Sources: BBC
Egyptian security forces clear a Cairo mosque after a long stand-off with the Muslim Brotherhood. 2013-08-17
Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. 2013-07-27
Protesters angered by an anti-Islamic film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad attack the German and British embassies in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. In Khartoum, Tunis and Cairo, at least seven people die. An Egyptian fruit seller dies by rubber bullets. 2012-09-14
Clashes continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a third day between the Egyptian Army and protesters. 2011-12-18
At least five people are killed and 54 injured in sectarian clashes in the Imbaba area of Cairo. 2011-05-7
The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced. 2011-02-12
Images emerge on YouTube of a man being shot at close range, possibly by police, in Cairo - Alexandria; his condition is unknown. 2011-02-6
The protests continue as Egyptian Army tanks surround Cairo's Tahrir Square. 2011-01-29
A Vincent van Gogh painting - known as both "Poppy Flowers" and "Vase with Flowers" - is stolen from the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil art museum in Cairo, but is later said to have been recovered at Cairo Airport. 2010-08-21
A Cairo court orders the retrial of Hisham Talaat Moustafa and Muhsin Sukkari who were sentenced to death for killing Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008. 2010-03-4