Egypt
Interior Ministry provides state agencies with composite drawing of church bomb suspect
January 6, 2011
Interior Ministry provides state agencies with composite drawing of church bomb suspect
Egypt's Interior Ministry has sent a composite drawing of the man believed to be responsible for the New Year's Eve…
Fearing escalation, Egypt’s Copts put on brave face for Christmas
January 6, 2011
Fearing escalation, Egypt’s Copts put on brave face for Christmas
In Cairo’s heavily-populated Christian areas, most Copts are planning to attend Christmas mass, despite the obvious security concerns following the…
Pope Shenouda: Alexandria church bombing ‘was not individual act’
January 6, 2011
Pope Shenouda: Alexandria church bombing ‘was not individual act’
Coptic Pope Shenouda III on Thursday ruled out the possibility that the New Year's Eve bombing of a church in…
Mubarak warns Netanyahu against new Gaza war
January 6, 2011
Mubarak warns Netanyahu against new Gaza war
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday warned Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu against launching a new war on Gaza, as they…
Cairo’s Copts defy terrorist threats during Christmas celebrations
January 6, 2011
Cairo’s Copts defy terrorist threats during Christmas celebrations
As the countdown for Thursday’s Coptic Christmas Eve mass continues, Christian residents of Cairo’s Zeitoun neighborhood, ignoring fears of terrorist…
False bomb alarm at Minya church
January 6, 2011
False bomb alarm at Minya church
Security authorities in Minya, Upper Egypt, received a false warning that a bomb had been planted at Pope Antonius church.…
Court adjourns trial of activists who protested in Coptic solidarity
January 6, 2011
Court adjourns trial of activists who protested in Coptic solidarity
An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed the trial of eight leftist activists who were protesting in Cairo in solidarity with…
Egypt slams Lebanese politician’s remarks on church blast
January 6, 2011
Egypt slams Lebanese politician’s remarks on church blast
Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized on Thursday remarks made by a Lebanese opposition figure on the suicide bombing that…
Govt hopes to complete Cairo’s 3rd Metro line in two years’ time
January 6, 2011
Govt hopes to complete Cairo’s 3rd Metro line in two years’ time
The Egyptian government is hoping to speed up construction of Cairo's third Metro line so as to unveil the project…
Poppy Flowers’ theft case appeal postponed
January 6, 2011
Poppy Flowers’ theft case appeal postponed
An Egyptian court of appeals on Thursday postponed hearings to reverse the decision to imprison Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan,…