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Cairo International Airport authorities deported a Nigerian woman thought to be suffering from AIDS on Thursday. The passenger arrived from Nairobi on a Kenyan airline. Security authorities searched a doll she had in her possession and found...
The Assiut Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to death and another one to ten years on Wednesday, after finding them guilty of the murder of a priest in February 2011. State-run agency MENA reported that one of the four defendants was handed...
Power went out more than once at the Cairo International Airport on Wednesday, causing some X-ray machines to go out of order. Official sources at the airport said electricity was cut twice at Arrival Hall 3 on Tuesday, prompting passengers to use...
Mohamed Omran, head of Egypt's stock market, described the government's decision to reach reconciliation settlements with businessmen as “important” and added that this step would encourage the flow of capital into Egypt....
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa Eddin has called for the prohibition of rice cultivation in desert lands, which is already forbidden by law, so as to reduce overdraft of water from aquifers. “The groundwater went down 2....
Shura Council member Kamal Suleiman has submitted a report onthe disappearance of a Muslim girl in Beni Suef last February, accusing a Coptic Christian of kidnapping the girl. In what may be an oblique threat against the Coptic community, he also...
Trade and Industry Ministry Hatem Saleh said Egypt and Saudi Arabia are seeking to further develop ties in different fields, and highlighted a planned rail link between the two countries as an example of closer relations. During a speech at the...
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have agreed on the main aspects of a US$4.8 billion loan and the deal will be ready for implementation by the end of May, predicted regional IMF representative Abdel Shakour Shaalan. Shaalan, who represents...
Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen imprisoned in Egypt since 2000 on espionage charges, accused his country of betraying its pledge to work for his release, claiming that Israeli officials know he is innocent. In a letter to the Israeli ambassador in...
  A fact-finding mission tasked with investigating the attack on St. Marks' Coptic Orthodox Cathedral has not identified any of the perpetrators as yet.    In a report released Tuesday, members of the mission said no one has been...