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Anti-gov't protest near Abdeen Square
Others | 23 September 2010
CAIRO - Political activists staged a protest in Cairo on Tuesday against what they said plans to hand power to the president's son.
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Ex-deputy Cairo governor acquitted in Duweiqa case
Others | 23 September 2010
CAIRO: Gammaliya and Manshiyet Nasser Misdemeanor Appeals Court acquitted Tuesday former deputy Cairo governor Mahmoud Yassin of charges of involuntary manslaughter and injury of the Duweiqa residents...
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Going hi-tech on sexual harassment
Others | 23 September 2010
CAIRO - A hi-tech weapon has been unveiled in the battle against sexual harassment in Egypt, where almost half the female population face unwanted attention from men every day...
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Mubarak visits Berlin, Rome
Others | 22 September 2010
CAIRO-President Hosni Mubarak is due in Berlin on Wednesday for important tals with German Chancellor Angelica Merkel, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency reported on Tuesday...
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Egyptian gov’t defends TMG deal
Others | 22 September 2010
CAIRO - Egyptian Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi said Monday that the $3 billion Madinaty deal of the Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG), the property development company, was "successful and sound" in its timing and execution...
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Egypt plans to relocate cement factories
Others | 22 September 2010
CAIRO: Starting next year, Egypt will embark on a relocation project which should eventually see cement factories moved out of the Helwan governorate...
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Egyptian security forces on alert in Sinai
Others | 21 September 2010
CAIRO - Egyptian security forces were placed on high alert in Sinai fearing Hamas operatives who infiltrated from Gaza plan to fire rockets at Israel...
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Al-Wafd says to participate in PA elections, opposition divided
Others | 21 September 2010
CAIRO: Al-Wafd Party has decided to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to take place in November, sparking divisions among Egypt’s opposition groups...
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Professors wearing niqab banned from giving lectures
Others | 21 September 2010
CAIRO: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Hani Helal supported a number of universities’ decision to ban faculty members wearing the niqab, or the full face veil, from giving lectures...
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Activists call on Al-Wafd party to boycott PA elections
Others | 20 September 2010
CAIRO: About two dozen activists protested Friday morning outside Al-Wafd opposition party headquarters in Giza, as a general assembly meeting was held inside to decide whether the party will join the race for the coming People’s Assembly elections or not...
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Lawyers: Egypt minister at fault for Van Gogh theft
Others | 20 September 2010
Lawyers for 11 Egypt's Ministry of Culture officials charged with negligence over the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting said on Tuesday their clients were scapegoats and the minister should shoulder responsibility..
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MP says to present documents implicating PM, ministers in 'free medical treatment' case
Others | 20 September 2010
CAIRO: Opposition MP Mostafa Bakry said that he will present to the Public Funds Prosecution on Sunday 24 documents that prove Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif’s violations in the medical treatment decrees he approved for Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali...
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Egyptian journalist's trial resumes Sunday
Others | 19 September 2010
GIZA (Egypt)-A criminal court Sunday resumes the trial of an editor of an independent Egyptian newspaper accused of inciting the public against a controversial property tax law...
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Egypt Ghad party to boycott parliamentary election
Others | 19 September 2010
Egypt's opposition Ghad party said Tuesday that it would join Mohamed ElBaradei in boycotting November parliamentary elections..
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Egypt says has enough wheat
Others | 19 September 2010
CAIRO- Egypt has secured the wheat quantities it needs to avoid shortages in subsidised bread and would not face a rerun of riots in 2008 over bread shortages, the trade minister said on Saturday...
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Egypt court rejects Madinaty appeals
Others | 16 September 2010
Egypt's High Administrative Court on Tuesday rejected two appeals against a lower court's decision in a land case involving property developer Talaat Moustafa Group's (TMG) flagship project Madinaty...
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Egypt Ghad party to boycott parliamentary election
Others | 16 September 2010
Egypt's opposition Ghad party said Tuesday that it would join Mohamed ElBaradei in boycotting November parliamentary elections..
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Lawyers: Egypt minister at fault for Van Gogh theft
Others | 16 September 2010
Lawyers for 11 Egypt's Ministry of Culture officials charged with negligence over the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting said on Tuesday their clients were scapegoats and the minister should shoulder responsibility
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Mubarak meets Clinton ahead of ME talks
Others | 15 September 2010
SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt)-President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of..
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Egypt protects water stations from Nile oil spill
Others | 15 September 2010
Egypt's officials said on Sunday that authorities have blocked off water purification stations along the Nile in southern Egypt to prevent some 100 tons of diesel oil that leaked from a barge from polluting drinking water..
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Zamalek held by Gouna at home
Others | 15 September 2010
CAIRO - Zamalek were held at home to a 1-1 draw with a stubborn Gouna side in the Egyptian Premier League on Monday night. The Whites won four points from their first three games, conceding five goals in the process...
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