Egypt
Egypt-Gaza crossing opened for 24 hours
May 5, 2010
Egypt-Gaza crossing opened for 24 hours
Egyptian Authorities on Wednesday morning opened the Rafah border crossing between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip for a…
Expert: Egypt’s first nuke plant by 2013
May 5, 2010
Expert: Egypt’s first nuke plant by 2013
Mostafa Eissa, head of the Egyptian Nuclear Energy Authority (ENEA)'s civil engineering department, announced on Tuesday that the government would…
Giza offers fish as alternative to meat
May 5, 2010
Giza offers fish as alternative to meat
In an effort to combat soaring retail prices for meat, the Governorate of Giza has announced plans to supply the…
Citizen holds one-man pro-Mubarak demo
May 5, 2010
Citizen holds one-man pro-Mubarak demo
Surrounded by workers from various industrial sectors angrily demanding better wages in front of Cairo's parliament building, one intrepid citizen…
Ministry advisers make more than Obama, says expert
May 5, 2010
Ministry advisers make more than Obama, says expert
Some ministry advisers in Egypt earn larger salaries than US President Barack Obama, says Ahmed el-Naggar, economy expert at the…
Mubarak, Abbas discuss peace talks with Israel
May 5, 2010
Mubarak, Abbas discuss peace talks with Israel
President Hosni Mubarak met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss indirect peace talks…
FGM: The Pharaonic rite that’s a hard habit to break
May 5, 2010
FGM: The Pharaonic rite that’s a hard habit to break
Aswan--In a nation where UNICEF estimates 96 percent of all married women have undergone some form of female genital mutilation…
Labor leaders reject new minimum wage
May 5, 2010
Labor leaders reject new minimum wage
Activists and labor leaders have rejected statements by Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman in which he said the…