Top U.S. counterterrorism coordinator visits Sinai to view Egyptian efforts

CAIRO: The top U.S. diplomat for international counterterrorism coordination paid a surprise visit Saturday to the Sinai Peninsula apparently to view security efforts in a region that saw large bomb…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Suspected militant confesses to role in Sharm, Taba bombings, prosecutors say

EL-ARISH, Egypt:: A suspected militant has confessed to a role in planning deadly bombings in three tourist resorts in the Sinai Peninsula, prosecutors said Saturday.Osama Abdel-Ghani El-Nakhlawi, who was arrested…

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Denmark denies Egypt offered help to avoid cartoon crisis

COPENHAGEN: Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller denied Friday a claim by his Egyptian counterpart that Copenhagen had ignored offers from Egypt to help it avoid the crisis over cartoons…

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Heineken takes over management of Al-Ahram Beverages Co.

CAIRO: Al-Ahram Beverages Co. (ABC), which changed hands twice in the past decade, is now firmly in Heineken s hands.The company was nationalized in 1963 then privatized in 1997. For…

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Ancient temple discovered beneath Cairo flea market

CAIRO: An ancient solar temple has been discovered beneath a flea market in a Cairo suburb, the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday. The temple was found on Thursday embedded…

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Egyptian man gets three years for stabbing nun

CAIRO: A criminal court in Alexandria sentenced a young man to three years in jail on Sunday for stabbing a nun, the official MENA news agency reported. The court also…

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Egypt to import more frozen meat, replaces chicken

CAIRO: Egypt will make it easier to import frozen meat to combat rising prices after shoppers spurned chicken following cases of bird flu in the North African country, the Trade…

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Egypt says containing spread of bird flu

CAIRO: Egypt said on Friday it was containing the spread of avian flu in the North African country, saying some new cases in birds had been identified but they were…

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Australia suspends cattle exports to Egypt over mistreatment charges

SYDNEY: Australia on Sunday announced a temporary ban on the export of live cattle to Egypt while claims of mistreatment in abattoirs there are investigated. The suspension came ahead of…

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Al-Hadary the hero

CAIRO: Goalkeeper Essam Al-Hadary was once again the hero of Egypt as Al-Ahly lifted the African Super Cup with a penalty shootout triumph over FAR Rabat Friday. Neither club could…

Daily Star Egypt Staff