CAIRO: Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy disbanded the long-feared state security police on Tuesday barely 10 days after taking office on a pledge to restore public confidence, state media said. "Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy decided today to cancel all administrative branches and offices of State Security in all the republic's provinces," the official MENA news agency reported.

CAIRO - When Ahmed checked his e-mails after a hard day’s work, he was surprised to find that his inbox was full. All the messages sounded very cautious, like one sent by one of his friends which started with the phrase ‘Take care’, while another from his sister was entitled ‘Be careful’ and a third, from his uncle, urged him to buy a weapon.

CAIRO: A military source warned against holding any protests or sit-ins during the referendum on the constitutional amendments. The source told state-TV that the law criminalizing thuggery will be imposed on anyone who attempts to obstruct the voting process on the referendum day set for March 19.

CAIRO - The disappearance of the police on January 28 from the streets across the country remains a big mystery. However, efforts to unravel the growing puzzle are overshadowed by appeals from citizens to redeploy the police as soon as possible.

CAIRO - Spain is willing to help Egypt develop its tourism business and assist its transition to democracy, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said during a visit to Cairo on Monday.

CAIRO: The family of a suspect in a misdemeanor case filed a complaint to the prosecutor general accusing an officer at Meet Ghamr Police Station of torturing him last week to force him to change his words.

CAIRO - Young militants who spearheaded Egypt's pro-democracy revolution called Monday for a "no" vote in next weekend's referendum on constitutional reform.

CAIRO - Egypt will lift restrictions on forming political parties that choked political life during the rule of President Hosni Mubarak after a March 19 referendum on constitutional amendments, an army source said on Saturday.

CHENNAI, India - Egypt has won the squash Word Cup, with one of its star players dedicating the title to a country at the center of political uprisings.

CAIRO: Egypt’s public prosecution ordered the arrest of four former Ministry of Interior officials for allegedly giving orders to open fire on peaceful protesters on Jan. 28.

Egypt would not abandon its legal and historical right to Nile waters, local media quoted Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hussein el-Atfi as saying Saturday.

CAIRO: A number of human rights groups accused the military police of torturing as well as arbitrarily detaining protesters and activists over the past two weeks.

CAIRO - Egypt needs to start functioning again and prevent army rule from dragging on too long, the Muslim Brotherhood said, calling for the swift implementation of constitutional amendments to restart political life.

CAIRO - Outgoing Arab League chief Amr Moussa said late on Tuesday he wanted Egyptian presidential elections to come before people vote for a new parliament and said he would run for president for only one term, Reuters reported Wednesday.

CAIRO - A Million Woman March in Cairo drew a few hundred people Tuesday and a significant group of anti-feminist demonstrators. The march on International Women's Day aimed to celebrate the role played by women in the protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak and to call for "fair and equal opportunity for all Egyptian citizens -

CAIRO – New evidence of spying and torture by an Egyptian security agency has piled pressure on military rulers to abolish a hated and feared symbol of Hosni Mubarak's era. that appeared to be designed to put detainees in stress positions and testing a stun gun disguised as a mobile phone

CAIRO: Ministers in the new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf were sworn in by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Monday.

CAIRO - New Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said on Monday he would work to get Egypt's economy back on its feet after weeks of protests and political turmoil, speaking after a ceremony to swear him and his new cabinet into office.

CAIRO: The military prosecution released on Monday 27 protesters who were detained by the army on Sunday following clashes outside the state security building in Lazoghly near downtown Cairo.

CAIRO - Egypt on Sunday named Nabil al-Arabi foreign minister to replace Ahmed Abul Gheit, Egypt's official Middel East News Agency (MENA) reported, in the latest move to purge the cabinet of members of toppled president Hosni Mubarak's regime.

CAIRO - Egypt's armed forces on Sunday asked protesters to hand over files which were taken when demonstrators forced their way into various State Security Investigations Service offices.