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Cairo rescue: Indian passengers complain of exorbitant AI fares

Mumbai: Several Indian passengers who were flown home from strife-hit Cairo on two Air India flights have complained that the airline charged fares as high as Rs 43,000 for a single ticket to Mumbai.

Egyptians place their demands as biggest Cairo protests take off

Cairo: "I will stay here till I die," screams Osama Allam as the grey Cairo dawn lifts on the biggest day of anger yet against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, whose effigy hangs from nearby tra

Egypt's Mubarak hangs on as army steps back

London: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told anti-regime protesters in Egypt on Tuesday that 'we're all with you', as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo.

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Tidal wave of protesters in Cairo demand 'end of Mubarak' era

Cairo: More than 200,000 people flooded into the heart of Cairo on Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unc

Torture fed anti-regime wrath in Egypt: HRW

Cairo: Anger against routine police abuse and torture has been a driving force behind the massive popular protests sweeping across Egypt, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.

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Cairo storm: Hosni clutches at straws

Jan 31: As the unprecedented unrest in the Arab world’s most populous nation entered the seventh day, thousands of protesters poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square chanting “Get out ... We want you out”,

Egypt army refuses to open fire, Mubarak goes runnning to oppn

Rania, Cairo: Embattled President Hosni Mubarak today offered to open 'immediate talks' with opposition groups as pressure on him mounted from the powerful military which termed peoples' demands as

Al-Jazeera banned for exposé

Jan. 30: The Egyptian authorities have imposed a ban on the work of the Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera in Egypt amid escalating anti-government protests in the north African country, Egypt’s state telev

Egypt: 'Coward' faces 'million-man march', indefinite strikes

Cairo: Egyptian protesters on Monday called for an indefinite strike in Egypt and a 'million man march' on Tuesday in Cairo, upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's regime.

Flight from Egypt to reach Mumbai soon

Mumbai: A special flight bringing back nearly 300 Indians from Egypt, which is in the midst of a political upheaval, is expected to reach here by Monday afternoon, an Air India official said.

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