Rafah border crossing
Egypt bars Jordanian activists from Gaza
Egypt
July 15, 2010
Egypt bars Jordanian activists from Gaza
Amman--Jordanian activists and trade unionists slammed Egypt on Thursday for denying them entry to the Gaza Strip for the second…
Police: 250 kg of hash seized on border
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Police: 250 kg of hash seized on border
Security sources said on Sunday that police had confiscated 250 kg of Hashish from drug smugglers in the southern Sinai…
Sorour: ‘Opening Rafah will benefit Israel’
Egypt
June 29, 2010
Sorour: ‘Opening Rafah will benefit Israel’
Parliamentary Speaker Fathi Sorour on Tuesday said that opening the Rafah border crossing indefinitely was in the interest of Israel…
Foreign Ministry decries Israeli plan to ‘dump’ Gaza on Egypt
Egypt
June 15, 2010
Foreign Ministry decries Israeli plan to ‘dump’ Gaza on Egypt
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected an Israeli proposal--made the day before by Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz--to completely…
World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger
Egypt
June 5, 2010
World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger
President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip for an indefinite period…
Thursday papers: No more selling govt-owned companies
Egypt
May 6, 2010
Thursday papers: No more selling govt-owned companies
Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and Al-Dostour all lead with the recent announcement that state-owned companies will no longer be sold to foreign…
Egypt-Gaza crossing opened for 24 hours
Egypt
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…