Egypt
Egypt welcomes Saudi offer to host Iraq talks
November 1, 2010
Egypt welcomes Saudi offer to host Iraq talks
Egypt on Monday welcomed Saudi King Abdullah's offer to host talks among Iraqi leaders in Riyadh next month to put…
Egyptian officials head to Israel to salvage peace talks
November 1, 2010
Egyptian officials head to Israel to salvage peace talks
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will travel to Israel this week in an effort to salvage derelict Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations,…
Eligible voter lists are flawed, says official
November 1, 2010
Eligible voter lists are flawed, says official
Mohamed Refaat al-Qomsan, head of the Interior Ministry's general administration for elections, said that eligible voter lists for the upcoming…
Egypt cancels live broadcast licenses
November 1, 2010
Egypt cancels live broadcast licenses
Egyptian Minister of Information has canceled all licenses of firms providing television satellite uplinks, a further step in a crackdown…
Egypt, Coptic Church reject al-Qaeda threats
November 1, 2010
Egypt, Coptic Church reject al-Qaeda threats
Alexandrian church officials, along with Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit, rejected on Monday a statement by an al-Qaeda-linked group…
ElBaradei: Egypt’s elite favors status quo
November 1, 2010
ElBaradei: Egypt’s elite favors status quo
Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei blasted Egypt's “authoritarian” government and insisted political change was coming.“The more unpopular this regime…
Nigerian FM visits Cairo to boost collaboration
November 1, 2010
Nigerian FM visits Cairo to boost collaboration
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Abul Gheit, met with his Nigerian counterpart Odein Ajumogobia on Sunday to discuss boosting…
Elections monitor: Challenges to NDP, campaign transgressions
November 1, 2010
Elections monitor: Challenges to NDP, campaign transgressions
More than 80 percent of Egyptians do not wish to vote in this year’s elections, according to a study by…
Al-Qaeda militants warned Egyptian Copts in Baghdad hostage incident
November 1, 2010
Al-Qaeda militants warned Egyptian Copts in Baghdad hostage incident
Baghdad--Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen on Sunday took more than 100 Iraqi Catholics hostage in a Baghdad church while issuing a 48-hour deadline…
Delay of NDP convention spawns speculation
November 1, 2010
Delay of NDP convention spawns speculation
Perplexed by Egypt’s ambiguous political scene, observers have divergent views on the motives behind President Hostni Mubarak's sudden decision to…