Egypt makes new arrests in Muslim Brotherhood ranks
AFP - 2 hours 44 minutes agoEgyptian police on Friday arrested nearly 50 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood who were staging anti-Israel demonstrations, a security official said.
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Egyptian police on Friday arrested nearly 50 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood who were staging anti-Israel demonstrations, a security official said.
The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.
The Brooklyn Museum has assembled an exhibition that explores all facets of the Egyptian funerary industry.
Al-Arish, Egypt - Egyptian border guards on Friday shot and seriously injured an Ethiopian migrant trying to cross illegally into Israel, and arrested seven others, police said. Egypt has been under mounting international pressure to both secure its ...
Like our weather fronts that come and go, trends in architecture come and go as well. These trends are most often driven by social preferences of the time, advances in technology, new construction techniques and, in the case of Egyptian Revival, by an archeological discovery in 1922.In November of t...
The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate on Thursday strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents, adding that the tactic would not silence calls for change.
Amnesty International has made an urgent personal appeal to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to prevent the execution of a man who is believed to have been wrongly convicted of murder and whose co-accused was executed on Wednesday
Shen Yun Performing Arts is said to be leaving millions in awe. The Chinese performance is scheduled in Ogden at Peery’s Egyptian Theater, March 16-18 at 7:30 p.m.
Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Israel and the West Bank was designed to underscore the Obama administration's commitment to support Israeli security as it approaches indirect negotiations with the Palestinians.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday paid tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Egyptian cleric who died this week at age 81, saying he embodied "an Islam of dialogue and openness."
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- White sugar futures fell in London after a report that Egypt ended a purchase order and as technical signals suggested prices have more to lose.
After a secret trip around the globe, a 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities sent the sarcophagus to Egypt. It was confiscated by customs officials at the Miami Airport in 2008. Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, offers his insight.
In the ramshackle warrens of Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, four young athletes are plotting to swim their way out of the impoverished territory.
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will begin a five-day tour of Middle East hotspots on Sunday, her office said.
Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent. Al-Azhar, one of the most prominent seats of Sunni Islamic learning in the Muslim world, has schools, universities and other educational institutions across Egypt.