CAIRO: Interim President Adly Mansour is scheduled to start a dialogue with different political parties to discuss the roadmap.

Ten human rights organizations denounced the raid of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights headquarters in the early hours of Thursday, and arresting head of the documentary films’ unit in addition to other employees.

CAIRO: The Egyptian people are unable to reclaim Mubaraks’ “looted” funds due to a recent Swiss government decision to renew the freeze 700 million franks, said constitutional jurist Essam al-Islamboly.

CAIRO: Members of the Reform and Development Party (RDP) criticized the presidency for not inviting them to the social dialogue conference held Thursday, said the Deputy Head of the party in a press release, Thursday.

The State Commissioners Authority on Thursday recommended not to accept the lawsuit depriving members of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) from practicing politics for 10 years.

The deposed leader and thirty five co-defendants – including prominent members of his Muslim Brotherhood and former presidential advisers – will face trial for "collaborating with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, revealing defence secrets to a foreign country, funding terrorists and military training to achieve the purposes of the international organisation of the Brotherhood," a statement by the prosecutor-general's office said.

If Minister of Defence Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi decides not to run for the presidency, “we will make him run,” said former presidential candidate and Constituent Assembly head Amr Moussa.

Security authorities at Cairo International Airport prevented former Justice Minister Ahmed Suleiman from leaving the country on Wednesday. Suleiman had been placed on the watch list by the Prosecutor General.

The Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists have called for a “no” vote on a draft constitution set to be put to a referendum early next year.

Tribesmen should hand over their unlicensed weapons to the authorities, Egyptian army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Tuesday.

Interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi announced on Monday that preparations for the referendum on the draft constitution have started nationwide.

CAIRO: The Egyptian Union for Human Rights (EUHR) will hold a conference on Tuesday to announce its campaign to vote “yes” in the new constitution.

In statements made on Monday, former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa has urged citizens to vote for the constitution, saying that “God will support them.”

CAIRO: Spokesperson of Kammel Gemeelak, or “Fulfill Your Role” Campaign Abdel Nabi Abdel Satar said campaign coordinators in different governorates are collecting signatures to push Minister of Defense Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to run for president.

Education Minister Mahmoud Abul Nasr has said that 2014 will be the year illiteracy would be eradicated, targeting three million illiterates.

A broad coalition of non-Muslim Brotherhood candidates has won 11 of the 12 seats available on the Doctors Syndicate's main board, ending the longstanding dominance of the Islamist group over the body.

Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday retrial of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his top deputies on charges of killing protesters during the 25 January revolution and financial corruption to 11,12, 13 January.

CAIRO: Iran welcomes relations with Egypt and says Egyptians have the right to determine their destiny through revolution, said a member of the popular diplomatic delegation that visited Iran, Gamal Zahran.

CAIRO: Member of Political Bureau of April 6 Movement Mohamed Kamal said they will participation in the commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of the Council of Ministers Incidents on Monday.

Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim on Sunday said that the ministry will receive on Monday five artifacts repatriated from France and handed over to the Foreign Ministry.

CAIRO: Military forces killed Ahmed Serig, also known as Abu Tartar, on Saturday after he threw a hand grenade at them, military spokesperson Ahmed Ali said on his official Facebook page.