All charges dropped against reporter
CAIRO: A criminal court has dropped the case against an Egyptian journalist sued by a judge for libel, a court official said Monday.The Giza Criminal Court on Monday dropped charges…
DNA law on the move
CAIRO: A draft law that would make DNA testing mandatory and applicable in court cases for proving parenthood is now under final revision before parliament members cast their votes on…
Egypt still lags behind in ease of doing business
CAIRO: In 2004, 99 countries, two thirds of those featured in the World Bank's prominent Doing Business report measuring the relative ease or difficulty of doing business in countries, introduced…
Activists protest pre-trial treatment of detainees
CAIRO: Around 30 rights activists and Kefaya movement (Enough) leaders protested Sunday in support of Kefaya members, political activists and two journalists, temporarily detained at Tora Mazraa Prison near Cairo.The…
Mubarak welcomes Darfur peace agreement
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday welcomed the signing of the Darfur peace agreement by Khartoum and the region s main rebel faction but urged the other parties to sign.…
Opposition says reform moving in the wrong direction
CAIRO: In this era of Middle Eastern politics, the Egyptian populace has responded in a flurry to last week's decision to extend the Emergency Law, now in effect for a…
Foreign minister calls for setting new dates for Mideast peace plan
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul-Gheit said Saturday that new dates should be set for the U.S.-backed roadmap peace plan, which envisions a cessation of violence and the creation of an…
Egypt seeks methods to provide funding to Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan will press Middle East peace brokers to find ways to get funds to the Palestinian Authority despite a U.S.-led ban on aid for Hamas…
Hezbollah should disarm: Jumblatt
CAIRO: Prominent Lebanese MP Walid Jumblatt said Sunday there was no justification for Hezbollah fighters to continue bearing arms because Israeli troops have long ago withdrawn from Lebanese territory. That…
Police identify one Sinai bomber
ISMAILIA, Egypt: An Egyptian who blew himself up in an attack on a multinational force in the Sinai Peninsula was a 19-year-old student of Islam at a Cairo university, security…
