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Egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the death of Khaled Saeed, a young man allegedly killed by police in the coastal city of Alexandria. Activists and family members say the 28-year-old was tortured to death for possessing video material implicating members of the police in a drug deal. The allegations were followed by protests in Alexandria and the Egyptian capital of Cairo where authorities responded with force. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports on how police brutality has once again put the country's emergency law under attack. Related articles by Zemanta Egypt cafe owner describes police beating death (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Family says Egypt police brutally killed their son (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality (ctv.ca)

A new confrontation has emerged between the state and the clergy in Egypt . The country does not recognise a civil marriage , where a person's marital status depends on the laws of their religion. But the high court has ruled that Coptic Christians can re-marry following divorce, something their church forbids. The decision has sparked outrage in the Coptic community, as Al Jazeera 's Rawya Rageh reports

Worldfocus takes a look at the world of journalism. Freedom to express our views and even report the news is far different from what Egyptian writers, bloggers, and reporters find when they try to tell their stories.

Egypt Today The ‘sick’ man on the cigarette pack is perfectly healthy, however. Hamdy Balala, the man in the picture, works as a driver for a major advertising company and agreed to pose for the photo to make a bit of extra money. Balala says he never imagined that his picture would lead to media attention and constant teasing in the street. Above all, he never thought that his picture would result in a lawyer suing Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabali, demanding his resignation for allegedly deceiving the public with a misleading picture.

www.dailystaregypt.com CAIRO: Miriam Atef Khella, whose husband was killed by her brother due to her conversion to Islam, will survive along with her nine-month-old daughter, Sami Saleh, the deceased's uncle told Daily News Egypt. Khella, 25, was shot by her brother Rami along with her husband Ahmed Saleh and nine-month-old daughter Nora. Saleh died as a result of the shooting.

CAIRO ( AFP  ) — A group of European tourists and their guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 10 days ago were freed unharmed in a pre-dawn raid by Egyptian special forces, officials in Egypt said. The group of 19 hostages -- five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian drivers and tour guides -- were flown Monday into Cairo aboard an Egyptian military plane and taken for medical checks, state television said.

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CAIRO: The 19 Egyptians and tourists who have been kidnapped near the Sudanese border are safe and in good health, according to a source at the tour operator of the trip, but a release date is unknown. Fatma Hussain from Aegyptus Intertravel told Daily News Egypt Thursday that the hostages were “fine.” Aegyptus Intertravel is the tour operator responsible for the safari during which the kidnapping occurred and whose owner, Ibrahim Abdel Rahim, was also abducted,