Egypt talks agree constitution reform team: govt
By AFP CAIRO: Participants in talks between the Egyptian regime and several opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, agreed on Sunday to form a constitutional reform committee, a government official…
Christians, Muslims join voices in Tahrir Prayer
By Joseph Fahim CAIRO: Christians and Muslims recited in unison the “Our Father” prayer in Tahrir on Sunday, a day intended to commemorate those killed in pro-democracy protests since Jan. 25.…
3 French journalists, researcher safe in Egypt
By AP PARIS: France's Foreign Ministry says that three French journalists and a researcher who went missing in Cairo amid attacks on journalists during violent demonstrations have been located and…
Egyptian activists freed: Amnesty
By AP CAIRO: Amnesty International says several dozen activists who were detained by the Egyptian military for almost two days have been released. The rights group on Saturday said it…
Anti-Mubarak activists bruised, tired, hungry
By Paul Schemm and Ryan Lucas / AP CAIRO: After nearly two weeks of going head-to-head with Egypt's authoritarian regime, anti-government protesters are bruised, battered, sleep-deprived and hungry. But the tens…
Muslim Brotherhood starts dialogue with government
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Rashad Bayoumi, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, told Daily News Egypt that the group and other opposition figures had represented the peoples’ demands to the government…
GASC buys 170,000 T US, Australian, Argentine wheat
CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has bought 170,000 tons of soft wheat from the United States, Australia and Argentina for March 21-31 shipment on a free-on-board basis, the…
Vodafone Egypt denies Mubaraks’ stake in company
CAIRO: Vodafone Egypt denied what was reported by media outlets, citing an ABC cable news network report titled "The Wealth of Al Mubarak: $70 billion," saying that no member of…
Egypt can deal with crisis, growth hit: Central Bank
CAIRO: The central bank said on Saturday that growth which had been forecast at 6 percent would be hit by Egypt's political crisis and outflows could hit $8 billion in…
Several former ministers banned from traveling
By Sarah Daoud CAIRO: Egypt’s Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud issued a travel ban for a handful of former ministers as well as a prominent member of the ruling National Democratic…