Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of autocrat Hosni Mubarak's ouster with angry demonstrations against his elected successor.

The room was little bigger than a king-sized bed, and yet there must have been nearly 30 people sitting inside it. It wasn't a place for a stranger. Not just because it involved clambering over those inside, and treading on their shoes – but because they were dressed in black, it was midnight, and this was a night-long wake for their murdered son, Osama Sherbini.

About 60 per cent of the registered contractors in Egypt's Federation of Construction and Building Contractors (FCBC) have terminated their businesses within the last two years due to the sharp recession in the local market, FCBC head Hassan Abdel-Aziz told Ahram Online.

Egyptian Central Security Forces have begun firing teargas canisters at protesters arrayed outside the Presidential Palace on Merghani Street in Cairo's Heliopolis district, pushing the latter towards the nearby Roxy Square.

Egyptian police have fired water cannon at stone-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace as the opposition held rallies to mark the second anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.

Egyptian consumer prices last month posted the biggest increase in more than two years after the pound weakened to a record and foreign reserves slid

Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered the Egyptian government to block access to the site as punishment for allowing users to see the film clip he described as "offensive to Islam and to the Prophet [Mohammed]".

Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood has nominated one of its senior leaders for the influential position of grand mufti, the nation's top cleric, defying critics who accuse the Islamist group of seeking to dominate all institutions

For three days, between 28 and 30 January, the Main Hall of the Cairo Opera House hosted artists from China. celebrating the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival.

In an archaeological find Egyptian experts are calling very important, an Italian mission -- headed by Angelo Sesana and working in the mortuary temple of Amenhotep II on Luxor's west bank -- recently discovered a necropolis containing tombs dating back to the beginning of the Third Intermediate Period (roughly 1075-664 BCE)

Egypt will ask the World Bank for a series of financial aid packages aimed at improving the national railway system, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil announced on his official Facebook page on Saturday.

Leading political figures affiliated with the Freedom and Justice Party’s newly-formed National Conscience Front have said that the group is aiming to prevent a “reproduction” of former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

The Public Prosecution said on Sunday that there was no evidence implicating President Mohamed Morsy in the killings of protesters in front of Ettehadiya Palace or in any other part of the country.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has this week issued new measures aimed at easing regulations on the transfer of funds into and out of the country, and to facilitate importation of basic goods.

A march for hundreds of women arrived at Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the Egyptian revolution that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, to protest against the increasing incidents of sexual harassment.

Political powerhouse Mohamed ElBaradei denounced a fatwa Wednesday that authorized the murder of National Salvation Front members.

A non-governmental organization with links to the Muslim Brotherhood demanded the National Council for Women be abolished on Wednesday, saying the group sought to destroy Egyptian families and did not conform to Sharia Law.

Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said the government is committed to collaborating with Egypt's fractured political scene at a national dialogue planned for next week.

Egypt's net foreign reserves are currently enough to cover only three months of the country's imports, Ashraf El-Arabi, minister of planning and international cooperation, stated on Tuesday.

An Egyptian activist who died Monday was beaten unconscious during interrogation at a security camp where he was detained for three days, two security sources told Reuters Tuesday.

Head of Journalists Syndicate Mamdouh El-Wali and Chief executive officer of state-run newspaper Al-Ahram announced Tuesday that he will not run in the upcoming round of board elections "to make room for new blood."