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Egypt used excessive force to quell protests-report

A state-appointed committee concluded on Tuesday that Egyptian police used excessive force against pro-democracy protesters in a damning report on their conduct during the unrest that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The report was the first official account of the mass … read more

Tourists stay away, Egyptians lament

Saad Ahmed has a lot of time on his hands these days. Usually at this time of year, hordes of tourists swarm the Egyptian merchant’s souvenir shop and many others like it at the foot of Egypt’s mightiest pyramid, snapping … read more

Will Mubarak ever face trial?

An authoritarian leader is forced to resign after protests against his corruption-tainted rule. He is charged with graft and murder, but ill health stalls his interrogation. He dies before he is put on trial. The fate of Indonesia’s President Suharto, … read more

A fortune fit for a pharaoh

Egypt’s financial oversight body says the former president of Egypt and his family have amassed wealth beyond their means in the form of properties and bank accounts. The state news agency said Monday the agency found that the 82-year old … read more

Hunting Mubarak’s Millions

Forget the allegations that former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family stashed billions of dollars abroad, much of it in Swiss bank accounts and real estate in London and Manhattan. The ailing Mubarak, reported to be suffering from heart … read more

Mubarak’s sons grilled on foreign finances

Ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s sons on Sunday were questioned on their financial activities in Cyprus and the British Isles, the public prosecutor’s office said. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak faced investigators at the Cairo prison where they are being held after … read more

3 former officials charged in Egypt

Egypt’s attorney general for public funds charged former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former finance minister Yousef Boutros Ghali, and former interior minister Habib el-Adly with wasting more than $15 million in public money and with profiteering, the official news agency … read more

Former Ruling Party Dissolved—But Not Defunct

A high-level Egyptian court has ordered the dissolution of Egypt’s former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), fulfilling a central demand of the protest movement that ousted the country’s former president in February. But reports of the NDP’s death may be … read more