SINGAPORE - When Jihan El Midany leads the Egyptian delegation into Saturday's opening ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympics, it will be a historic moment for her country.

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has held separate meetings with head of Palestinian Authority (PA) and Jordan's King to push for "progress" in the Israeli-Palestinian talks.

CAIRO: The state is using Bedouins tried in absentia and wanted by the courts to track the assailants behind recent rocket attacks on Jordan and Israel, a source in Sinai told Daily News Egypt.

CAIRO: The recent news about a purchase deal of daily independent El-Dostor newspaper is nothing but a rumor, editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa told Daily News Egypt Tuesday.

CAIRO: Afghanistan’s entire wheat crop may be at risk of devastation from a wheat rust disease called Ug-99, which originated in Uganda in 1999, said Egyptian and US officials at a press conference held Tuesday at the Ministry of Agriculture.

CAIRO- Egypt's High Administrative Court delayed a ruling on the appeal of Talaat Moustafa Group's (TMG) Madinaty land deal case until September 14, the court said on Tuesday.

Cairo – Egypt during the recent years witnessed the widespread of suicide crimes among youth of males and females as well, the matter which raised worries among people, said the Egyptian psychological Dr Khalil Fadil.

CAIRO: A small group of protestors held a sit-in in front of the Cabinet of Ministers on Monday against the significant increase in food prices before Ramadan.

CAIRO- Al Wafd, Egypt's largest liberal party, Sunday night said it opposed hereditary succession in Egypt. "Egypt is not a building or property to be passed on from one person to another," el-Sayed el-Badawi, the chairman of the party told a rally of Egypt's opposition on potential guarantees for elections.

Egypt's security deployed several hundred extra forces on its northern border on Thursday, declaring the area under "extreme emergency" following what officials said was the launch of rockets from the area earlier in the week, said Ma'an

CAIRO-In an attempt to ease the tension between Egypt and Algeria, Ahly president Hassan Hamdi decided to head his side's contingent that will travel to JS Kabylie in mid-August.

CAIRO- Egypt will not raise local wheat prices or cut bread subsidies after a Russian wheat export ban sent world prices

EL-MAHALLAH - Workers in a Nile Delta ginning company briefly blocked the main roads Saturday, threatening to commit suicide under trains over a dispute with their employer over paying their wages.

A picture released on Aug. 6 by the EU Navfor shows Spanish frigate SPS Victoria tracking a pirate skiff (bottom) on Aug. 3 in the Gulf of Aden. The Spanish warship foiled an attack on a Norwegian chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, holding seven suspected Somali pirates pending possible prosecution. (AFP Photo/ EU NAVFOR)

Cairo – An Egyptian political front called “The Free Country”, held the government responsible for prices hike calling the Egyptians for joining a demonstration next Monday under the motto “We became hungry”.

CAIRO - The Egyptian Government made the decision to set the clocks an hour backward starting from Wednesday until September 9. Ramadan is set to start next Wednesday.

CAIRO - A co-Founder of a youth movement, using the Internet to press for political change in Egypt, has said that his group is completely independent from other opposition powers.

CAIRO-- Egypt Tuesday voiced "full support" with Lebanon against "Israeli violations" following the eruption of a border clash between Lebanon and Israel for the first time in four years.

Egypt's Judge Mustafa Hanafi said that Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court will rule on the validity of Talaat Moustafa Group Holding’s purchase of land for its Madinaty real-estate project on Aug. 5

The Egyptian presidency said that Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak and Israeli President Shimon Peres discussed Sunday efforts to relaunch direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians

CAIRO- Three major Egyptian oppostion have rebuffed calls for boycotting the forthcoming legislative and presidential elections.