Egypt bans former PM from leaving country
By Maggie Michael /AP CAIRO: Egyptian state TV says a former prime minister and Cabinet minister have been banned from leaving the country, a move that is often the prelude to…
Million man march planned for Friday
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: A million man march is scheduled to take place in Tahrir Square on Friday Feb. 25, to mark the one month anniversary of the Jan. 25 demonstrations…
Shafiq accepts resignation of three state-run newspaper editors
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq accepted the resignation of three editors-in-chief of state-run publications, and referred them to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which will have…
Victims’ families file complaint against Mubarak, Al-Adly, other officials
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: The Front to Defend Egypt's Protestors (FDEP) filed Wednesday a complaint against ousted president Hosni Mubarak, former minister of interior Habib Al-Adly, and other ministry officials to…
Rights group suspects security involvement in Bahai home fires
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: A group of Muslim youth set the homes of a community of Bahais on fire in Shouraneya village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag, the same…
US art sleuth claims new Michelangelo find
A US art detective says he has proof a garish terracotta statue found discarded in a moldy cardboard box in an Italian antiques shop is an original model by Michelangelo…
Pastor found stabbed in Assuit home
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: Police found the dead body of a pastor in Assuit Tuesday, where preliminary investigation showed that the he was murdered two or three days ago in a…
Health minister responds to demonstrators’ demands
CAIRO: Newly appointed Minister of Health, Ahmed Sameh Farid, has responded to the demands made during a strike by workers of the ambulance facility last week. In a ministry statement,…
Mubarak’s one-time ruling party in disarray
By Hamza Hendawi/AP CAIRO: In retrospect, Hosni Mubarak's one-time ruling party may have made the biggest single contribution to his stunning downfall. The National Democratic Party (NDP), for decades the country's…
Jefferson’s books found in Mo. university library
Dozens of Thomas Jefferson's books, some including handwritten notes from the nation's third president, have been found in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis. Now, historians…