UN bird flu chief cites improvement despite continued threat of pandemic
UNITED NATIONS: Bird flu in poultry and wild birds remains entrenched in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam but the threat has eased a bit elsewhere, the UN official coordinating…
Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates by UN human rights body
GENEVA: Muslim countries have won a battle to prevent Islam from being criticized during debates by the UN Human Rights Council.Religions deserve special protection because any debate about faith is…
Egypt back in diplomatic saddle with Gaza deal
CAIRO: Egypt is firmly back in the diplomatic saddle after having played the central role of mediator in securing a truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, analysts…
Two Egyptian teenagers killed by old mine
CAIRO: Two Egyptian teenaged boys were killed in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday by an unexploded mine dating from the 1967 or 1973 war with Israel, a hospital official said.The…
Olmert to meet Mubarak in Egypt next week: Israel
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Egypt next week for talks with President Hosni Mubarak, the premier s office said on Thursday as an Egyptian-mediated Gaza truce…
New American foreign policy needed for global rapprochement, says Richardson
CAIRO: The next American president must implement a new foreign policy that will bridge the current gap between the US and its allies, Governor of New Mexico and potential Obama…
Safwat El-Sherif on general strikes, the NDP and new political movements
CAIRO: "What happened on April 6 and May 4 is nothing but a failed attempt, said Safwat El-Sherif, head of the Shoura Council, speaking to Rose Al-Youssef newspaper."They think that…
Egyptian in US pleads guilty for 'support to terrorists'
MIAMI: An Egyptian student who placed a video on the Internet showing how to convert toy cars into bomb detonators pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing material support to terrorists, the…
One African shot at border, deportations continue
CAIRO: Egyptian border guards shot and killed a man attempting to cross the Egyptian border into Israel, news agencies reported Thursday. An unnamed official from the North Sinai police department…
