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.

Egyptian-Spanish talks: President Hosni Mubarak (R) during his talks with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Cairo yesterday. Zapatero is on an official tour of the Middle East that will also take him to Saudi Arabia.

Egyptian crowds are massing in Zamalek to protest about Algerian violence in Khartoum ... For more than a week, Gamal Fahmy has watched in mounting dismay as the simple question of who would qualify for the 2010 World Cup has exploded into a violent threat to the relationship between two Arab peoples.

President Hosni Mubarak met Monday with the national football team over a breakfast reception held at the presidential palace,

Egypt's licensing committee has decided to cancel the production licence for El Wadi Cement over start-up delays, and is reviewing four other licences, the head of the Industrial Development Authority said

President Hosni Mubarak yesterday presided over separate meetings with cabinet ministers and the visiting Speaker of the EU Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA)

The wave of anger with Algeria over a World Cup qualifier that started last Wednesday continued to escalate yesterday with two Cairo lawyers demanding the expulsion of all the Algerians from Egypt.Enraged by the attacks against Egyptian fans in Khartoum last week

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