The 81 year old died of a heart attack on Wednesday, while on a visit to Saudi Arabia. Tantawi was the head of Egypt’s most prestigious seat of Islamic learning, al-Azhar.

The former chief of U.N. nuclear Mohamed ElBaradei turned Egyptian reform advocate has strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents.

Egypt aims to set up four nuclear plants by 2025, with the first to start operating in 2019, Electricity Minister Hassan Younes was quoted as saying by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) on Tuesday.

Secretary-general of the Egyptian ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Sawfat el-Sherif reported Tuesday that

PRIME Minister Ahmed Nazif has denied rumours that the Government is planning to raise the prices of oil products in Egypt, stressing that diesel shortages in some governorates would end within a fewdays.

The Egyptian Minister of Health Hatem al-Gabali announced Monday that President Hosni Mubarak's health continues to improve after an operation in Germany to remove his gall bladder

With just a few dozen Jews left in Egypt and a public that's deeply critical of Israel, Cairo is not the most obvious staging ground for a government-funded restoration of an historic synagogue, according to CNN

The Egyptian Shura Council approved on Sunday legislation that opposes human trafficking in principle. For his part, a speaker of Egypt's Shura Council Safwat el-Sherif said that "Human trafficking has become

Egypt wants to see a further fall in global sugar prices before resuming its raw sugar purchases, an official at the state-owned Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) told Reuters on Sunday.

The Egyptian National Democratic Party (NDP) opposes amending the Constitution, opposition figures, including Mohamed ElBaradei, have called for amendments to permit open elections

WOMEN in Cairo and other cities of the nation yesterday protested against a decision by the State Council court to bar women from working as judges at this influential court.

will undergo gallbladder surgery in Germany on Saturday and has temporarily handed over power to his prime minister during his absence, local TV reported.

An US officials reported that with Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, causing a stir, Washington would like to see a more vibrant and inclusive political process emerge

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks in Berlin Thursday, a German government spokesperson announced on Tuesday.

Egypt's Judicial sources reported that the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court turned down yesterday an appeal submitted by the government and the Ministry of Defense against the release of a movie about former President Gamal Abdel Nasser and his deputy Abdel Hakim Amer

Egypt's blogger detained for writing a post critical of the armed forces faced a military court on Monday accused of publishing false information about a military institution, according to Cairo

The Egyptian parliament voted Saturday by an overwhelming majority to regulate organ transplants in a bid to curb illegal trafficking and tourism over the issue

An influential court, advising the Egyptian Government, Monday, reiterated its opposition to the appointment

Former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, potential candidate in Egypt's presidential elections 2011 Mohamed ElBaradei departed Egypt for Vienna on Sunday

A CAIRO court on Saturday closed down three sports programmes broadcast by famous TV presenter Ahmed Shobeir on the private satelliteTV El-Hayat.

Egyptian medical and security sources announced on Tuesday that Egypt's police killed an Ethiopian migrant as tried to cross the Egypt-Israel border