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Israel planning fence on Egypt border (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:42:29 GMT

Israel is planning to build a sophisticated fence to prevent smuggling and infiltration across its long desert border with Egypt, an army publication reported, the latest effort to fortify the frontier.


Israel planning fence on Egypt border (CTV.ca)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:03:56 GMT

Israel is planning to build a sophisticated fence to prevent smuggling and infiltration across its long desert border with Egypt.


Kenya: Egypt Disarm Police in Friendly (AllAfrica.com)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:40:34 GMT

Egypt came from behind to disarm Kenya Police 3-1 in a training match at Nairobi's City Park Stadium as part of their preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games hockey qualifiers for Africa, which will be held in Nairobi from next week.


Zawahri urges jihadis to topple regimes in Egypt, Saudi Arabia (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:08:41 GMT

Osama bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahri issued a new video Thursday calling for Islamic fighters to strike Western interests worldwide and for regime change in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He also sought to bolster the terror network's main arm in Iraq in a new video released Thursday, calling on Muslims to rally behind.


Egypt Imposes Total Ban On Female Genital Cutting (Medical News Today)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:04:23 GMT

Egypt recently announced that it will impose a total ban on female genital cutting, rescinding a provision that allowed the practice to be performed by qualified physicians in exceptional cases, BBC News reports (Abdelhadi, BBC News, 6/28). [click link for full article]


Egypt Attempts to Curb Smoking in Public (Philly.com)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:36:38 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt - In a country where perhaps the most popular national past-time is puffing on a water pipe or chain smoking while drinking tea, new laws designed to curb smoking are receiving a skeptical response.


Africa: Egypt to Host ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008 (AllAfrica.com)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:39:12 GMT

ITU T ELECOM A FRICA 2008, the world class Exhibition and Forum and a major networking platform for ICT players from across the African region, will take place in Cairo, Egypt, 12-15 May 2008. The venue will be the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre (CICC).


The World's Best Hamburger Is in Egypt (Time Magazine)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:15:44 GMT

The head chef at Lucille's Restaurant in Cairo, Egypt shows off their famous hamburger. .


Egypt to host ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008 (AME Info)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:32:59 GMT

ITU TELECOM AFRICA 2008, the world class Exhibition and Forum and a major networking platform for ICT players from across the African region, will take place in Cairo, Egypt, 12-15 May 2008.


Are You Egypt’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year? (Business Today Egypt)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:25:46 GMT

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Business Today Egypt team up again to search for Egypt’s top social entrepreneur. Past winners: Sekem’s Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish and CID’s Laila Iskandar