The office of the president released a statement to the media Sunday assuring that the constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsi last week is only a temporary measure, necessary to follow up on corruption crimes and protect elected bodies.

As Egypt's ongoing political battle heats up, Egypt bid farewell on Monday to two new 'martyrs,' aged 15 and 16, in two emotional and painful funerals – one on Mohamed Mahmoud Street near Cairo's Tahrir Square and the other in the Nile Delta city of Damanhour.

The State Council's Administrative Court declared Monday it would begin considering the legal challenges against President Mohamed Morsy's constitutional declaration on 4 December.

Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki held a meeting on Sunday with members of Egypt's Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) in an attempt to mediate between the presidency and judiciary in the ongoing political crisis triggered by Thursday's constitutional declaration, Egyptian state television has reported.

Two members of the President Mohamed Morsy’s appointed government on Sunday disagreed over the constitutional declaration he issued at the end of last week, symbolizing the split among prominent political forces over the president’s attempt to grant himself extensive authority.

The Journalists Syndicate General Assembly denounced President Mohamed Morsy’s constitutional declaration on Sunday, a statement released on its website said.

Scuffles broke out between lawyers at the Alexandria court complex on Sunday as the fallout from President Morsi's Constitutional Declaration continues to reverberate across Egypt.

Egypt’s stocks have plunged on the first trading day of the week following President Morsi's controversial Constitutional Declaration on Thursday.

Fighting between police and protesters continues on Mohamed Mahmoud Street for the fourth day since demonstrations Monday marking the anniversary of clashes on the same street last year.

Egypt’s prisons authority has received a written request from Alaa Mubarak, the elder son of the country’s former president Hosni Mubarak, asking to be allowed to donate money to the families of the victims of the recent train accident in Assiut.

Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Thursday police officers Ahmed Mostafa al-Shazly and Khaled Abu Raid of killing five protesters and injuring seven others last year.

Both of Dream TV’s channels went dark Thursday, save for a message to viewers: “Dream TV announces that it is unable to broadcast its shows due to a decision by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil ... despite the legality of the broadcast.”

Twenty-six political parties, forces, movements, campaigns, and NGOs have released a statement saying that President Mohamed Morsi is "completely responsible for the violence that took place around the anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud Street events."

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Wednesday in Cairo to discuss a possible truce in Gaza, Egypt's official news agency reported.

Egyptian authorities recovered two pharaonic stone palettes from New Zealand, which arrived in Egypt on Wednesday, said Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.

Clashes continued Wednesday for the third day between angry protesters and security forces in Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

Egyptian police and military officers have arrested and detained over 300 children during protests in Cairo over the past year, in some cases beating or torturing them, Human Rights Watch said today. Frequently, these children were illegally jailed with adult prisoners, tried in adult courts, and denied their rights to counsel and notification of their families, Human Rights Watch found.

After three days of clashes on Cairo's Mohamed Mahmoud Street, Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on Wednesday broke his silence on the issue, stating on his official Facebook page: "We respect different opinions and different political efforts."

Egypt has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund's technical team, currently on a visit to Cairo, for a $4.8 billion loan, the fund announced Tuesday.

The Journalists Syndicate decided to withdraw from the Constituent Assembly, following a meeting on Tuesday, to protest a number of draft articles and what it said was negligence of its proposals.


The financial assets of Ahmed Shafiq and his three daughters have been frozen by an order of the justice ministry.