smuggling
Industry Ministry examines overturning gold export ban
Business
April 3, 2011
Industry Ministry examines overturning gold export ban
The Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade is considering removing the current export ban on gold after economic and political…
Customs thwarts smuggling of centuries-old documents to Saudi Arabia
Egypt
March 23, 2011
Customs thwarts smuggling of centuries-old documents to Saudi Arabia
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday thwarted an attempt to smuggle a collection of books, documents, and five manuscripts dating back between…
Israel: Gaza smuggling rising amid Mideast unrest
World
March 10, 2011
Israel: Gaza smuggling rising amid Mideast unrest
Tel Aviv, Israel--A top Israeli diplomat says smuggling of arms from Egypt into the Gaza Strip has grown following the…
Thirty-five more Sinai Bedouins released from prison
Egypt
February 27, 2011
Thirty-five more Sinai Bedouins released from prison
Egyptian authorities announced the release of more detained Bedouins, as part of a plan to ease tensions between Bedouins and…
Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust
Archaeology
January 24, 2011
Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust
Egypt has submitted an official request to Germany to return a bust of Nefertiti displayed in a Berlin Museum, following…
Egypt building 30-meter towers along Gaza border
Egypt
December 25, 2010
Egypt building 30-meter towers along Gaza border
Egyptian security officials on Saturday said that the government is building several 30-meter observation towers to improve security along the…
Egyptian authorities discover tunnels along Gaza border
Egypt
December 9, 2010
Egyptian authorities discover tunnels along Gaza border
Egyptian security on Thursday uncovered seven smuggling tunnels along Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. Authorities made the discoveries in…
EXCLUSIVE: Gaza wall to be completed this month, says new WikiLeaks cable
Egypt
December 1, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Gaza wall to be completed this month, says new WikiLeaks cable
Egypt’s underground steel wall on the Egyptian-Gaza border is valued at US$40 million and is due to be completed in…
Israel to begin building border barrier to halt infiltrations from Egypt next month
Egypt
October 27, 2010
Israel to begin building border barrier to halt infiltrations from Egypt next month
Jerusalem--The Israeli government says construction of a barrier along its porous southern border with Egypt will begin next month.Israeli Cabinet…
Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel
Egypt
September 12, 2010
Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel
Egyptian police say a dispute between Moldovans and Bedouin traffickers demanding more money to take them to Israel has left…