Protesters call for release of jailed militants from new Islamist group
CAIRO: Family and friends of 22 young men arrested in Egypt on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks protested Friday against the detentions.More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in the low-income El-Zawiyah…
Mubarak seeks to reassure Copts following outbreak of sectarian violence
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak sought to allay the fears of the Coptic community after violent communal clashes in Alexandria, in a message published Sunday to coincide with Orthodox Easter. Egypt…
PM says verdict still out on church attacks
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has said the verdict is still out on official claims that the recent attacks on churches that left one man dead were committed by a…
No new human cases of bird flu, say authorities
CAIRO: No fresh cases of the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus have been detected among humans in Egypt for more than a week, health authorities said. "The National Veterinary…
Economic woes add to tension in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt s latest bloodletting between Christians and Muslims has many fearing an explosion of sectarian violence in the Arab world s most populous country, fueled by frustration with plummeting…
WHO confirms 12 human cases of bird flu in Egypt
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday that there have been 12 human cases of bird flu in Egypt, four of them fatal. This took the global total…
Reforming the education system
I was sitting in a café just yesterday, listening to a group of Egyptian youth discuss the role of education in the region. Their argument went something like this: because…
Egypt turns up pressure on reformists
CAIRO: After a period of hope and mounting calls for political reform in Egypt, analysts say the government is now seeking to systematically gag dissident voices as Washington turns its…
Islamists receive mixed signals from government
CAIRO: The government has been sending mixed signals to Islamist groups, with state security arresting members of the Muslim Brotherhood almost simultaneously with the release of hundreds of members of…
Mubarak invites Olmert to Egypt
JERUSALEM: President Hosni Moubarak on Friday invited Israeli prime minister-designate Ehud Olmert to visit Cairo after forming his new cabinet, the premier s office said. Mubarak telephoned Olmert to wish…
