1.   The cleric, Sheik Taha Gad, expects most Egyptians to defy the ministerial decree.

2.   A ministerial decree said a committee of senior police officers would draw up regulations and guidelines for fighting terrorism, Al-Hussein said.

3.   He urged the government to abolish a ministerial decree allowing revocation of publication permits.

4.   Instead the draft law reportedly proposes to set up a commission that would review all ministerial decrees and other legislation passed by the government for potential conflicts of interest.

5.   It urged the government to repeal ministerial decrees that allow those laws to exist, arguing they should be scrapped to prevent the possibility of future use.

6.   Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris issued last month a ministerial decree stipulating that labor export companies were responsible for providing protection to workers.

7.   The ministerial decree provoked violent protest from the students.

8.   The ministerial decree ordering the simultaneous closure of Tempo and two other weekly magazines sparked demonstrations in the country and protests from Western countries including the United States.

9.   The students gave the British Embassy details concerning the ministerial decree, medical records and the name of the hospital where they would be treated, Fayad said.

10.   The students said they supplied embassy officials with all paperwork, including a ministerial decree, doctors letters and confirmation of reserved hospital beds in Britain.