AlexBank says 1st day smooth, no run on cash
CAIRO: Egypt's AlexBank said on Sunday it had ended its first open day after a week-long bank closure caused by political unrest with a net cash surplus of LE 4…
Egyptian Nobel laureate Zewail: Mubarak must leave
By AP CAIRO: Egyptian-American scholar and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail added his weight Sunday to calls for President Hosni Mubarak to step down to help end the standoff with anti-government…
Egypt says embassies smuggling weapons amid revolt
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's foreign ministry accused diplomats on Sunday of trying to bring weapons and communications equipment into the restive country, which saw looting amid anti-government protests this month.…
Al-Jazeera reporter detained for 7 hours in Egypt
By Maggie Hyde /AP CAIRO: The Egyptian military detained a correspondent for Al-Jazeera's English-language news channel for seven hours in Cairo on Sunday, said the network, which has been targeted repeatedly…
Lessons from the Ukraine to Egypt
By Yuliya Tymoshenko KYIV: From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire…
Where are the Islamists?
By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: Sometime in the 1980’s, when the communist regime in Poland was facing serious challenges from disaffected masses, the regime’s official spokesman, Jerzy Urban, remarked to a…
Egypt’s Rage: A Tale of Two Neighbors
By Shereen El Feki Pitched battles in Cairo’s Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) aren’t the only place where President Mubarak’s supporters and opponents have been fighting it out over the past week.…
Obama steps up diplomacy for Egypt transition
By AFP WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama reached out to several foreign leaders about the unrest in Egypt, as Washington stepped up a diplomatic effort for a quick transition of…
Egypt gov’t talks with reformists about Mubarak
By Patrick Werr and Alexander Dziadosz /Reuters CAIRO: Egypt tried to get the nation back to work on Sunday with banks reopening, and the vice president held unprecedented talks with a…
NDP leadership changes herald a new phase, say members
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: The changes in leadership at the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) aim at adopting to a new phase through introducing new thoughts and new faces to revitalize…