Court rejects retrial of jailed blogger Kareem Amer
CAIRO: Cairo's Misdemeanor Cassation Court rejected on Tuesday Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer's last appeal and upheld the previous four-year sentence he had received for insulting Islam and defaming Egyptian President…
Thousands flock to Zeitoun, Masarra churches following apparition reports
CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptians flocked to the Virgin Mary Church in Zeitoun and Masarra on Tuesday night following the rumored appearance of an apparition of the Virgin Mary across the…
H1Ni deaths hit 94 in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's Ministry of Health has announced three more deaths from swine flu Monday, raising the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 94.The three cases were all female, the…
Shehata pens Egypt extension
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has agreed to sign a two-year extension to his contract with the national team, keeping him in charge until January 2012.Shehata s contract was due…
Ahly reaffirm Treika injury
CAIRO: Ahly are set to file Mohamed Abou-Trika s medical report to the Egyptian FA, stressing that he should be ruled out of the 2010 African Cup of Nations.Treika was…
YEAREND SPECIAL: 2009: The reemergence of terrorism in Egypt
After a calm 2008, this year saw the reemergence of terrorist incidents and alleged terror cells operating on Egyptian soil, but to a much lesser extent than the mid-1990s.Al-Hussein bombing…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Mansour: The second transport minister to step down this decade
In a move rarely seen in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak accepted the resignation of Transportation Minister Mohamed Lotfy Mansour on Monday Oct. 26, following a tragic railway accident.Mansour took full…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Despite setbacks, gas campaign vows to go on
Despite a series of setbacks in Egypt's courts in 2009, the Popular Campaign to Prevent the Export of Egyptian Natural Gas vowed to continue its opposition to the sale of…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Gaza remains under siege, more delays in Palestinian truce
The onset of 2009 came hot on the heels of Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip which began with airstrikes on Dec. 27, 2008 before Israeli…