Defendant in Egyptian trial of Sinai attacks says he was tortured into confessing
ISMAILIYA: An Egyptian suspect in a 2004 terror attack denied police charges…
Banglalink tops 2 million subscribers
DHAKA: Orascom Telecom s Banglalink, the fastest growing mobile phone operator in…
Interbank rate steady at 8.1 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound remained broadly steady…
Gaza businessmen look to Egypt as embargo bites
Reuters GAZA: Businessmen in Gaza, facing steadily worsening economic conditions since Israel…
State witness says Palestinian recruited militants for Sinai attacks, defendant denies
ISMAILIYA: A Palestinian militant recruited Egyptians to carry out the 2004 bombing…
Gap growing in coverage of events between independent and state-owned papers
CAIRO: As opposition and independent newspapers concentrated on Muslim Brotherhood electoral candidates…
Police detain Muslim Brotherhood members in Alexandria
CAIRO: Egyptian police detained approximately 30 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood…
Conference discusses torture of activists
CAIRO: In the wake of reports of torture of political activists while…
U.S. denies envoy's 'interfering' remarks on Egypt aid
CAIRO: The U.S. embassy in Cairo denied on Sunday its ambassador had…
Avian flu biosecurity
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the…