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Israel sends African migrants back to Egypt (International Herald Tribune)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:34:19 GMT

Israel has sent about 50 African migrants, said to include Sudanese refugees from Darfur, back across the border to Egypt, a move condemned by Israeli human rights advocates.


Egypt Islamists' trial resumes amid fresh arrests (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:30:26 GMT

The military trial of 40 members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on charges of money-laundering and financing a banned organisation resumed on Sunday amid a continuing clampdown on the Islamists.


Egypt Islamists' trial resumes amid fresh arrests (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:47:11 GMT

The military trial of 40 members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on charges of money-laundering and financing a banned organisation resumed on Sunday amid an ongoing clampdown on the Islamists.


Israel begins sending Sudanese infiltrators back through Egypt (International Herald Tribune)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:19:49 GMT

Israel confirmed Sunday that it has begun returning Sudanese infiltrators to Egypt, expelling nearly 50 in an operation overnight.


Israel deports 50 Sudanese refugees to Egypt (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:45:48 GMT

Israel on Sunday returned to Egypt 50 Sudanese refugees who had entered the country illegally the previous day, a senior official said.


Egypt death sparks debate on female circumcision (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:50:48 GMT

MAGHAGHA, Egypt (Reuters) - It was a routine procedure undertaken by thousands of Egyptian girls every year, but something went wrong and Budour Ahmed Shaker died while having her genitals cut in a rite known locally as "purification".


Flight From Darfur Ends Violently in Egypt (Washington Post)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:35:27 GMT

MARKER NO. 6 ON THE ISRAELI BORDER, Egypt -- For Hagga Abbas Haroun, a 28-year-old refugee from Sudan's Darfur region, four years of struggle to bring herself and her family to safety ended violently last month on Egypt's border with Israel.


FEATURE-Egypt death sparks debate on female circumcision (AlertNet)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:19:52 GMT

Source: Reuters By Cynthia Johnston MAGHAGHA, Egypt, Aug 20 (Reuters) - It was a routine procedure undertaken by thousands of Egyptian girls every year, but something went wrong and Budour Ahmed Shaker died while ...


Egypt, UAE agree to settle illegal residence issue (People's Daily)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:48:01 GMT

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) have agreed to set up a mechanism to deal with the issue of some 2,000 illegal Egyptian residents in the gulf country, the official MENA news agency reported Sunday. Hazem Tahri, acting Egyptia ...


Israel hands over 48 Sudanese illegal immigrants to Egypt (People's Daily)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:18:31 GMT

Israel has deported 48 Sudanese, who crossed into the Jewish state through Egyptian borders illegally, to the Egyptian authorities, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported Sunday. The group of Sudanese infiltrators were handed over ...