Rights group warns of cover-up in Maspero killings
CAIRO: A leading international rights group has warned of a cover-up by the Egyptian military in the investigation of the killing of more than two dozen mostly Coptic Christian demonstrators…
Weapons found in Libyan embassy in Cairo
CAIRO: The Libyan embassy in Cairo said on Monday that it found a large cache of weapons on the premises it believes the former regime planned to use to kill…
Obama urges Egypt army chief to lift state of emergency
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama urged Egypt's army chief to lift a state of emergency and end military trials for civilians, according to a telephone conversation announced Monday by the…
Egypt military ruler to attend Saudi prince’s funeral
CAIRO: Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi was headed to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the official MENA news…
Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill
CAIRO: Lawyers continued for the fourth day Monday an open-ended strike in protest of a judiciary bill that would toughen penalties against lawyers for contempt of court. A general assembly…
Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill
CAIRO: Lawyers continued for the fourth day Monday an open-ended strike in protest of a judiciary bill that would toughen penalties against lawyers for contempt of court. A general assembly…
Pope Shenouda discusses Maspero clashes with Tantawy, intelligence chief
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda met Monday with head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Field Marshal Hussein Tantawy and Intelligence Chief Murad Mowafi to discuss the latest…
Striking policemen demand removal of interior minister
CAIRO: Thousands of low-ranking policemen started Monday an open-ended strike in front of the Ministry of Interior and security directorates across the country demanding better working conditions and the removal…
Turkey hunts for survivors as quake toll hits 217
ERCIS: Rescuers searched Monday for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed…
Liberated Libya begins tough task of government formation
BENGHAZI: Libya's new leaders began Monday the tough task of forging an interim government uniting the nation's disparate political forces after 42 years of Moammer Qaddafi's iron-fisted rule, promising a…