ALEXANDRIA: “This is Alexandria's Tahrir Square”. With these words, a banner greets visitors of Sidi Gaber square in Alexandria, where 500 people camped out, saying they won't leave until President Hosni Mubarak steps down.
The sit in started (...)
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior arrested and detained Egyptian Shia Mohamed Farouk El-Sayed on Sunday for the sixth time in a little more than a year, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said.
This came five days after El-Sayed (...)
CAIRO: Egypt has the highest recorded prevalence of Hepatitis Virus C (HCV) in the world, according to a recent study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study says that Egypt has an estimate of 14.7 (...)
CAIRO: “Our relationship is much broader than meat,” said R. Swaminathan, ambassador of India to Egypt in a conference Monday.
The conference was held to commemorate the 63rd Indian Independence Day that falls on Aug. 15.
Concerns regarding (...)
CAIRO: The State Council adjourned Tuesday the hearing in the case filed by Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) for graduate certificate accreditation against the Minister of Higher Education Hani Helal and private universities trustee (...)
