Egypt's navy on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 43 pieces of coral reefs on board a British yacht while it was crossing the Suez Canal.
The naval forces had received information about a British boat bound for Turkey, which carried six British (...)
Panic spread among girls attending midterm exams at an elementary school in Port Said after the janitor discovered a snake inside the school.
An official source at the education department said the administration decided to transfer the students to (...)
Al-Badry Farghaly, a leading member of the opposition Tagammu Party, resigned from the party on Tuesday--after having been a member for 40 years--to protest Tagammu's weak stance vis-a-vis Sunday's fraud-laden parliamentary elections.
His (...)
Farida Farouq, wife of Wael Mohamed Saleh, chief technician on board hijacked Egyptian ship MV Suez, said she had received a phone call from her husband on Wednesday in which he asked for assistance following the refusal of the Red Sea Navigation (...)
Abdel Meguid Matar, president of shipping company Red Sea Navigation, which operates the Egyptian ship hijacked earlier this month by Somali pirates, has refused to hand over the ransom demanded by the corsairs for the vessel's release.
“They want (...)
Contact with the crew of the Egyptian ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week has been cut for the past two days, according to a source at Red Sea Navigation, the shipping company that operates the ship.
Company President Abdel Meguid Matar said (...)
Port Said--A source at Egyptian shipping company Red Sea Navigation, operator of a ship hijacked last week by Somali pirates, said the company had engaged the help of Somali mediators to resolve the crisis and negotiate a ransom within 48 hours.
The (...)
Mohamed Sobhi, owner of an Egyptian cargo vessel hijacked last week in the Gulf of Aden, has refused to negotiate a ransom with the Somali corsairs currently holding his ship.
“The ransom money could be used to finance terrorism,” he said. “Giving (...)
Communication with the MV Suez has been completely cut off, said an official source from the Red Sea Navigation Company, owner of the vessel that was hijacked on Monday off the Somali coast. The ship had 11 Egyptian crew members on board.
The last (...)
El-Sayyed el-Badawi, chief of Wafd Party, has said that the upcoming period will require great efforts to maintain the Wafd's status as an historically important party with deep political roots among all segments of Egypt's population.
In his (...)
Aswan Governor Mustafa el-Sayid has decided to impose a one-month fishing ban on Lake Nasser beginning Friday. The ban also applies to all boats working in the ports of Aswan, Abu Simbel and Garf Hussein and is an opportunity for the lake's fish to (...)
Security forces spread 11,000 soldiers in the streets of Port Said during President Hosni Mubarak's visit to the city Monday. The forces closed all streets and lined up along the president's motorcade route.
Just before the visit, the police (...)
Unprecedented preparations are being made for Mubarak's first ever visit to Port Said following an attack on him there ten years ago.
The streets along which the presidential convoy will drive were cleaned and beautified, in particular the streets (...)