CAIRO: Ten opposition parties and groups from across the Egyptian political spectrum officially announced on Saturday boycotting the parliamentary elections in November, saying the regime left them with no other option.

CAIRO - The Chief of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) slammed Monday what he termed as the unfair decisions of the Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey during Egypt’s Al-Ahly and Tunisia's Esperance match in the semi-final at the African Champions League (ACL) Sunday night.

Egypt's court postponed Sunday the trial of Wael al-Ibrashi, chief editor of independent weekly Sawt al-Umma, and Sammar al-Dawy, a reporter for the same paper, who are accused of "inciting public opinion against compliance with the law," in line with Article 177 of the Egyptian penal code to 19 December

CAIRO - Egypt's State-backed human rights watchdog Sunday lent support to

Egypt’s largest opposition Wafd Party and Muslim Brotherhood group announced that they will coordinate with each other during Egypt's upcoming legislative elections

CAIRO - The new owner of an independent newspaper, whose dissident editor-in-chief was sacked two weeks ago, said Saturday he would maintain the editorial policy of the paper and that he would consider appointing the part-time journalists.

Economic experts warn that, unless the Government intervenes to buoy up the weak purchasing power of the Egyptian pound in the domestic market, tragic social unrest could erupt.

Egypt's Association for Development and Human Rights launched a campaign in support of Egypt's president

Italian authorities have deported 50 Egyptian nationals back home from Italy, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday. The would-be immigrants were arrested last week for attempting to enter the country without legal travel documentation.

CAIRO: Over 120 journalists from daily independent Al-Dostor newspaper started an open strike Tuesday evening at the Journalists’ Syndicate in response to the procrastination of the newspaper’s owner to meet them and discuss their demands.

CAIRO - The Egyptian economy expanded an annual 5.6 per cent in the third quarter, boosted by tourism, manufacturing and domestic consumption, cabinet spokesman Magdy Rady said Wednesday.

CAIRO - Seated beside the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar in the heart of Islamic Cairo Wednesday, Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen apologised for the publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohamed by some Danish newspapers, which offended a billion Muslims across the world.

The European Union has granted Egypt 609 million euros to be spent between 2009 and 2013, with most of the money to be spent on economic and social development projects, the government said on Monday.

CAIRO - The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) rejects any kind of foreign intervention in Egypt's internal affairs whatever its source or content, according to a senior NDP official.

CAIRO - A Cairo court Tuesday sentenced a deputy minister of culture and ten others to three years in jail for negligence that led to the theft of a painting worth $55 million from an Egyptian museum in August.

CAIRO-President Hosni Mubarak Monday discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad el-Hariri the latest developments

NIGER - An out-of-sorts Egypt side fell behind to a stunning Niger goal in their Sunday's African Cup of Nations qualifier match. Egypt slumps to last place in the group after a draw and a loss in its opening two qualifying matches.

CAIRO: US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner concluded his visit to Egypt with a press conference on Oct. 9 in which he discussed the human rights issues that were addressed during his visit.

CAIRO - One of the new owners of an independent newspaper, whose editor-in-chief was sacked last week, sold Sunday his share to a co-partner, who rejected demands by the newspaper's staff to reinstate its editor.

MANSOURA - Police Sunday seven members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, one day after the group announced it would field candidates in the parliamentary elections.

Nobel Prize winner and reformist leader Mohamed ElBaradei's calls for boycotting parliamentary elections received a major blow Saturday when the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most important opposition party, announced that it would compete in the November poll.