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 MENA says Judge Hisham Genina, who is head of a key oversight body, was charged with libel along with Chief Editor Magdi el-Galad of the privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm daily and reporter Moammed el-Sanhouri.
The case stems from a 2012 interview with Genina in which he accuses the head of the Judges' Club of corruption and describes internal club lections as a "farce."
Several public figures have been recently prosecuted for allegedly insulting judges, including Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi and top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood group.
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Egypt's state news agency says a drive-by shooting on a desert road in the country's north has killed two soldiers and wounded three.
Monday's report by MENA says the attack took place on the road to the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, when gunmen from a speeding car opened fire at a military checkpoint on Sunday evening.
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 A similar checkpoint attack last week in Ismailia also killed two soldiers. The city is 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
A militant group calling itself Ansar Beit al-Maqdis -- Arabic for Partisans of Jerusalem
-- has been active in the area, attacking military and police targets. The group also claimed responsibility for last month's bombing of a military intelligence compound in Ismailia.
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