Danish PM, Iran president condemn Prophet cartoons
ReutersCOPENHAGEN: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen denounced members of the anti-immigrant Danish Peoples Party (DPP) youth wing on Sunday for drawing humiliating cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.In Tehran, Iranian…
Israel forces shoot three Egyptians smuggling drugs into Israel
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces shot and wounded three Egyptians who were smuggling hashish across the border into Israel, the military said Sunday.The military said the incident occurred after nightfall north of…
Egypt condemns North Korean nuclear test
CAIRO: Egypt firmly condemned North Korea s first nuclear test Monday but also urged South Korea to show restraint and pursue diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis. Egypt is categorically…
Arab diplomats say Sudan rejects offer for peacekeepers
CAIRO: Arab countries have launched a new effort to push Sudan toward a compromise over UN peacekeepers for Darfur, offering to dispatch a force of Arab and Muslim troops to…
Sadat nephew loses parliamentary immunity
CAIRO: The nephew of slain Egyptian ruler Anwar Sadat lost his parliamentary immunity after implicating the army in the former president s assassination 25 years ago, state-run newspapers said Friday.…
Muslim Brotherhood denounces what it calls "new Danish insults" to Islam
Associated PressCAIRO: Egypt s largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, on Saturday denounced what it called new Danish insults to Islam and urged the world to boycott countries that allow…
Doctors examine jailed and ailing Egyptian opposition leader
CAIRO: A team of doctors examined ailing Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour Saturday as a step toward a ruling on his condition that could see him freed from jail early,…
U.S. nuclear specialists to visit Egypt
CAIRO: U.S. nuclear experts are to offer technical advice to their counterparts in Egypt, which last month announced it was relaunching its civil nuclear program after a 20-year freeze, official…
Four Egyptians arrested for trying to tunnel into Gaza
CAIRO: Four Egyptians who were trying to cross into the Gaza Strip through an underground tunnel were arrested on Saturday in the border town of Rafah, official media reported. Egyptian…