CAIRO - An attempt to launch the National Council, a body of experts that will seek to suggest solutions to problems and policies to Egypt's Army and caretaker Government, went awry when attendees at the launching conference fist- fought and called each other names in opposition to the presence of some people in the council and the absence of others.

LONDON - The London-based Amnesty International welcomed Egypt's prosecution of former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, but said that all those responsible for the killings of anti-government protesters must stand trial.

Hundreds of Egyptians in the Mediterranean Sea town of protested outsied el-Arish on Wednesday the North Sinai Governorate offices against rampant lawlessness.

CAIRO – The April 6 Youth, a group instrumental in orchestrating the massive protests that forced former president Hosni Mubarak to step down last February, called on Tuesday for massive protests nationwide on Friday to expedite prosecuting Mubarak and officials of his regime.

CAIRO: “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued its last statement to warn the people against holding mass protests on May 27,” analyst Nabil Abdel Fattah, a researcher at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies told Daily News Egypt on Monday.

New York - The government has no intention to impose taxes on capital profits and money in the Egyptian bourse," Mohamed Abdel-Salam, head of the Egyptian bourse, told the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) on Tuesday.He described circulated news in this connection as baseless.

CAIRO - Egypt’s Chief Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud reviewed with Minister of Justice Mohamed Abdel Aziz, graft probes involving senior officials in the former Mubarak regime.

CAIRO: The military prosecution handed down one-year suspended sentences to 45 protesters arrested during the military police crackdown on a protest in front of the Israeli embassy commemorating the Palestinian Nakba last week.

CAIRO: The Alexandria Criminal Court will announce on June 30 the verdict on the controversial case of 28-year-old Khalid Saeid who was allegedly beaten to death by two undercover policemen last June.

CAIRO - Egypt is to set up a committee to settle problems surrounding investment contracts, the cabinet said on Sunday.

CAIRO: Disagreements over the participation of people affiliated with the former regime marred the second session of the National Dialogue Conference on Sunday.

CAIRO: Disagreements over the participation of people affiliated with the former regime marred the second session of the National Dialogue Conference on Sunday.

CAIRO - An Egyptian court condemned a policeman to death on Sunday for killing 20 protesters, in the first such sentencing of a security forces member for the murder of demonstrators during a January-February revolt.

CAIRO: A few thousand protesters in Tahrir Square and in Maspero protested Friday against rumors that the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) may grant amnesty to ousted president Mubarak and his family.

CAIRO - Egypt's Tourism Minister Moneir Fakhri Abdel-Nour will visit Paris next month to honour the best French travel agents, who organise Nile tours in Egypt, the official Middle East News Agency reported on Saturday.

CAIRO - Egyptian giant Al-Ahly were held at home to a 2-2 draw by Military Production Friday in a dramatic Egyptian Premier League affair that gave Zamalek a golden chance to cement their place on top of the table.

Cairo – Egypt's ruling military council dismissed on Wednesday a report that it might pardon ousted leader Hosni Mubarak or his family, saying it does not intervene in judicial affairs.

CAIRO, Egypt (Updated 1) - The wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who had been held on corruption charges, was released on Tuesday after handing over her assets to the state, the justice ministry's Illicit Gains Authority said.

CAIRO – A total of 221 Egyptians returned late on Monday from Libya via Al-Sallum Port, Ambassador Mohamed Abdel-Hakam, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular and Immigration Affairs, said on Tuesday.

CAIRO - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is to apologise to the nation and plead for amnesty, three months after he was overthrown by a popular uprising, according to a report in the independent daily al-Shorouk.

CAIRO: Egyptian mobile operator Orascom Telecom's CEO will take over from Naguib Sawiris as executive chairman, the firm said on Monday, as the billionaire moves to get more involved in his country's changing politics.