Divisions within Al Tagammu Party amplify following decision to participate in runoffs
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Members of Al Tagammu Party condemned the party’s decision to participate in the run-off parliamentary elections, and have called for the resignation of Al Tagammu Party Leader…
Israeli exit from Ghajar spells trouble for Lebanon, say experts
BEIRUT: Israel's plan to pull its troops out of northern Ghajar, a disputed village on the flashpoint border with Lebanon, is likely to prove more of a headache than a…
Egypt goes to polls as opposition cries foul
By Samer Al-Atrush /AFP CAIRO: Egypt went to the polls on Sunday for second-round runoffs in a parliamentary election that President Hosni Mubarak's party is poised to win almost unopposed in…
Opposition groups protest election fraud ahead of runoffs
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Opposition groups protested “the rigging and fraud of the People’s Assembly elections” in front of the Journalists’ Syndicate on Saturday, a day before the runoff elections, with…
Reporter, editor and MP to stand trial for defamation against judge
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: MP Moamena Kamel, Chief Editor of Al-Shorouk daily newspaper Amr Khafagy, and Al-Shorouk journalist Hisham El-Mayany will all stand trial on Dec. 18 before the Giza…
Police force downtown protest over elections fraud to relocate
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: A number of opposition parties and groups organized a protest against parliamentary “elections fraud” at the Journalists’ Syndicate on Sunday afternoon, after security prevented them from gathering…
Copt candidate blames NDP ‘Islamists’ for Egypt poll defeat
By AFP CAIRO: A Coptic opposition candidate defeated in a parliamentary poll accused "extremist" Islamic elements in the ruling party on Friday of trying to further marginalize Egypt's beleaguered Christian…
Two Egyptian women die from swine flu, bird flu
CAIRO: Two Egyptian women passed away this weekend in the Delta from swine flu and bird flu, the Ministry of Health said. The swine flu victim, a 30-year-old pharmacist from…
Papyri found in Austria shed new light on Arab conquests
VIENNA: More than 250 papyri recently discovered in Austria's national library have shed new light on the Arab conquest of north Africa and northwest Asia in the 1st century AD,…
Shark behind Red Sea resort attacks still at large, says NGO
CAIRO: An Egyptian NGO warned on Saturday that at least one of the sharks believed to have mauled tourists swimming in Sharm El-Sheikh this week was still at large as…