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Coptic Christian Fights Deportation to Egypt, Fearing Torture (New York Times)
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:23:45 GMT

An Egyptian who was permitted to stay in the United States because of the threat of torture back home is fighting deportation on a murder charge in Egypt.


Bush Criticizes Egypt's Detention Of Prominent Dissident (Nasdaq)
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:49:17 GMT

(RTTNews) - US President George Bush in his speech Tuesday in the Czech Republic celebrating democracy's progress around the globe, called on US allies, specifically naming Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to make more democratic progress, saying the US will continue to press them to open up their political systems.


Egypt rejects pyramid stamps (AME Info)
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:35:58 GMT

Egypt has refused to allow its pyramids of Giza to be featured on Portuguese postage stamps promoting a global contest to name the new 'seven wonders of the world', AP reported.


Egypt demand replay (BBC News)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:31:42 GMT

Egypt ask the Confederation of African Football for a replay of their Nations Cup qualifier against Mauritania.


Egypt: No to ancient pyramids on stamp (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:45:05 GMT

Egypt has refused to allow Portugal to feature its ancient Pyramids of Giza on postage stamps the European country wants to issue coinciding with a global contest to name the seven new wonders of the world.


Egypt still not exporting gas to Israel (Middle East Times)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:38:08 GMT

CAIRO -- Egypt has still not begun exporting natural gas to Israel under a 2005 accord, a senior official told parliament Tuesday in response to an MP's demands to know the truth about the project.


No pyramids on Portugal stamps, Egypt says (Seattle Times)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:34:02 GMT

Egypt has refused to allow Portugal to feature its ancient Pyramids of Giza on postage stamps the European country wants to issue coinciding...


Mom fights to keep son from being deported; fears he'll be tortured and killed if returned to Egypt (The York Dispatch)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:52:20 GMT

A York City woman is frantically trying to stop her son from being deported back to Egypt to face a murder charge later this week. If her son is returned to Egypt, Georgette Shehata, 68, says he will be tortured and killed.


Mideast Quartet to meet in Egypt in June: Arab League (Philstar.com)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:22:04 GMT

CAIRO (AFP) - The international Quartet for Middle East peace is due to meet in Egypt in June with members of the Arab League, Secretary General Amr Mussa said on Tuesday.


Analysis: No energy ties for Iran, Egypt (Middle East Times)
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:53:08 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Although a resumption of relations between Iran and Egypt after a quarter-of-a-century may signal a change in diplomacy in the region, it is unlikely to solve the energy woes of either country.