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Egypt footprint 'could be oldest' (BBC News)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:37:06 GMT

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found.


Egypt's premier archeologist to speak next week (Honolulu Advertiser)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:25:20 GMT

Time magazine called him "The Man." As the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, star archeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass controls who excavates what in Egypt.


Gaza-bound aid unusable after a year on Egypt border (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:39:16 GMT

Around 80 tonnes of medical aid destined for the Gaza Strip have become unusable after being held up at the border with Egypt for more than a year, a security source at the frontier said.


Analysts diverge on source of Muslim-Coptic tension in Egypt (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:24:43 GMT

Recent high-profile cases of Egyptian Christians claiming abuse at the hands of their Muslim countrymen have highlighted growing divisions between the two communities. "It's not as it was. People go less to each other's houses," says writer and political analyst Sameh Fawzi, bemoaning the increasing separateness of Egypt's six to 10 percent population of Coptic Christians.


Egypt criticizes 'political' use of Gaza electricity (Middle East Times)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:27:00 GMT

CAIRO -- Egypt said Tuesday that Gaza's electricity supply should not be used for political ends, after the European Union stopped paying for power station fuel fearing it could be funding Hamas.


Egypt: Italy to 'defend' rights of Christian convert (Adnkronos)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:15:24 GMT

Egypt: Italy to 'defend' rights of Christian convert (AKI) - Italy's Foreign Ministry has instructed the country's embassy in Cairo to monitor closely the plight of an Egyptian man, Mohammed Hegazi, who has received death threats following his conversion from Islam to Christianity.Hegazi, a journalist and political activist, is in hiding together with his wife Katarina, who is four ...


Divine divide widens in Egypt (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:11:17 GMT

Recent high-profile cases of Egyptian Christians claiming abuse at the hands of their Muslim countrymen have highlighted growing divisions between the two communities.


Egypt seeks to attract investments from citizens abroad (MENAFN)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:03:17 GMT

Egypt seeks to attract investments from citizens abroad


Footprint extends Egypt’s prehistoric frontier (MSNBC)
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:30:34 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.


Citadel to build $2.4b refinery in Egypt (MENAFN)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:03:26 GMT

Citadel to build $2.4b refinery in Egypt