Egypt "extremely disturbed" by Danish video
CAIRO: Egypt said Monday it was extremely disturbed by a video made by members of an extreme-right Danish party, saying it showed a clear ignorance of Islam. In a statement…
Egypt bans head of Muslim Brotherhood from traveling
Egyptian authorities barred the leader of Egypt s strongest opposition group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, from traveling to Saudi Arabia for a religious pilgrimage, an official from the group said…
Egypt suggests Arab-African-UN meeting on Darfur
CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday suggested a special meeting of leaders of the UN Security Council, the Arab League and African Union in a bid to convince Sudan to accept UN…
Egypt takes swipe at "uncompromising" Hamas
President to visit Russia and China in November CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit took a fresh swipe at the Hamas-led Palestinian government and leader Ismail Haniya in an interview…
Rights group calls for end to death penalty
CAIRO: An Egyptian human rights organization has called for the abolition of capital punishment, on the fourth annual World Day against the death penalty. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights…
Twenty-five years later, many call Egypt politically paralyzed
Associated PressCAIRO: With the 25th anniversary of Anwar Sadat s assassination this past Friday, Egypt faces an uncertain political future with most democracy reform efforts stalled and the country obsessively…
Idling vehicles banned after pyramid cracks found
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have put a ban on idling vehicle engines in Saqqara, southwest of Cairo, after cracks started to show on the country s oldest pyramid. The head of…
Nour El-Sabah angers Tourist Guide Union
Serial depicts tour guides in "unfavorable light CAIRO: The Tourist Guides Union has filed complaints against the producers of TV serial Nour El-Sabah, which is currently being aired on national…
Putin's Russia: a Potemkin village where brutes rule
It is time to end the fiction that President Vladimir Putin's "dictatorship of law has made post-communist Russia any less lawless. The murder of Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's bravest…
Expatriates face a changing reality in Gulf countries
The percentage of expatriates in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries grew from 22.9 in 1975 to 37.1 in 2004, constituting about 70 percent of the workforce. However, a…