Egypt
Egyptian PM to take first trip abroad to Sudan
March 23, 2011
Egyptian PM to take first trip abroad to Sudan
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf will travel to Sudan Sunday with several ministers for his first trip abroad.Sharaf will head…
Prosecutors to question Interior Ministry officials over blaze
March 23, 2011
Prosecutors to question Interior Ministry officials over blaze
Prosecutors plan to summon Interior Ministry officials for questioning during an investigation into the fire at the ministry Tuesday.Preliminary investigations…
Customs thwarts smuggling of centuries-old documents to Saudi Arabia
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…
Facebook page supports Salafi cleric for presidency
March 23, 2011
Facebook page supports Salafi cleric for presidency
A group of internet users have created a Facebook page supporting prominent Salafi cleric Mohamed Hassan for presidency.The 50-year-old influential…
Egypt’s Al-Azhar shuns Western action in Libya
March 23, 2011
Egypt’s Al-Azhar shuns Western action in Libya
Egypt's highest Islamic authority, al-Azhar, on Wednesday condemned Western military "aggression" in Libya but said it supported what it called…
Wednesday’s Papers: Mubarak barred from accessing Alex library account, fire at Interior Ministry
March 23, 2011
Wednesday’s Papers: Mubarak barred from accessing Alex library account, fire at Interior Ministry
State-owned newspaper al-Ahram stated that former President Hosni Mubarak is prohibited from any dealings with the $143 million Bibliotheca Alexandrina…
Egyptian court convicts synagogue bomber
March 23, 2011
Egyptian court convicts synagogue bomber
A Cairo court convicted a man Wednesday of bombing a historic synagogue in downtown Cairo last year, judicial sources said.Cairo's…
Student protests continue across Egypt
March 23, 2011
Student protests continue across Egypt
Student protests against university administrators continued on Wednesday at public and private universities across Egypt. The students vowed to…