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Parts of 20 residential neighbourhoods set to be affected 

Infringements include poor cleanliness of work sites, failure to set up warning signals

Plan to set up more cinemas in Eastern Province

The EgyptAir plane hijacker apparently suffered for estrangement from his ex-wife and children; though his former spouse says he was abusive

A series of explosions in the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al Shaikh, which left hundreds of people dead or injured, were "in response to Egyptian positions vis-a-vis regional issues", said Egyptian experts.

The recent release of over 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's outlawed but biggest opposition force, was due to domestic pressure, the group's Supreme Guide Mohammad Mahdi Akef said yesterday.

Egyptian police detained a group recruiting locals in the coastal city of Suez, some 100km north of Cairo, to fight in Iraq, according to security sources.

A former Egyptian prime minister last week launched a group against what he called alliance of corruption and despotism as more pro-reform movements were declared months ahead of Egypt's first contested presidential ballot.

Under domestic and foreign pressure, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February ordered a constitutional amendment to allow Egyptians to elect their president from among more than one contender.

Egyptian interior ministry yesterday announced that 82.9 per cent of voters had approved a constitutional change introducing direct and multi-candidate presidential election, but opposition dismissed the results as fake.

Egyptians yesterday voted on a constitutional change to institute a direct and multi-candidate presidential ballot, as the opposition reported several arrests.

Over the past few days, President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) has been intensifying a campaign to encourage voters to take part in today's referendum on controversial new rules to contest the presidency.