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Egypt arrests 95 over suspected militant links

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested close to 95 people suspected of…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Arab states seek to push Mideast peace plan

Associated PressCAIRO: Arab foreign ministers met Wednesday to promote a plan to…

Salah Nasrawi

Vodafone Egypt and Raya Join Forces in TELECOM

CAIRO: In a step to explore the opportunities and synergies between both…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Band capitalizes on diversity

Salalem's musical choice eclectic but promisingAlthough the band is still quite new,…

Maram Mazen

Egypt train crash report cites series of failures

CAIRO: An Egyptian government probe into the causes of Egypt s deadliest…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Yearly Aida ritual missing the subtleties, but strong on extravagance

CAIRO: Verdi s Aida looks, feels and sounds like a true opera.…

Deena Douara

The Red Zone

I have not read the interview that Dr. Hossam Badrawi gave to…

Daily News Egypt

"Last town in Egypt" agonizes as Gaza closure drags on

Agence France-Presse RAFAH: As Gaza Strip Palestinians remain trapped in their tiny…

Daily News Egypt

Up to five dead in yet another train crash

CAIRO: An Egyptian passenger train and a freight train collided head-on on…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Bird flu re-emerges in Egyptian poultry after lull

Reuters CAIRO: Egypt has detected four new cases of bird flu in…

Cynthia Johnston