Al-Ahram Weekly Online   13 - 19 October 2011
Issue No. 1068
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

'We did not kill protesters'
The military council warns it will not tolerate "evil plans" being drawn up to split the country and sabotage its domestic front, Amirah Ibrahim reports
'Too little, too late'
The government's handling of Sunday's violent clashes between the military and protesters has left many commentators bewildered, reports Reem Leila
In the face of carnage
Nader Habib watches as Copts mourn their dead and express their anger
Fury prevails
Anger at the SCAF was palpable during Monday's funeral procession of 17 victims killed in clashes between Coptic protesters and the army on Sunday, writes Khaled Dawoud
Battling on
Onetime members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's defunct ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) are among the first to register as candidates in the upcoming elections of the People's Assembly, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Renewed unrest
There is no end in sight to the current spate of industrial unrest, reports Reem Leila
Airport slowdown
Air controllers clouded Egyptian airspace with a strike, reports Amirah Ibrahim
Political row over religious slogans
Ahead of the first parliamentary elections following the 25 January Revolution, the ruling military council decided to amend some controversial articles regulating the exercise of political rights. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Sitting members
The withdrawal of the Wafd Party has left the Democratic Coalition for Egypt juggling seats, reports Amani Maged
A final separation
The controversial honeymoon between the Wafd Party and the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party is over, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Out of campus
Following nationwide protests by thousands of professors, the heads of the country's universities resigned, Reem Leila reports

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