47 police held for burning security files
By AFP CAIRO: Forty-seven police officers suspected of having destroyed documents in offices of Egypt's state security services have been remanded in custody, a senior judiciary official said on Monday.…
Students protest against university administrations, launch ‘revolution union’
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Hundreds of Cairo University students protested Monday in front of the iconic main dome demanding the resignation of the university’s president, Hossam Kamel, and deans of…
Military prosecution releases 27 detained at Lazoghly
By Mai Shams El-Din 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…
Ministers sworn in amid support from opposition
By Heba Fahmy 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. Some ministers…
Sharaf promises Coptic delegation swift solutions to ‘immediate’ problems
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf promised a Coptic delegation he met Sunday to reach solutions to pressing problems, mainly the sectarian clashes in Helwan in which a church was burnt…
New Egypt minister takes over after offices stormed
By AFP CAIRO: A new Egyptian interior minister took office on Sunday pledging to restore public confidence in the police a day after protesters stormed several state security buildings. In…
AUC president: Campus illegally used by security forces on Jan. 28
CAIRO: In a statement released by the president of the American University in Cairo Monday, President Lisa Anderson clarified that AUC has its own security staff and “does not…
Stranded Egyptians sail home on German warships
GABES, Tunisia: After being robbed by Libyan soldiers and huddling in a transit camp on the Tunisian border for several days, some 400 laborers fleeing Libya found themselves on perhaps…
Arab Cotton Ginning July-Dec profit jumps
CAIRO: Egyptian textiles firm Arab Cotton Ginning's 2010 July-December net profit jumped to LE 56.2 million ($9.5 million) from 20.7 million for the same period of 2009, the firm said…
Tanta lawyers convicted with assaulting prosecutor released
CAIRO: The two Tanta city lawyers convicted with assaulting and insulting a local prosecutor were released Sunday, Lawyers’ Syndicate board member Mohamed Abdel-Ghaffar told Daily News Egypt Monday. Prosecutor General…