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Egypt's ElBaradei says ready to form interim gov't
CAIRO: Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei indicated he would agree to head a new government if asked, as Egypt's military leader scrambled to defuse a political crisis ahead of Monday's landmark poll. Egyptian activists on Saturday (...)

27 - 11 - 2011
Gunmen attack gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai
CAIRO: Unidentified gunmen on Saturday attacked a terminal on the gas pipeline to Israel for the fifth time since February, a security official said. Gunmen on motorbikes and cars lobbed grenades and tried to storm the terminal at Al-Shulaq in (...)

31 - 07 - 2011
Egypt's police force: loathed but indispensable
CAIRO: Egypt's long-despised police force, which deserted the streets during an uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, is being urged to come back to deal with rising crime. But the question of what to do about the police has put the country's new (...)

10 - 06 - 2011
UN chief urges Libya political solution, ceasefire
CAIRO: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for a "political" solution and immediate ceasefire in the conflict in Libya, at an international conference hosted by the Arab League in Cairo. "We call for a political process so that the Libyan (...)

15 - 04 - 2011
Shaken by revolts, Arabs let West deal with Libya
CAIRO: Fearing a precedent that could tumble onto their doorsteps, revolt-stricken Arab regimes have let the West handle military operations in Libya where rebels are fighting to overthrow Muammar Qaddafi. After crisis talks in Cairo earlier this (...)

01 - 04 - 2011
Three Israel spy cells busted: Egypt papers
CAIRO: The confessions of an Egyptian accused of spying for Israel has led to three espionage cells being dismantled in Lebanon and Syria, where an agent was executed in November, Cairo newspapers said Friday. Tareq Abdul Razzak, the 37-year-old (...)

26 - 12 - 2010
Long awaited Egypt minimum wage sparks discontent
CAIRO: Egypt's decision to raise the minimum wage for the first time since 1984 has been sharply opposed by the very activists who demanded it, because at LE 400 ($69) a month, it skirts close to the poverty line. After a long battle, the (...)

19 - 11 - 2010
Mass of NDP candidates in Egypt poll raises fear of violence
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling party will run about 800 candidates for only 508 seats in a parliamentary poll, raising fears of a repeat of the last election's violence as rivals within the same camp battle it out. The official Al-Ahram newspaper reported (...)

10 - 11 - 2010
Giza Governorate calls for meat boycott
The Giza Governorate has called for a month-long meat boycott starting today intended to counter rising meat prices, which have reached LE80 per kilo in some areas. Mostafa el-Khatib, head of the Giza Local Council, said the council has unanimously (...)

17 - 04 - 2010
Egypt's veil wearers see it as barrier to harassment
CAIRO: Female students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges, saying that wearing the controversial face veil is a religious obligation that also protects against sexual (...)

02 - 02 - 2010
Egypt warns Hamas it won't wait over unity deal
CAIRO: Egypt warned Sunday it would not wait "forever for Palestinian factions to agree a unity deal after the Islamist movement Hamas postponed signing the accord with its Fatah rivals. "Egypt is not prepared to wait forever, foreign ministry (...)

19 - 10 - 2009
Egypt's 'white gold' cotton losing its luster
INSHAS: Ahmed Mansour, like many farmers, has long thrived on Egypt s famed white gold cotton; but with prices uncertain and production costs soaring he is more and more inclined to go green. Fruit and vegetables make money, said Mansour, who (...)

09 - 10 - 2009
Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap in early stages: Meshaal
CAIRO: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal confirmed on Sunday that Germany is mediating an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap that would include Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit but stressed the bid is in its early stages. Concerning Shalit, as you know (...)

07 - 09 - 2009
Arabs vow to support Obama's Mideast peace drive
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers vowed on Wednesday to support US President Barack Obama s Middle East peace efforts but said that normalization with Israel depends on a halt to its settlement activity. Arab countries are prepared to deal positively (...)

25 - 06 - 2009
Mubarak says Netanyahu speech scuppers peace hopes
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state torpedoed the chance for peace. "The call to recognize Israel as a Jewish state (...)

16 - 06 - 2009
US envoy calls for 'meaningful' Arab acts towards Israel
CAIRO: US envoy George Mitchell called on Thursday for Arab states to take meaningful steps and important actions to make peace with Israel, after talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. But Aboul Gheit stressed that Israel should (...)

11 - 06 - 2009
Hamas chief says arrests hinder unity
CAIRO: Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday that arrests in the West Bank of the group s militants by forces loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas were hindering efforts at reconciliation between the two sides. Meanwhile, Meshaal, who arrived (...)

10 - 06 - 2009
Aboul Gheit hails Obama overture to Muslims
CAIRO: US President Barack Obama s efforts in Turkey to repair the relationship between Washington and Muslims won praise in the Arab world on Tuesday, more than seven years after the 9/11 attacks. This is a first important step towards lessening (...)

09 - 04 - 2009
Tense Egypt-Hamas relations take a turn for the worse
CAIRO: Already tense relations between Egypt and Hamas have soured after Cairo for the first time openly accused the group of torpedoing Palestinian reconciliation talks. Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit was quoted as saying on Thursday that (...)

04 - 12 - 2008
Scholars angry with Muftis fatwa on dead migrants
CAIRO: The Grand Mufti Thursday sparked a fierce debate by saying that 26 illegal immigrants who drowned off the Italian coast are not martyrs, as their bodies began arriving back home. The announcement by the state-appointed Sheikh Ali Gomaa (...)

08 - 11 - 2007
Poor Egyptian women also bank on Grameen Nobel prize
CAIRO: Thousands of poor Egyptian women are benefiting from a partnership between the Nobel peace prize-winning Grameen Bank of Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus and a local credit organization. I got my first loan of 250 pounds [$43] six years ago, and it (...)

19 - 10 - 2006
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