German officials have ruled out returning an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti to Egypt - saying it is too fragile to be transported. And they have insisted that the bust was acquired legally by the Prussian state nearly a century ago.

Egypt's Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros-Ghali extended yesterday submitting statements for a controversial property tax until March 31 instead of December 31, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit reported Egypt said that no country should interfere in its decisions that aimed at protecting the security and safety of its territories

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood has begun voting for a new leader despite disputes over the process, senior members said.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Monday on the second day of a visit to boost ties with his country's main trade partner in the region

Nine members of the Egyptian parliament submitted a motion yesterday calling on parliament to revoke confidence from the ministers of education and higher education, according to Egypt's Newspaper

A member of the Egyptian parliament has filed a lawsuit over an article questioning why polygamy is allowed for men in Islam but not for women.

EGYPT'S once-famous cotton industry risks a slow death with- out State investment to reverse decades of neglect, boost quality and encourage farmers to keep growing the crop.Analysts say the textiles sector has been overlooked amid a wave of other reforms.

The Egyptian authorities released on Wednesday nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement after completing jail sentences handed down by a military court in 2008

Officials of local mobile-phone firm MobiNil met Wednesday to discuss an offer by partner

The head of Egypt's Industrial Development Authority Amr Assal reported Tuesday that Egypt has cancelled the licence of North Sinai Cement over start-up delays, one of four company licences that were under review

The death toll of the contagious swine flu virus rose to 56, as the Health Ministry confirmed four more cases late on Sunday. "The death toll from the A/H1N1, known publicly as swine flu, has risen

An Egyptian administrative court has allowed a female student wearing the niqab (full-face veil) to stay in the dormitory of Ain Shams University,

Egypt's security sources reported on Tuesday that three Palestinians are missing after a tunnel collapsed along the Egypt-Gaza border on Monday night

Officials submitted a report from the Egyptian Union of Human Rights to state security and called for an investigation into Islamic thinker Mohamed Omara, accusing him of encouraging division between Christians and Muslims

The Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry stated that an Egyptian delegation involving Assistant Minister for African Affairs and Director of Sudan Department, Secretary General of the EFTCA and the Secretary

The average yield on Egyptian 91-day treasury bills dipped to 9.841 percent at an auction on Monday, compared with 10.073 percent at last week's auction.

Supporters of the two candidates Makram Mohamed Ahmed and Diaa Rashwan go to ballot boxes in the... Government-backed incumbent Makram Mohamed Ahmed was reelected head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Sunday after beating independent

PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak, heading a high-level min- isterial delegation, visits Paris tomorrow to hold talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the stalled Middle East peace-making process, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said yesterday.

Members of the health committee of the People's Assembly accused the Egyptian government of driving up the price of medication by changing tariffs

Egypt denied building an anti-smuggling underground iron wall on its border with the Gaza Strip, according to Egypt's local Al-Shorouk daily