Egypt's MSMEDA injects EGP2.2b into 51k projects in Alex. over 10 yrs    EGP shows mixed moves vs. USD in early Thursday trading    FRA approves establishment of five new firms for investment fund management, SME financing    Sukari Gold Mine showcases successful public–private partnership: Minister of Petroleum    Egypt's Environment Minister attends AMCEN conference in Nairobi    Egypt considers launching national platform to mobilise green financing for private-sector industrial transformation    Egyptian, Belarusian officials discuss drug registration, market access    Egypt stocks hit record highs in 2025 as reforms fuel rally: Cabinet    Egypt condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Syria    Syria says it will defend its territory after Israeli strikes in Suwayda    Pakistan names Qatari royal as brand ambassador after 'Killer Mountain' climb    Health Ministry denies claims of meningitis-related deaths among siblings    Egypt's Health Min. discusses drug localisation with Sandoz    Egypt, Mexico explore joint action on environment, sustainability    Needle-spiking attacks in France prompt government warning, public fear    Foreign, housing ministers discuss Egypt's role in African development push    Korea Culture Week in Egypt to blend K-Pop with traditional arts    Egypt, France FMs review Gaza ceasefire efforts, reconstruction    CIB finances Giza Pyramids Sound and Light Show redevelopment with EGP 963m loan    Egypt's PM urges BRICS to prioritise peace    Greco-Roman tombs with hieroglyphic inscriptions discovered in Aswan    Egypt reveals heritage e-training portal    Three ancient rock-cut tombs discovered in Aswan    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

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Arab League goes from bluster to clout in Arab Spring
CAIRO: Back in 2008, flamboyant Libyan leader Moammer Qaddafi warned rulers at an Arab League summit in Damascus that they, too, could face the fate of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The assembled dictators, who between them ruled more (...)

27 - 03 - 2012
Copts gather from across Egypt to see off Pope Shenouda
CAIRO: They came from across Egypt, the poor, old women in black, young tattooed men in their rough work clothes, clamoring to get inside the cathedral grounds for Coptic Pope Shenouda III's funeral on Tuesday. Many had camped outside Cairo's St (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
Egypt's military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant
CAIRO: A Bedouin siege of an international peacekeepers camp in Egypt's Sinai underscores the ruling military's weak grip over the restive frontier territory more than a year after an uprising shook the country. On Friday, eight days into the (...)

18 - 03 - 2012
Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III dies
CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III, spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, died on Saturday at the age of 88, state media and cathedral sources said. He had suffered health problems for years and recently stopped (...)

17 - 03 - 2012
Annan warns more militarization will worsen Syria crisis
CAIRO: United Nations and Arab League special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, warned Thursday that further militarization in Syria will worsen a conflict there that has left thousands dead in a year. The former UN chief said he feared any (...)

08 - 03 - 2012
Egypt presidential election May 23-24
CAIRO: Egypt will vote on May 23 and 24 to elect its first president since a popular uprising overthrew Hosni Mubarak a year ago, the head of the elections committee said on Wednesday. Farouk Sultan told journalists expatriates will be allowed to (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
Mubarak trial enters last day before verdict
CAIRO: The landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak entered its final day of hearings on Wednesday, with the judge expected to announce the date of the verdict. The trial could see the toppled dictator, his (...)

22 - 02 - 2012
US used NGOs to create chaos in Egypt, says minister
CAIRO: A minister seen as the driving force behind impending trials of democracy activists, including 19 Americans, had told investigators that Washington funded their groups to create a state of prolonged chaos in Egypt, official media reported (...)

13 - 02 - 2012
Historic Mubarak trial battles to rise above farce
CAIRO: It was meant to be the historic trial of a dictator brought to justice by his long-suffering people, but the case against Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has verged on the farcical as prosecutors and lawyers struggle to rise to the (...)

10 - 02 - 2012
Egyptians vote in final phase of landmark polls
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptians were voting on Tuesday in the final round of a landmark post-revolution election that has propelled Islamist movements into the centre stage of politics. Fourteen million eligible voters in nine regions were choosing (...)

