Egypt
Report: Cairo-Alex roads responsible for most deaths in car accidents
May 14, 2012
Report: Cairo-Alex roads responsible for most deaths in car accidents
A total of 1,999 accidents occurred on main roads and highways last year, causing the deaths of 980 people and…
Foreign minister flies to Jordan for brief visit
May 14, 2012
Foreign minister flies to Jordan for brief visit
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr headed to the Jordanian capital of Amman Monday for a brief visit during which…
Abouel Fotouh says won’t keep current military rulers in office if elected
May 14, 2012
Abouel Fotouh says won’t keep current military rulers in office if elected
Presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh has said he would not keep members of Egypt’s ruling military council in office…
Rain in Cairo and governorates leads to traffic congestion on highways
May 14, 2012
Rain in Cairo and governorates leads to traffic congestion on highways
Heavy rains fell on Monday morning in Cairo, Alexandria and the Sinai Peninsula, and snow also fell in some areas.…
Low turnout for Egyptians in US continues, ambassador says
May 14, 2012
Low turnout for Egyptians in US continues, ambassador says
Less than 6 percent of expatriates eligible to vote have cast their ballots in the first three days of the…
Egypt brokers deal to end 1,600 Palestinian hunger strikers
May 14, 2012
Egypt brokers deal to end 1,600 Palestinian hunger strikers
Egypt has brokered a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike of some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a…
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
May 13, 2012
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
Water resources and irrigation minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil told the Parliament Agriculture and Irrigation Committee on Sunday that Egypt's Nile water quota…
Shafiq campaign boasts he shot down 2 Israeli planes in war
May 13, 2012
Shafiq campaign boasts he shot down 2 Israeli planes in war
Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq's campaign boasted on Saturday that the former air force chief had shot down two Israeli…
Abouel Fotouh calls ‘racist’ Israel a threat
May 13, 2012
Abouel Fotouh calls ‘racist’ Israel a threat
A leading Islamist candidate in Egypt's presidential election has branded Israel a "racist state" and said a shared 1979 peace…
Parliament attacks state-owned newspapers
May 13, 2012
Parliament attacks state-owned newspapers
Parliament’s Culture, Information and Tourism Committee on Sunday discussed the squandering of public funds by state-owned newspapers, whose debts have…