Egypt
Controversial blogger released by authorities
July 27, 2010
Controversial blogger released by authorities
Authorities have recently released a number of political activists and prisoners of conscience in a bid to improve Egypt’s international…
Officials: Egypt and Uganda discuss Nile summit
July 27, 2010
Officials: Egypt and Uganda discuss Nile summit
Al-Masry Al-Youm has learned that Egypt and Uganda are considering convening an emergency summit to reexamine the Entebbe framework agreement…
National Council for Youth: Non-NDP president possible within 20 years
July 27, 2010
National Council for Youth: Non-NDP president possible within 20 years
National Council for Youth Chairman Safi Eddin Kharboush said Egypt may have a president from outside the ruling National Democratic…
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
July 27, 2010
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
A bus transporting 30 factory workers to their workplace in the Sinai Peninsula was hijacked by armed men on Tuesday.The…
Tagammu suspends membership of pro-Gamal campaign founder
July 27, 2010
Tagammu suspends membership of pro-Gamal campaign founder
The leftist Tagammu opposition party has suspended the membership of Magdi el-Kordy, who recently founded a Gamal Mubarak-for-president electoral campaign.The…
ElBaradei to launch ‘campaign for change’ in Ramadan
July 27, 2010
ElBaradei to launch ‘campaign for change’ in Ramadan
George Ishaq, senior official of the National Association for Change formed by Mohamed ElBaradei, a potential candidate in next year's…
Trial of police charged in Khaled Saeed case begins
July 27, 2010
Trial of police charged in Khaled Saeed case begins
The two secret policemen charged in the case of a 28-year-old man who eyewitnesses say was beaten to death in…
Egypt to weigh economic feasibility of Anshas reactor
July 27, 2010
Egypt to weigh economic feasibility of Anshas reactor
Egypt's Atomic Energy Authority is preparing a feasibility study in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian…
Mubarak assures Israeli rabbi of ‘full recovery’
July 27, 2010
Mubarak assures Israeli rabbi of ‘full recovery’
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has sent a thank-you letter to Israel’s right-wing leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef dismissing reports about the…
New regulation to enable birth registration without marriage contract
July 27, 2010
New regulation to enable birth registration without marriage contract
An executive regulation activating the new Child Law has been issued, it was announced by the Ministry for Family and…