Lawyers for 11 Egypt's Ministry of Culture officials charged with negligence over the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting said on Tuesday their clients were scapegoats and the minister should shoulder responsibility

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt)-President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of

Egypt's officials said on Sunday that authorities have blocked off water purification stations along the Nile in southern Egypt to prevent some 100 tons of diesel oil that leaked from a barge from polluting drinking water

CAIRO - Zamalek were held at home to a 1-1 draw with a stubborn Gouna side in the Egyptian Premier League on Monday night. The Whites won four points from their first three games, conceding five goals in the process.

EL-ARISH — Sixteen Russians and Moldovans who killed the Egyptian smuggler who was going to help slip them across the border into Israel have been detained in Egypt, a security official said on Sunday.

CAIRO - A senior Egyptian Muslim cleric on Sunday condemned a group of Christians who tore up pages of the Qur'an outside the White House on the anniversary of 9/11 saying their act was "despicable"

CAIRO - Egypt's Al-Ahly beat last year's African Champions League (ACL) runners-up Heartland FC of Nigeria 2-1 in Cairo Sunday night to complete the lineup for the semi-finals with one round left in the group phase.

CAIRO-Fourteen Egyptian legislators involved in alleged free healthcare abuses have had their parliamentary immunity lifted, prior to their being investigated on suspicion of squandering public funds by illegally offering free medical treatment to people who don’t need it.

CAIRO- Egypt's Trade Ministry plans to tender 500 million square metres of land for specialised trade zones next month, part of a plan to boost internal trade and lure more investment, the state news agency reported.

CAIRO: In separate incidents, two political activists were detained and released over the Eid holiday.Walid Shawqy, an activist with the National Association for Change (NAC) founded by Mohamed ElBaradei, was arrested early on Friday morning after Eid prayers and taken to a police station in Dakerness, El-Daqhileya.

CAIRO - An opposition coalition led by potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has agreed to boycott Egypt's parliamentary elections due in November.

An Egyptian court issued today what it described as a lighter ruling against the two lawyers convicted of assault on a Tanta prosecution head

DAKHALIA (Egypt) - Four girls drowned when their pleasure boat capsized in a canal in this Nile Delta province, the official Middle East News Agency reported on Saturday. Eight others were rescued from death during the mishap.

A prominent opposition journalist is to go on trial for allegedly libeling Egypt's foreign minister in a newspaper, a judicial source said on Sunday

CAIRO- A senior member of Egypt's ruling party said on Wednesday the Muslim Brotherhood had failed to provide an effective parliamentary opposition, in the latest hint that the Islamists may be sidelined in November elections.

CAIRO- Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin, a prominent economic liberaliser, will resign from the Egyptian government to take up a senior post at the World Bank beginning in October, the cabinet said on Wednesday.

CAIRO - Hundreds of Muslim worshippers and activists from the social networking website Facebook protested Sunday night outside Amr Ibn el-Aas Mosque in Old Cairo, calling for the release of Camilia Shehata, the wife of a priest who has allegedly converted to Islam and then disappeared around a month ago.

Egypt's Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin has been nominated for a prominent position at the World Bank (WB), according to informed sources

CAIRO - Egypt's Prosecutor General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud Monday referred Mohssen Shaalan, the First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Head of Sector of Fine Arts, together with 10 other defendants, to the Criminal Court to be tried over the theft of van Gogh's painting 'Poppy Flowers' from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Giza last month.

CAIRO-Egypt's Chief Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Sunday referred to a criminal court TV commentator Hamdi Qandil on charges of slandering Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.

A prominent opposition journalist is to go on trial for allegedly libeling Egypt's foreign minister in a newspaper, a judicial source said on Sunday