U.S. remains committed to reform in Arab World despite Islamist gains, such as Brotherhood in Egypt
CAIRO: The United States remains committed to pressing for more democracy in the Middle East despite victories by Islamic fundamentalists in recent elections in Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, top…
Egypt sends food to Gaza via Israeli crossing
GAZA: Egypt sent food shipments to Gaza on Wednesday to help alleviate a shortage of flour and other basic goods suffered by Palestinians due to Israel s frequent closure of…
Egyptian killed, 27 German tourists and eight others hurt when cruise boat on Nile hits bridge
CAIRO: An Egyptian was killed and 35 others, including German tourists, were hurt Tuesday when their cruise boat struck a bridge over the Nile as it tried to pass underneath,…
Oldest wooden statues found in Egypt
CAIRO: Archeologists in Egypt have unearthed two 5,000-year-old wooden statues, complete with gold wrapping paper, believed to be the oldest such artifacts ever found, the team said Wednesday. The statues,…
Publication of Afaq Arabiya still on hold
CAIRO: The inner conflicts apparent in party newspaper Afaq Arabiya have heightened as journalists continue to protest the halt of the papers publication, endorsed by Managing Director and Editor Mahmoud…
Demonstrations on the rise
CAIRO: Holding banners high, chanting slogans protesting local or regional matters and getting attacked on the street is a lifestyle that many Egyptians now gladly adopt.Throughout the past six years,…
Popular Islamic preacher draws fire as he tries to bridge Islam and West
CAIRO: Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled is young, smiling, teaches love and mercy and is so popular he s credited with inspiring thousands of women, turned off by the dour and…
Turning Egypt around
CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, will take place this year on April 2, 2006.An intensely…
Charles blasts cartoon violence in appeal for tolerance
CAIRO: Britain s Prince Charles on Tuesday condemned the violence sparked by the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and appealed to religious leaders to foster common values in a speech at a…
Egypt reports fourth human bird flu case
CAIRO: Egypt reported a fourth suspected case of bird flu in humans on Tuesday, in a 17-year-old boy whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm…
