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A top Egyptian official pressed Britain Wednesday to return an ancient stone tablet seen as an icon of his country and denied his countrymen were "pirates of the Caribbean" seeking to steal it back.
CAIRO -- Until a few weeks ago, Egypt's state media described Mohamed ElBaradei, the Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and just-retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as a credit to his country. He was seen as a man who had dared speak truth unto power -- defying the United Sta...
Her hair neatly tucked under a Muslim headscarf, Dawlat al-Amine practises aikido regularly in a Cairo gym where she and her female colleagues learn martial arts to protect other women.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
FC Sion appealed on Wednesday to overturn a transfer ban imposed by FIFA after goalkeeper Essam El Hadary broke his contract in Egypt to join the Swiss club. The Court of Arbitration for Sport case will be studied closely by English club Chelsea, which is challenging a similar FIFA suspension on signing players.
Manama - The foreign ministers of Bahrain and Egypt Tuesday reaffirmed their support for Saudi Arabia as it continues to battle Yemeni rebels on its southern border. The security and stability of Saudi Arabia is a vital matter for both our countries...
U.S.-allied Arab governments in the Middle East are flouting human rights through violations including torture, extra-judicial killings and repressive laws, an Egyptian human rights group said Tuesday.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- EFG-Hermes Holding SAE , the biggest publicly traded Arab investment bank, fell the most since August after Dubai Group LLC was said to be seeking to sell a $91 million stake in the Egyptian investment bank.
Political and civic leaders largely turn a blind eye to flourishing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt, a new report said.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- EFG-Hermes Holding SAE fell as much as 7.2 percent in Cairo trade after Dubai Group LLC was said to be seeking to sell a $91 million stake in the Egyptian investment bank.
Mobile phone subscriptions are spreading fast and due to reach 120,000 early next year in communist North Korea, where an Egyptian provider started a service a year ago, a press report said Tuesday.
A food drive will be held at New Egypt Speedway, 720 Route 539, New Egypt, on Dec. 10, 11 and 12. Nonperishable items can be dropped off at the speedway on those days between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Details: 609-758-1900 or www.newegyptspeedway.net.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) --Blue Financial Services Ltd. is seeking to enter the Egyptian market and is in talks with potential partners in that country, Business Report said, citing Morne Reinders, corporate affairs executive at the Pretoria, South Africa-based company.
Experts say that rescuing captives has deep Jewish and Israeli roots and has helped place Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit at the heart of nearly every Israeli Jew.
Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practised in several countries, namely Egypt, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday.
Students embodied historic and mythological figures from Egypt's ancient past this week as Lincoln Elementary School presented its 13th annual Living Wax Museum.
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