"Really, I'm only 18. I only look much older because I've suffered so much. I got married without realising that there would be a lot of pain in store for me. My husband was very cruel.

TEL Aviv -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to build a wall on the border with Egypt to prevent African migrants from changing Israel's racial balance,Israeli media reported yesterday.

Egypt reported two more death cases of A/H1N1 flu on Sunday, bringing the Egyptian death toll to 31, Egypt's MENA news agency said

A pundit known for opposing the transfer of power from President Hosni Mubarak to his son, Gamal, managed Sunday to force a run-off vote in elections for head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate after coming in a close second behind government-backed incumbent Makram Mohamed Ahmed.

EGYPT can play a key role in sup- porting dialogue among cultures and civilisations due to the respect commands from the Arab and Islamic world, said Director General of the United Nations Education

The Egyptian security sources reported on Sunday that Egypt's police colonel was shot dead and another officer wounded in a shootout between security forces and fishermen in Cairo during a licensing crackdown

A senior leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denied that the group has invited Islamic leaders from abroad to take control as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide

Telecom Egypt (TE) is planning to reduce tariffs for calls made from land lines to mobile phones. The company will also request the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to encourage mobile phone companies to reduce tariffs for mobile to land line calls

Two ferries crossing the Nile River between the two coasts of Rashid and Kafr el-Sheikh collided, causing the death of at least five people, while about 80 went missing, sources on site said Friday.

Anti-swine flu measures: A health worker spraying the tub of a Cairo school's courtyard with disinfectant before receiving the pupils today after the ten-day Eid el-Adha vacation ended on Thursday.

The price of gold continued its dizzying ascent yesterday with the average price of one ounce reaching US$1214 on the European market. The increase is being seen in the local market as well.

ALGERIA is eager to patch things up with Egypt,Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci has said,referring to violence that followed a World Cup play-off between his country and Egypt.

At a seminar held Wednesday, a group of 16 independent human rights organizations

A vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of new minarets, towers attached to mosques from which the call to prayers is announced, might have appeased many of this European country's Islam-

Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin announced on Monday that the Dubai debt crisis would have a limited

Former nuclear watchdog and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei would run only as an independent in Egypt's 2011 presidency, if he decides to participate, according to Egypt's al-Masry al-Youm daily

Conflicting reports as to whether or not the Interior Minister has banned family visits to prisoners on the first and second day of the Eid el-Adha holiday have emerged recently, with families and a human rights center affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement confirming the ban and the ministry denying it.

Gold prices have continued to skyrocket both internationally and locally, with unprecedented price highs causing a state of stagnation on the local market.

A group of young members within the banned Muslim Brotherhood group postponed an online reform debate, exposing a rift with elders determined to avoid open confrontation with the Government

SYMPATHISING with their Muslim neighbours,bishops in different villages across the country have taken part in a campaign to boycott butchers after the outrageous increase in meat prices ahead of the Greater

The first quarter balance of payment for the current fiscal year indicates that the Egyptian economy is still suffering from the effects of the global financial crisis.