Promoting regional cooperation
CAIRO: In a bid to provide assistance to countries in need, the Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs has stepped up efforts to support and aid the growth of neighboring third-world…
Mubarak warns of terrorist threat over prophet cartoons
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Thursday that the reprinting by several European newspapers of cartoons deemed offensive to Islam risked provoking a terrorist backlash. The president warned of the near…
Egypt coach urges respect for Congo in African Cup quarterfinals
CAIRO: The local fans are ecstatic that Egypt has reached the quarterfinals at the African Cup of Nations.The national team s coach, however, is urging his players to be wary…
WHO declares country polio free
CAIRO: Egypt has been declared polio-free for the first time ever by the World Health Organization (WHO). Over a year has passed since the last sample of polio was found…
Mubarak promotes son in ruling party
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday promoted his son Gamal to a more senior role in the ruling party in what analysts and opposition politicians saw as a step to…
Report: Survivor of Egypt crash says fellow Hong Kongers in nearby buses ignored accident
HONG KONG: A man identified as a survivor of a bus crash in Egypt that killed 14 said in a radio interview aired Wednesday that fellow Hong Kongers on tourist…
E.U. threatens to take Danish cartoon dispute to WTO
CAIRO: A series of cartoons in a Danish newspaper has prompted a controversy that threatens to escalate into a global trade dispute between the European Union and Muslim countries.A series…
Al-Wafd Party crisis continues
CAIRO: The stakes were raised in the internal crisis in the Al-Wafd Party, as Noaman Gomaa, overthrown chairman of Al-Wafd, was barred by his rivals from the party's headquarters for…
Egypt mediation makes shaky start with Palestinians
CAIRO: Egypt made a shaky start on Wednesday in its mediation on the future of the Palestinian Authority after the militant Islamist group Hamas won last week s parliamentary elections.After…
Egypt highlighted as an example of political reform in State of the Union address
CAIRO: It was January 1790 when America's first president, George Washington, delivered the first address detailing to Congress and consequently to the American people, the state of the union, his…