CAIRO: The Head of the Maspiro Youth Foundation for Development and Human Rights Ramy Kamel called for positive discrimination for Copts, women and youth in the new constitution, in a Sunday conference.

Cairo Appeals Court have set 9 December as the date to try Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie and Essam al-Erian on charges of inciting violence in Giza this summer.

"Students against the Coup," a pro-Morsi group, will on Sunday stage protests against police deployments near university campuses and "attacks on freedom of expression."

Students in the universities of Port Said and Tanta protested on Sunday against the return of security forces to university campuses.

Bishop Paul, representative of the Orthodox Church in the 50-member Constituent Assembly, has rejected articles dealing with Egypt's national identity - as mentioned in the first section of the constitution.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: The Borg al-Arab prison administration is preparing a visit permit for several of ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s lawyers on Thursday. This would be their first visit to finish procedures of becoming Morsi’s attorneys.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has said its Islamic principles will ensure it survives despite a "politicised" decision to ban the decades-old group.

CAIRO: Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Mohamed Abu Shady said there was a shortage in the supply of gas cylinders last Friday.

CAIRO: Statements made by Vice President of the Salafi Da’wah Yasser Borhami regarding non-stop efforts by Salafis to fight the spread of the Shia ideology in Egypt caused a war of words between him and Shia leader Ahmed Rassem al-Nafis, who in turn said that terrorism based on the Wahabi ideology, which is what Salafism is based on, represents a threat to society.

Cairo prosecution has slammed Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam El-Erian with 15 more days in prison as investigations continue on charges of incitement and attempted murder, holding citizens against their will and torturing them during the six-week long pro-Morsi sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo's Nasr City district.

CAIRO: Students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) organized protests at Cairo, Al-Azhar and Ain Shams universities Wednesday, chanting against the police, the army and university officials.

On Monday, leading Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) figure Amr Darrag was stopped in Cairo International Airport about to travel to Doha when he was informed that his name was on the list of those banned from travel.

Shia movements and coalitions in Egypt have announced plans to rally inside al-Hussein mosque in Cairo on Thursday to receive condolences over death of al-Hussein bin Ali, a Shia tradition known as Ashoura mourning.

The Cairo Emergency Court of Appeals refused on Wednesday the objection plea made by lawyers over the injunction to ban the Muslim Brotherhood Organisation.

The same day of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy's chaotic trial in Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) former planning minister and foreign relations chief, Amr Derrag, was banned from leaving the country for Qatar.

A State Security prosecutor ordered on Tuesday that 17 extremists be detained for 15 days pending investigations into allegations that they participated in terrorist activities or had plans to, a local newspaper reported.

The Ministry of Interior released a statement on their official Facebook page Monday evening summarising their efforts in securing the first hearing of Morsi’s trial on Monday and in clearing nationwide clashes.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations on Tuesday to praise the persistence of the deposed president.

Thirty Emiratis and Egyptians went on trial on Tuesday accused of setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates.

CAIRO: Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are considering whether to hold a sit-in Monday in protest of the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi, according to sources from a coalition supporting the Brotherhood.

Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy struck a defiant tone on the first day of his trial on Monday, chanting "Down with military rule," and calling himself the country's only "legitimate" president.