Abbas loyalists flee to Egypt
Egypt withdraws Gaza mission after Hamas routCAIRO: Ninety-nine Fatah loyalists crossed the border into Egypt Friday after the latest Palestinian infighting saw Hamas take over the majority of the Gaza…
Egypt hits back at US for withholding military aid
CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Thursday hit back at the United States for tying millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt s human rights record. Egypt…
Egyptian envoy in US says has bad three weeks
CAIRO: The Egyptian ambassador in Washington said the last three weeks had not been pleasant because of disagreements between Egypt and the United States over elections, human rights and other…
Egypt median o/n interbank steady at 8.756 pct
CAIRO, June 14 (Reuters) - The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound was steady at 8.756 percent on Thursday, the same as Wednesday s rate, in the absence…
Egyptian shares rebound, led by OT
CAIRO: Egyptian shares rebounded on Thursday when investors showed renewed interest in Orascom Telecom (OT), despite the company s decision to abandon its bid for Telecom Italia s stake in…
Experts lobby for equal laws to build churches and mosques
CAIRO: Roundtable talks held Wednesday at the National Council for Human Rights discussed ways in which to lobby its proposed amendments to Law 106 of year 1976 that deals with…
With a Grain of Salt
Absolute Freedom for AllI do not agree at all with those who claim - and they are many - that there is no freedom in Egypt. The truth is that…
Saudi Shias and the 'fire inside' of national dialogue
The Saudi Shia news service Al-Rasid released its second annual human rights report in late April. The document is a survey of discriminatory practices against the kingdom's Shia minority. Noting…
Devise a comprehensive policy against Middle Eastern strife
The region between Egypt and Pakistan is a cauldron of five discrete, explosive components: Iraq's civil strife, Afghanistan's insurgency, Iran's nuclear ambitions, the longstanding Israel-Arab conflict, and the risk of…
