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Ruling party dominates Egypt election (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:19:50 GMT

President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party has won the vast majority of seats in this week's elections for Egypt's upper house of parliament, shutting out the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in polling critics derided as flawed.


Delay won in deportation battle, but Khouzam might still be sent back to Egypt (The York Dispatch)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:09:44 GMT

Sameh Sami Khouzam has bought some time. U.S. Middle District Court Judge Thomas Vanaskie ruled yesterday that Khouzam cannot be deported back to his home country of Egypt until June 18.


Hamas takes control on Gaza-Egypt border area (People's Daily)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:07:06 GMT

Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Wednesday that they took over the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt as part of their campaign to capture Palestinian security posts.


House panel votes to withhold some Egypt aid (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:52:08 GMT

The House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at pressuring Egypt to improve its human rights record by withholding some military aid until progress is made.


Asalah helped Fulah enter Egypt (Al Bawaba)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:47:20 GMT

Algerian singer Fulah stated at a news conference she held in Dubai that Syrian singer Asalah and her husband Tareq EL Aryan helped her enter Egypt. The Algerian singer will be in Egypt next week; where she was denied any permission to enter Egypt for the past 12 years.


Centamin Egypt Limited: Mineralised Extensions Defined at Sukari and Regional Exploration Commences (SYS-CON Media)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:21:57 GMT

Centamin Egypt Limited (the "Company") (TSX: CEE)(AIM: CEY)(ASX: CNT) today announced that results have been received for RCD1073 drilled to test the down dip extension of the porphyry in the Amun zone. Significantly this hole intersected an extremely wide zone of mineralization of 197m @ 2.18g/t gold and within this was a higher grade core of 100m @ 3.51g/t gold (Figure 1). This mineralized ...


Egypt ruling party wins 69 of 88 parliament seats (Khaleej Times)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:00:25 GMT

CAIRO - Egypt’s ruling party won 69 out of 88 seats outright in Monday’s parliamentary election while the opposition Muslim Brotherhood got none, a government statement said on Wednesday.


40 Fatah men cross into Egypt, fleeing Gaza fighting (AlertNet)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:43:55 GMT

Source: Reuters RAFAH, Egypt, June 13 (Reuters) - About 40 Palestinian security men affiliated to Fatah fled to Egypt on Wednesday to escape violence in the Gaza Strip while dozens of Palestinians massed at the ...


Egypt ruling party wins marred vote, says report (Middle East Times)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:56:48 GMT

CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has secured most seats in a midterm election for parliament's upper house after a vote marred by irregularities, a preliminary report said Wednesday.


PGNiG Wins Bid for Bahariya Concession in Egypt (Rigzone)
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:32:43 GMT

PGNiG SA said that its bid for exploration on Bahariya 3 Block in Egypt was accepted by Egyptian General Petroleum Company. It was the first bidding round for Egyptian exploration concessions in which PGNiG submitted a bid.