03 - 01 - 2012
Islamists look to extend success in Egypt polls
CAIRO: Islamists who swept to victory in the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections were looking to extend their winning streak in a second round of voting on Wednesday. Some 18.8 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots in (...)

14 - 12 - 2011
Tahrir revolutionaries dig in for battle
CAIRO: Secular activists in Egypt were outflanked in recent parliamentary elections by Islamists, but they say they are digging in for a long battle with the ruling military leadership. The secular, pro-democracy movement —a loose coalition of (...)

11 - 12 - 2011
Egypt military says sorry as calm returns
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers apologized on Thursday for the deaths of demonstrators at the hands of police as calm returned to the outskirts of Tahrir Square, the scene of days of deadly clashes. At least 35 protesters have been killed since (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Uneasy truce in Tahrir Square as protesters regroup
CAIRO: Just south of Cairo's Tahrir Square, down a pockmarked and rock-strewn street, a military crane builds a concrete wall to staunch the flood of deaths on the frontline of a renewed battle for democracy. More than 30 people were killed on (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Arab FMs tell Assad to stop killing civilians
CAIRO: An Arab foreign ministers taskforce on Syria sent President Bashar Al-Assad an urgent message on Friday denouncing "the continued killings of civilians" and called on him to protect them. "The Arab ministerial committee expressed its (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
Egyptian gets three years jail for Facebook Islam insult
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced a man to three years in jail with hard labor on Saturday for insulting Islam in postings on Facebook, the official MENA news agency reported. The Cairo court found that Ayman Youssef Mansour "intentionally (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Egypt, Israel add 'final touches' to prisoner swap
CAIRO: Egypt and Israel are adding the "final touches" to a deal to swap an Israel-American detained in Cairo for a group of Egyptian prisoners and children, the official MENA news agency said on Saturday. "MENA has learned that the final touches (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Parliament elections to start on Nov. 28
CAIRO: Parliamentary election, the first since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February, will start on November 28, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. "The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has set November 28 (...)

27 - 09 - 2011
Turkey puts squeeze on Egypt over Israel: analysts
CAIRO: Turkey's expulsion of the Israeli ambassador puts pressure on Egypt to downgrade ties following outrage over the border killings of Egyptian policemen, analysts said. But they said post-Mubarak Egypt's military rulers are unlikely to expel (...)

04 - 09 - 2011
Egypt 'Spiderman' earns hero status with Israel flag protest
CAIRO: A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down the Star of David flag atop Israel's embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen. More than 1,000 protesters gathered (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
Egypt says Israeli regret not enough, mum on envoy recall
CAIRO: Egypt's cabinet said on Sunday that an Israeli statement expressing regret for the border deaths of five policemen was not enough but stopped short of saying if it would recall its Tel Aviv envoy. "The Israeli statement was positive on the (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
'May God burn his heart,' says victim's father to Mubarak
CAIRO: His arm in a sling and his head bandaged, Mohamed Morsi, still mourning his son, looked across the room at the cage that held Egypt's fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak and cursed, almost under his breath. "May God burn his heart." Minutes (...)

04 - 08 - 2011
Egyptians hold their breath for Mubarak trial
CAIRO: Despite official assurances that Hosni Mubarak will be in the defendant's cage on Wednesday for his murder trial, few Egyptians cannot imagine seeing the ousted strongman in a courtroom. Even a day before Mubarak is set to stand trial for (...)

02 - 08 - 2011
Islamists lead Cairo 'unity' rally
CAIRO: Tens of thousands packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, with Islamist groups dominating the protest meant to show unity during a fragile transition from ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime. The rally was officially to start after the (...)

29 - 07 - 2011
Protesters back in Tahrir to push for change
CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptian protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to push for reforms, as Islamists held a separate demonstration calling for stability. Pro-democracy activists had called for a rally in Tahrir Square — the (...)

22 - 07 - 2011
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