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Azhar supports religious freedoms

CAIRO: Sheikh Fawzy El Zefzaf, former head of Al Azhar s Religions…

Sarah El Sirgany

Government blames bird flu recurrence on lack of compliance with instructions

CAIRO: The government has said that the probable cause for the recurrence…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Inquiry blames ferry captain for shipwreck

CAIRO: Initial results of an inquiry into the February shipwreck of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

The hidden truths of Caché

CAIRO: Days following the beginning of last year s Cannes film festival,…

Joseph Fahim

The pain of change

CAIRO: The government has been clear about the objective of its economic…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Egypt reports two new human cases of bird flu

CAIRO: Egypt reported two new human cases Sunday of the deadly H5N1…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Inquiry blames ferry captain for shipwreck

CAIRO: Initial results of an inquiry into the February shipwreck of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt bans wife of ferry owner from travel

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have banned the wife of the owner of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Bank of Alexandria headed for the block

CAIRO: Jockeying is getting underway ahead of the planned privatization this summer…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt urges restraint after Mideast flare-up

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak urged Palestinians and Israelis to exercise restraint after…

Daily Star Egypt Staff