Greece detains 67 Egyptians fleeing Libya
Egypt
August 16, 2011
Greece detains 67 Egyptians fleeing Libya
Greek police on Sunday detained 67 Egyptians who had fled Libya to Italy on a fishing boat that was found…
Accord struck on flow of US aid to Gaza
World
August 14, 2011
Accord struck on flow of US aid to Gaza
GAZA CITY - The Palestinian movement Hamas and the US Agency for International Development have reached a compromise to maintain…
Shell battling North Sea oil pipeline leak
Environment
August 13, 2011
Shell battling North Sea oil pipeline leak
THE HAGUE — Oil giant Shell is battling an oil leak in a North Sea pipeline off the British coast,…
US defends aid as Egypt probes NGO foreign funding
Egypt
August 13, 2011
US defends aid as Egypt probes NGO foreign funding
The US embassy in Cairo issued a strongly-worded defence of its aid to Egypt as prosecutors probed foreign funding…
Egypt probes civil groups’ funding amid US tension
Egypt
August 12, 2011
Egypt probes civil groups’ funding amid US tension
The legal arm of a notorious Egyptian intelligence apparatus is probing foreign funding of civil society groups amid signs of…
Egypt slams Israel’s settlement plans in east Jerusalem
Egypt
August 12, 2011
Egypt slams Israel’s settlement plans in east Jerusalem
Egypt on Friday blasted Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in an east Jerusalem settlement as a "major obstacle" to…
Syrian troops launch assaults ahead of mass protests
World
August 12, 2011
Syrian troops launch assaults ahead of mass protests
DAMASCUS - Syrian forces launched assaults on flashpoint areas, killing at least two people as they pursued a crackdown on…
Egyptian police kill Sudanese migrant near Israel border
Egypt
August 11, 2011
Egyptian police kill Sudanese migrant near Israel border
Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese migrant and wounded two others on Thursday as they tried to cross illegally into…
Germany’s EON reports big loss, plans job cuts
Environment
August 10, 2011
Germany’s EON reports big loss, plans job cuts
Germany's biggest energy group, EON, reported Wednesday its first ever quarterly loss as government plans to abandon nuclear energy forced…
Egyptian govt proposes anti-discrimination law
Egypt
August 10, 2011
Egyptian govt proposes anti-discrimination law
The government on Wednesday proposed an anti-discrimination amendment to the criminal code, mostly aimed at satisfying Egypt's troubled Christian minority,…