The EGPC's Hadara, for his part, says that while he is responsible for the initiative's technical aspects, the issue of ending diesel subsidies was a "political question" that fell on the petroleum ministry.

Demonstrations took place outside Egyptian embassies and consulates in several countries on Tuesday to denounce the occurrence of violence against women and particularly against female protesters in Egypt.

Dostour Chief Mohamed ElBaradei admitted that Egypt's political gridlock has made it nearly impossible for anyone, regardless of their political affiliation, to lead Egypt into recovery.

An Egyptian court sentenced an Israeli man to two years in prison for crossing illegally into the Sinai Peninsula, court sources told Reuters Tuesday.

The Popular Current Party joined other activists Tuesday to call for a protest outside the Bulaq Abul Ela Public Prosecution office next Sunday. The demonstration is a show of support for eight members of the media who have been summoned for questioning over their involvement in a Maspero protest for better wages last year.

Hundreds of low-ranking police personnel have staged protests at security departments in ten governorates across Egypt. The General Coalition of Police Personnel and Conscripts said the protests on Tuesday were designed to achieve a number of demands, including reforms at the interior ministry, wage increases, a 'danger pay' allowance, the arming of low-ranking personnel, and a law to develop the police apparatus.

The Cairo-based Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for an immediate investigation into the death of Mohamed El-Gendy, allegedly tortured to death by police following a protest in January. El-Gendy, 28, disappeared late last month, only to reappear in hospital over a week later having sustained injuries to which he eventually succumbed.

Egypt's bourse was back in the green on Tuesday, as main index EGX30 rose by 1.1 per cent, closing at 5,756 points. The broader-based EGX70 registered a higher increase of 1.9 per cent. The total turnover for securities was around LE 510 million, the highest this week, as "street protests had paralysed investors over the past couple of days" said Issa Fathi, vice president of the securities division of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce.

Ain Sokhna port remains shut on Tuesday, with all operations suspended, as port workers continued their sit-in for a thirteenth day, following failed negotiations with army leaders. Around 1,200 workers at Platinum Maritime Services – a subcontractor at the seaport – launched a sit-in two weeks ago, demanding permanent contracts with the private Dubai-based company that manages the port, DP World.

Anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters continue to block the entrances to the Mogamma administrative building in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a third day on Tuesday. Protesters gathered at building on Sunday and blocked the entrances with barriers and barbed wire to condemn Egypt's Islamist-led government and "push forward with the goals of the revolution."

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.