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Presidency vows to respect Administrative Court ruling suspending upcoming parliamentary polls; Opposition NSF sees decision as vindication of its calls to boycott electoral contest.

Early indicators from nationwide student union elections show the Muslim Brotherhood failing to mobilise students while Salafists have fared even worse, says monitoring NGO.

Egyptian president hosts first 'national dialogue' session to discuss guarantees for free parliamentary polls; Handful of opposition parties, figures decline invitation to attend.

Despite president's decision to bring date for legislative polls forward so as not to conflict with Easter holiday, Egypt's Coptic Christians still appear to harbour resentment.

Salafist Al-Asala Party leader files legal complaint against Mohamed ElBaradei for his comment on Twitter that violence will continue if President Morsi rejects demands of opposition.

Handful of 'revolutionary' figures blast new Al-Azhar initiative to end political crisis saying it legitimises security crackdowns on demonstrators.

Salafist Nour Party and National Salvation Front (NSF) announce 8-point plan to end Egypt's political crisis.

With parliamentary polls around corner, Egypt's National Salvation Front (NSF) can't shake claims that its membership includes figures that were once affiliated with ousted Mubarak regime.

An Egyptian court has accepted an appeal by ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib el-Adly, allowing them to be retried over the killings of protesters in the 2011 uprising.

Judge Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman told the court on Sunday he had accepted the appeals by Mubarak, el-Adly and the prosecution. The decision cancelled all previous rulings by the Cairo criminal court.

No date has been set for the start of their retrial. The defendants will remain in jail because they still must face separate trials.