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Footprint extends Egypt’s prehistoric frontier (MSNBC)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:38:25 GMT

Archaeologists have found what they said could be the world’s oldest human footprint in Egypt’s western desert, the country’s antiquities chief said Monday.


Cleopatra's Sunken Love Nest May Lure More Tourists to Egypt (Bloomberg.com)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:56:17 GMT

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- ``Take me over Cleopatra's palace,'' I asked the tour-boat operator on a recent visit to Alexandria, Egypt's Mediterranean metropolis.


Israel expels refugees across border to Egypt (The Washington Times)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:31:24 GMT

TEL AVIV — The Israeli government has moved to cut off a two-year influx of Sudanese refugees into Israel, for the first time expelling back to Egypt about 50 Africans who illegally crossed the porous border with the Sinai Peninsula.


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.


H7 strain of bird flu detected in Egypt (People's Daily)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:47:52 GMT

A case of the H7 strain of bird flu was detected in Egypt after a migrant bird in Sharqiya governorate in the Nile Delta tested positive to the H7 virus, Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said on Monday. El-Gabali confirmed the d ...


Egypt death sparks debate on female circumcision (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Health)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:41:57 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."


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.


Telecom Egypt selects Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software (Mena Report)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:21:51 GMT

Telecom Egypt has selected Group 1 Software, a Pitney Bowes Company (NYSE:PBI), as its Customer Communications Management (CCM) solutions provider of choice to enhance the customer billing process.


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.