WADI NATROUN: Pope Shenouda III, a giant figure for 40 years at the helm of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, has been laid to rest in a desert monastery after a moving funeral Mass at a Cairo cathedral attended by tens of thousands.
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CAIRO: Not everyone was pleased when crowds in Tahrir Square revived chants of "Peaceful! Peaceful!" that were heard nine months ago during the uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
A group of young men, their eyes and noses red from tear (...)
CAIRO: The tens of thousands of Egyptians whose chants for faster change are ringing through Cairo's Tahrir Square months after they brought down Hosni Mubarak have gotten a stern warning from the ruling generals not to disrupt daily life in what (...)
CAIRO: Calls are growing in Egypt for a delay of September's parliamentary elections to give parties formed in the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's ouster more time to organize.
The push, which now has the prime minister's backing, is aimed at (...)
CAIRO (AP): Calls are growing in Egypt for a delay of September's parliamentary elections to give parties formed in the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's ouster more time to organize.
The push, which now has the prime minister's backing, is aimed at (...)
ALEXANDRIA: Egyptian police are focusing their investigation into the New Year's suicide bombing of a church on a group of Islamic hard-liners inspired by Al-Qaeda and based in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria where the attack killed 21 (...)