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Six arrested attempting to cross into Israel from Egypt

Associated PressEL ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian police captured six Sudanese, including a one-year-old…

Ashraf Sweilam

Claims of sexual abuse, torture surround Thursday's protests

CAIRO: Thursday's protests began right, went smoothly, but ended in disarray as…

Joseph Mayton

Activists around the world speak out for judges and detained pro-reform activists

CAIRO: Activists around the world are picketing Egyptian embassies under the slogan…

Pakinam Amer

Kefaya presents reform initiative to parliamentIntro: Fighting the battle for a peaceful shift of power in a historic tradition

CAIRO: Kefaya (Enough) movement leaders and members have decided demonstrations are not…

Pakinam Amer

King Tut comes to Chicago

Agence France-PresseCHICAGO: The blockbuster King Tut exhibit opens in Chicago today with…

Daily News Egypt

German university to return Egyptian wall fragments from ancient pharaoh's tomb

CAIRO: A German university has agreed to return to Egypt pieces of…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Poultry industry set to recover says union

CAIRO: As alarm over the avian influenza virus H5N1 has begun to…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Word on the Street

CAIRO: How the government has performed in light of recent events, such…

Ahmad Aboul-Wafa

Rio in Cairo

 ŠΘ###The Brazilian theme, hence the name "Rio," and it is the latest…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Press Round-up

CAIRO: With the World Economic Forum on the Middle East making headlines,…

Sarah El Sirgany