Egypt's efforts to achieve stability in Lebanon and the reconstruction of a country torn by wars with Israel and civil fighting were at the focus of talks on Tuesday between President Hosni Mubarak and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Egypt's Minister of Education Ahmed Zaki Badr the Ministry is planning reforms to the education system which will include a new subject titled "Ethical Education" for pre-college students "Religious curricula need to be reviewed because some of their content incites extremism and violence," said Badr.
A plan to boycott beef by Egypt's fast food restaurants in protest against skyrocketing prices went awry Monday as most
CAIRO: Lawyer Amir Salem filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Monday,
EGYPT’S opposition Arab Socialist Party yesterday strongly denied claims by a former diplomat that the party would field him as a candidate in Egypt’s 2011 presidential elections. Controversial claims: Abdullah el-Ashaal
An image grab from the Egyptian Nile TV shows President Mubarak giving a TV speech from an unidentified location on April 24, to mark 28 years since Israel withdrawal from Sinai.
CAIRO: Moussa Mostafa Moussa, chairman of Al-Ghad party, applied to become the party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming 2011 elections.
CAIRO: The Freedom Committee of the Lawyers’ Syndicate filed a case to General Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud against ruling party MPs Nashaat El-Qassas and Ahmed Abou Aqrab, charging them with inciting murder, according to news reports.
President Hosni Mubarak Saturday pledged to hold fair elections and welcomed any "societal interaction" but warned against what he described as setbacks.
The overwhelming majority of Nile Basin countries in east Africa, including Kenya, decided to sign a new treaty that governs the future usage of the Nile River, which the Egyptian Government has rejected. According to Kenyan media, most Kenyans want Egypt to buy water from Kenya and other downstream states if Cairo seeks to continue benefiting from the Nile.
Egyptian police Saturday said that they have arrested an Israeli who illegally crossed into the Sinai peninsula on a motorbike.
UNITED NATIONS - Israel may come under new pressure next month at a UN meeting on atomic weapons as the US, Britain and France consider backing Egypt's call for a zone in the Middle East free of nuclear arms, envoys said.
An opposition party and a group of human rights groups have said they will ask Egypt's Chief Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud to order an investigation into calls attributed to three lawmakers to fire at demonstrators.
Secretary-General of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Safwat el-Sherif has said the party’s candidate for the 2011 presidential elections would not be disclosed before the end of this year, setting this year's parliamentary polls as a priority.
Egyptians have started a red meet boycott in response to calls of consumer protection organisations in different governorates, aimed at reducing the price of meat which has risen astronomically.
Egypt's Democratic Front party announced that it will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections because of the absence of judicial oversight
Al-Ahly midfielder Mohamed Barakat categorically denied raising his middle finger after scoring the Red Devils' third equalizer in Friday's Cairo derby with Zamalek.
The lawyer for the coordinator of ElBaradei's campaign in Kuwait filed a report with the Attorney General yesterday against the Egyptian Interior Minister, the head of Daqahliya security and the judicial officer at the Meet Ghamr police station
The US Department of State denied Saturday there were plans for a meeting between former chief of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei and any US official during the former's current visit to Washington.
Zamalek fans had their hopes of a clear victory against arch-rivals Al-Ahly thrashed in a last minute goal by Mohamed Barakat, which saw the final score tied at 3-3.
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The Light of the Desert-Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt