Stock market loses LE2 billion at start of Monday trading
Business
March 26, 2012
Stock market loses LE2 billion at start of Monday trading
Egypt’s stock market fell nearly LE2 billion during the beginning of Monday’s trading session due to mass sales by Egyptian…
Security arrests 59 Africans on Cairo-Suez road
Egypt
March 26, 2012
Security arrests 59 Africans on Cairo-Suez road
Cairo security services stopped 59 Africans migrants from trying to enter Israel Monday, police said. The group included Eritrean, Ethiopian…
Egypt wants nuclear-free Middle East, foreign minister says
Egypt
March 26, 2012
Egypt wants nuclear-free Middle East, foreign minister says
Egypt hopes to make the Middle East free of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has said. The minister…
12,000 tourists arrive in Hurghada on Saturday
Egypt
March 24, 2012
12,000 tourists arrive in Hurghada on Saturday
Airplane passenger numbers at Hurghada International Airport on Saturday are highest since the start of the 25 January revolution in…
Libya says border crossings with Egypt closed ‘over assaults on Libyans’
Egypt
March 24, 2012
Libya says border crossings with Egypt closed ‘over assaults on Libyans’
The border crossings between Egypt and Libya will remain closed until Libya comes to a new arrangement with the Egyptian…
Sinai gunmen seize police vehicle, beat and torture 3 soldiers inside
Egypt
March 23, 2012
Sinai gunmen seize police vehicle, beat and torture 3 soldiers inside
Gunmen seized a Central Security Forces vehicle late on Thursday near the town of Rafah in North Sinai and beat…
Jama’a al-Islamiya announces choices for constituent assembly
Egypt
March 22, 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya announces choices for constituent assembly
Jama'a al-Islamiya has released the names of its preferred candidates for the non-parliamentary half of the constituent assembly that will…
Military official denies suspending investigation of Mubarak for arms deals
Egypt
March 22, 2012
Military official denies suspending investigation of Mubarak for arms deals
Adel al-Morsy, president of the Military Judiciary Authority, has denied a statement published on independent newspaper Youm7's website saying investigations…
MP elected Arab Parliament deputy speaker
Egypt
March 21, 2012
MP elected Arab Parliament deputy speaker
The head of the People’s Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, Essam al-Erian, won the post of deputy speaker of the Arab…
National Security Agency foils alleged attack on Suez Canal
Egypt
March 21, 2012
National Security Agency foils alleged attack on Suez Canal
The National Security Agency has foiled an attempt to attack foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal, an Interior Ministry…