MPs demand end of Port Said ‘smear campaign’
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Port Said parliamentarians said Tuesday that the smear campaign against the people of the province must stop, and urged a fact-finding committee investigating the February ‘massacre’ to…
Case of policemen allegedly inciting violence referred to PA committee
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a heated discussion, parliament referred to the defense and national security committee the case of a police officer allegedly caught outside the building inciting protesting workers…
Clinton vows civil society push on rights
By AFP WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with support for democracy promotion groups, saying that they play a critical role despite a…
Israeli warships pass through Suez canal
By AFP JERUSALEM: Two Israeli naval vessels passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Tuesday, headed from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, Israeli and Egyptian sources said. "It was routine,…
UN nuclear body says ageing reactors fuel safety concerns
By AFP VIENNA: Eighty percent of nuclear power plants are more than 20 years old, raising safety concerns, the UN atomic agency warned in a draft report seen by AFP…
Ending military rule through democracy, ‘not chaos,’ says El-Awa
By Abdel Rahman Youssef ALEXANDRIA: Bringing an end to military rule will not be achieved merely by chanting against it, presidential hopeful Mohamed Selim El-Awa said Monday at a conference. His…
PA calls for expelling Israeli ambassador
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The People’s Assembly (PA) committee for Arab affairs called Monday for expelling the Israeli ambassador in Egypt and recalling the Egyptian ambassador in Tel Aviv, in condemnation…
Brotherhood forms human chain for Syria in Alexandria
By Abdel Rahman Youssef ALEXANDRIA: Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members formed human chains across the Corniche Monday in support of the Syrian revolution. About 4,000 answered the call made by the…
Egyptian women honored for overcoming obstacles, barriers
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: Mo’mena Badawy is a middle-aged woman who has been her family’s sole breadwinner since her husband was left crippled from an accident in 1993. Despite the…
Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to Egypt-brokered truce in Gaza
By Adel Zaanoun / AFP GAZA CITY: Israel and Islamic Jihad in Gaza agreed on Tuesday to an Egyptian-brokered truce deal after four days of violence in which 25 Gazans died…