The Supreme Military Court in Egypt on Wednesday fined and sentenced two people who were found guilty of receiving bribes from the German Deimler-Benz automotive company. The bribes were intended to facilitate the company's business dealings in (...)
The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court has overturned a law used by the government for the last 15 years to disrupt and freeze syndicate activities, judicial sources said on Sunday.
Since the 1995 amendment of certain provisions of Law 100/1993, (...)
A cultural society on Monday canceled a theatrical performance addressing human rights awareness issues after receiving news that US Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey planned to attend.
Osama Abdel Razeq, head of the Egyptian Union for Young Human (...)
In 2010, Egypt witnessed moderate economic recovery despite the international financial crisis. However, in a country where half of the population lives near the poverty line, the middle class and poor failed to reap the benefits of growth.
In 2010, (...)
Eight American tourists were killed and 21 others injured on Sunday when a bus smashed into a truck in Upper Egypt, the Egyptian national news agency MENA said. The crash, according to MENA, occurred as the tourists were traveling from Aswan to the (...)
US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on Wednesday said the US is pressing Palestinians and Israelis to sign a general framework agreement. The framework, according to Palestinians, distances the two parties from achieving a final (...)
Seeking to produce a more democratic-looking parliament, the NDP made last-minute backroom deals with opposition candidates to guarantee a few independent victories, observers said.
The NDP pushed independent candidates to join parties that have no (...)
A group of prominent Iraqi personalities in Egypt on Monday called on the Iraqi leadership to intervene in favor of hundreds of Iraqi students who are at risk of being kicked out of Egyptian schools and universities due to their failure to pay (...)
British supermodel Naomi Campbell began a 4-day Nile cruise on Monday from Luxor to Aswan. During the trip Campbell will visit Esna, Edfu, and Kom Ombo temples.
Campbell along with 11 friends had dinner Sunday night at the Queen Hatshepsut temple. (...)
Political reformist and former UN nuclear chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, has accused Egyptian authorities of planting a listening device in his campaign headquarters.
His campaign discovered "a group of listening devices which were planted in the office (...)
Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency and potential contender in the 2011 presidential election, has publicly criticized President Hosni Mubarak for making facetious remarks about a ferry crash that left more than (...)