Inaugurating the restoration:President Hosni Mubarak cutting ribbon marking the restoration of the Shura Council, which was partly destroyed by a fire last year.Chairman of the Shura Council Safwat el-

A quiet session:Chief Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gomaa (C)talking to lawyers for the Hizbollah-linked cell during a court session in New Cairo yesterday.The hearings will resume on December 23.

DEMONSTRATORS gathered for a second day near the Algerian Embassy in Cairo yes-terday to protest against vio-lence against Egyptians during a play-off for the World Cup soccer finals.The Interior Ministry warned

ABEDOUIN tribesman in north- ern Sinai was shot dead yester- day in fighting with police, a security source said.After the shooting, tribesmen seized two policemen, one of whom was still being held, the

PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak today addresses a joint session of members of both houses of the Egyptian Parliament, officials said yesterday. President Mubarak's keynote speech, which will be broad-cast alive by

EGYPTIAN Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said yesterday that Egypt had no plans to encourage Egyptian workers or busi- nessmen to abandon investment in the Arab country of Algeria after attacks

LITTLE has changed in Egypt to move the poor from unsafe places and prevent a repetition of a rockslide in a Cairo shantytown that killed more than 100 people last year, Amnesty International said in

A 26-year-old pregnant Egyptian woman from the coastal city of Alexandria died of swine flu on Sunday, raising to eight the fatalities from the deadly H1N1 virus as infections have neared 3,000in Egypt, the

Addressing 'hunger' summit: President Hosni Mubarak delivering a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome yesterday. The summit runs until tomorrow with the participation of

AN Egyptian court sentenced two Christian men to death yesterday for killing the Muslim husband of a female relative who converted to Islam against the wishes of her family, court sources said.The brother

Celebrating victory: Egyptian students in Cairo University yesterday, Egypt's largest public university, expressing their joy over Egypt's 2-0 win over Algeria. FOUR Egyptian passengers cancelled theirtriptothe North African country of Algeria yesterday after they

Egyptian forward Amr Zaki (F)scoring against Algeria during their 2010 World Cup African zone Group C qualifying match in Cairo yesterday. Photo by Amr el-Maraghi

EIGHT Egyptian rail workers will go on trial on charges of negligence in a deadly train crash last month, that prompted the resignation of the Transport Minister, tomorrow, a judicial official said yesterday."The

THE General Prosecutor, Abdul Meguid Mahmoud, has charged eight railway workers with involuntary manslaughter over a train collision that killed 18 people near Al-Ayyat town, outside Cairo, the local media reported yesterday.

A flag war: Egyptian football fans waving their national flags as they ride through the streets in Cairo yesterday, on the eve of their national team's key World Cup qualifier against Algeria.

ISTANBUL, November 9 (CDN) - A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt held in prison for more than a year without charge said today he will go on a hunger strike unless authorities grant his next application for release

A number of Egyptian civil society organizations plan to hold a second protest vigil at an anti-corruption conference currently underway in the Qatari capital of Doha to express their disapproval of what they view as Egypt's passive stance regarding the international anti-corruption convention.

Sentencing women, who have just given birth to their babies, to death has been on the minds of human rights advocates in Egypt for long. A few days ago, these activists decided to speak out against the practice and even called for abolishing articles in the law that allow for it."Articles in the law that allow for

The government-run Egyptian Human Rights Council (EHRC), headed by former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has called for the amendment of article 76 of the Egyptian Constitution, which lays down criteria for would-be presidential nominees. The proposed change, say council officials, would open up presidential elections -- scheduled for 2011 -- to a wider range of candidates.

Alexandria -- Ayman Nour, founder of the opposition Al-Ghad Party and former presidential candidate, has called for holding an open debate with parliamentary speaker and ruling party stalwart Fathi Sorour. Nour hopes to use the debate to refute recent statements by Sorour concerning the legal restrictions barring him from making a second bid for the presidency in upcoming elections scheduled for 2011.

Prominent psychiatrist Ahmed Okasha criticized the government on Saturday for its handling of both the "bird flu" and "swine flu" health crises and accusing it of causing "unnecessary panic" among the public.