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Egypt hits back at US for withholding military aid (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:11:45 GMT

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday hit back at the United States for tying millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt's human rights record.


Egypt ruling party secures majority in house elections (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:00:58 GMT

Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party has won a majority of seats in a midterm election for parliament's upper house, the Higher Election Committee said, in a vote marred by irregularities.


Undergrad killed in Egypt, stabbed 10 times by Malaysian student (The Star Online)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:40:44 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian student at the Al-Azhar University, Mansurah campus in Egypt, died after he was stabbed 10 times by another Malaysian student.


Egypt to respond idea of deploying international troops in Gaza: FM (People's Daily)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:36:58 GMT

Egypt Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday said that the idea of deploying international troops in the Gaza Strip was worth of discussion.


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.


Ninety-nine Fatah policemen flee to Egypt (AlertNet)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:28:55 GMT

Source: Reuters EL ARISH, Egypt, June 14 (Reuters) - Ninety-nine Palestinian policemen loyal to the Fatah movement fled to Egypt on Thursday as the rival Hamas group took control of most of the Gaza Strip, an ...


Lufthansa, Egypt Air in code-sharing deal (Middle East Times)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:53:08 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany -- German flag carrier Lufthansa unveiled Thursday a code-sharing agreement with Egypt Air that it said would mark the start of close cooperation between the two airlines in the future.


Arrests in Egypt Point Toward a Crackdown (New York Times)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:13:07 GMT

A recent arrest appears part of a new zero-tolerance policy toward anybody who challenges the governing party?s monopoly on power.


Egypt-US relations take further strain (Independent Online)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:35:15 GMT

Egypt has hit back at the United States for withholding millions of dollars in military aid meant for the north African country.


Lufthansa, Egypt Air enter code-sharing agreement effective year-end (Sharewatch)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:00:14 GMT

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it has entered into a code-sharing agreement with Egypt Air that will come into effect with the introduction of the winter timetable at the end of 2007.