Mona Abdel Nasser, the widow of billionaire and alleged double agent, Ashraf Marwan, has accused Israeli intelligence of assassinating her husband.
"He did not commit suicide," she told The Observer, a British newspaper. "They threw him out of the (...)
Six hundred and seventy five Bedouins from the province of Marsa Matrouh have decided to sue the UK government over the nearly 16.8 million landmines it planted in the region during World War II, which, over the years, have caused injuries to many. (...)
Water ministers from the ten Nile Basin countries are meeting today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, amid disagreements between two downstream countries, namely Egypt and Sudan, and upstream countries over water access.
A group of five (...)
President Hosni Mubarak's decision to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip for an indefinite period was described by American and British press accounts yesterday as an attempt to ease widespread fury over Israel's siege (...)
Obstetrics and in virtro fertilization consultant Dr. Sharif Basha Seif has said that the majority of religious institutions, including the Orthodox Church and Al-Azhar University, permit the use of fertility treatments for married couples, as long (...)
Israel's ambassador to Egypt met with Foreign Ministry officials to request clarification as to why Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit had referred to Israel as an "enemy state" in recent statements made from Beirut.
A Foreign Ministry source, (...)
A recent call by a number of MPs for police to shoot at protesters has been attacked by Freedom House, a US-based rights organization. In a statement yesterday, the group urged the Egyptian government to prove its claim that freedom of expression is (...)
Inheritance of political power is undemocratic, according to the National Democratic Party's (NDP) media secretary, Ali Eddin Helal.
In a forum held at the American University in Cairo under the title "How to Transform the Egyptian political system: (...)
People with special needs maintained their sit-in before the parliament building in downtown Cairo for the 20th consecutive day on Sunday. Protesters demanded jobs in accordance with the law, which stipulates that five percent of all job vacancies (...)
The founder of the Ghad Party Ayman Nour said Gamal Mubarak is being imposed on the Egyptian people as a potential presidential candidate in total disregard for the law and the Constitution. The plan to install Gamal as president is haughty and is (...)
Egyptian scientist Farouk El-Baz--director of Boston University's Center for Remote Sensing--believes Egypt must spend more on education and scientific research, much like Japan, Thailand, Singapore, and Korea have done.
Speaking by video conference (...)
Saudi billionaire Prince Walid Bin Talal said he is not withdrawing his investments from the Toshka Project, but will examine two alternative courses of action: either inviting new investors from East Asia, or entering into a partnership with (...)
Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency and possible contender for Egypt's 2011 presidential elections, warned in an interview with the Associated Press published yesterday that Egypt's ruling regime will face a (...)
Egyptian-American scientist Ahmed Zewail proposed a strategy for improving Egypt's education system at a lecture he gave on Sunday, titled "Education in the Present and the Future." The lecture was given as part of the Zewail Annual Cultural Salon, (...)
A recent study issued by the US Institute of Peace -- which is associated with the US Congress -- found that Article 76 of the Egyptian Constitution served to largely confine presidential candidacy to the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). (...)
Journalists and internet bloggers have criticized Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina for planning a workshop on 3 January in which Israeli intellectuals were reportedly scheduled to take part. The date of the event, critics pointed out, coincided with (...)
Journalists and internet bloggers have criticized Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina for planning to hold a workshop on 3 January in which Israeli intellectuals were reportedly scheduled to take part. The date of the event, critics pointed out, (...)
With a 395 to three votes, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday requesting that President Barack Obama present a biannual report on Middle Eastern satellite channels that incite terrorism and violence against Americans. (...)