirates.

An April 6 Youth Movement activist sustained a head injury after a drive-by shooting in Tahrir Square on Monday morning and has been hospitalized in critical condition.

Ahmed al-Zend, head of Judges Club, said he will meet with the Supreme Judicial Council on Monday. Several members of the club board as well as a delegation from the club branches in the governorate will attend to discuss the situation of Prosecutor General Talaat Abdullah and the council's statement, which called on him to resign and return to working as a judge.

The Constituent Assembly began voting on the draft constitution on Thursday afternoon, with 85 members present.

Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said there have been attempts to communicate with political forces calling for mass demonstrations on Friday and Saturday, in an effort to prevent more violence after a week of protests.

The poverty rate has considerably increased, as it has reached an average of 25.5 per cent for the year 2010/2011 compared to 21.6 per cent in 2008/2009, the state-run statistics agency CAPMAS reported.