18 smugglers sentenced in Fayoum
CAIRO: A Fayoum court sentenced 18 men to up to five years imprisonment Tuesday for their roles in an ill-fated attempt to smuggle illegal Egyptian immigrants into Italy by boat,…
Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Fayoum
CAIRO: A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Fayoum, the Supreme Council…
Many Gazans trying to get to Cairo for jobs, fun
Al-ARISH: Eissa Sweillem entered Egypt through the breached Gaza border - but not just to shop at stores. The 27-year-old unemployed Gaza man hopes to buy a fake Egyptian identification…
Abu Ghraib documentary to premiere at Berlinale
BERLIN: A motion picture about the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq s Abu Ghraib jail will become the first documentary ever to enter the competition at the Berlin Film Festival…
Global tourism soaring, led by Mideast, despite financial crises: UN
MADRID: Global tourism soared to a record performance in 2007, led by emerging markets, and the outlook remains good despite financial crises and high oil prices, the UN World Tourism…
Iran parliament speaker in Egypt amid improving ties
CAIRO: Iranian parliament speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian officials amid improving ties between the Middle East s two most populous states, state media…
Egyptian border guards fatally shoot African man, woman, trying to cross illegally through breached Gaza border
AL-ARISH: Egyptian border guards at the boundary with Gaza on Wednesday fatally shot two Africans, a man and a woman as they tried to illegally cross from Egypt into Hamas-controlled…
Students from Egypt stopped in US had fireworks: FBI
MIAMI: Two Egyptian students at a Florida university, accused by prosecutors of promoting terrorist attacks, had fireworks and not explosives in their car when they were detained, the FBI reported.…