Egypt
Amnesty renews calls for end of military trials, Emergency Law, protests ban
June 25, 2011
Amnesty renews calls for end of military trials, Emergency Law, protests ban
Amnesty International (AI), the London-based human rights watchdog, renewed its call for the abolition of the law banning protests, military…
Court sentences Rachid to 5 years in prison in absentia
June 25, 2011
Court sentences Rachid to 5 years in prison in absentia
The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced former Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to five years in prison…
Greece arrests 94 irregular Egyptian immigrants headed to Italy
June 25, 2011
Greece arrests 94 irregular Egyptian immigrants headed to Italy
Greek authorities have arrested 94 Egyptians as their boat was sinking south of Crete, said Mohamed Abdel Hakam, assistant foreign…
Hijacked MV Suez crew return after 11 months at sea
June 25, 2011
Hijacked MV Suez crew return after 11 months at sea
The 11 Egyptian sailors of the MV Suez boat, held by armed Somali pirates for 11 months, arrived in Cairo…
Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds
June 25, 2011
Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds
Egypt will not borrow from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after revising its budget and cutting the…
Pro-Mubarak protesters demand charges against him be dropped
June 25, 2011
Pro-Mubarak protesters demand charges against him be dropped
There is a tiny part of post-revolution Cairo that will remain forever Mubarak, and that is Mostafa Mahmoud Square. It…
Electrical engineers deny any intention to darken Egypt
June 25, 2011
Electrical engineers deny any intention to darken Egypt
Like in many other sectors in Egypt, employees in state-run electrical power plants are demanding the improvement of their working…
Source: Hussein Salem’s handover possible under UN treaty against corruption
June 25, 2011
Source: Hussein Salem’s handover possible under UN treaty against corruption
Spain's attorney general has asked that Egyptian business tycoon Hussein Salem be kept under house arrest after paying a bail…
Antiquities minister says nothing stolen from Islamic Art Museum
June 24, 2011
Antiquities minister says nothing stolen from Islamic Art Museum
The Antiquities Ministry denied on Friday that some artifacts had been stolen from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo,…