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Ramadan begins Thursday in Egypt (Philstar.com)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:49:20 GMT

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt has declared Thursday the first day of the holy month of Ramadan after the traditional sighting of the new moon.


Egypt Eyes Year-End Oil, Gas Rounds; Output Seen Up 15% (Rigzone)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:02:56 GMT

Egypt will invite international oil companies to participate in three oil and gas exploration rounds by the end of this year, the country's oil minister said Tuesday.


Comesa threatens legal action against Egypt (The Herald)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:57:00 GMT

NAIROBI. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa secretariat has threatened legal action against Egypt over claims that it was unfairly subsidising its industries.


UNICEF calls on Egypt to stop female circumcision (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:53:12 GMT

The UN children's fund on Monday called for pressure to be maintained to stop female circumcision in Egypt, where more than three quarters of 15 to 17 year-old girls are subjected to the practice.


Raya talks up Egypt as outsourcing hotspot (ITP.net)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:30:08 GMT

The call centre subsidiary of Egypt's Raya Holding has said its strategic location and regional knowledge gives it an advantage over firms from places like India for companies in the Middle East looking to outsource their customer service operations.


ATFP sign credit line agreements with Tunisia, Egypt (MENAFN)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:03:37 GMT

ATFP sign credit line agreements with Tunisia, Egypt


Egypt's parliament speaker opposes Taiwan referendum on UN membership (People's Daily)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:41:27 GMT

Egypt's People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Sorour on Monday said that Egypt opposes all attempts of Taiwan to join the United Nations by any means and under any name, including a referendum on joining the UN. Sorour made the remarks during ...


Egypt's parliament speaker confident of Mubarak's re-election as party leader (People's Daily)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:08:54 GMT

Egypt's People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Sorour on Monday expressed confidence that President Hosni Mubarak will be re-elected as the leader of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) during the party's conference slated for November. ...


Egypt's banned group leader remanded in custody for third time (People's Daily)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:09:25 GMT

The Higher State Security Prosecution of Egypt on Monday decided to remand a senior leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in custody for 15 days for the third time, the official MENA news agency reported. Essam el-Erian, along with 1 ...


Egypt's parliament speaker highlights Sino-Egyptian, Sino-African relations (China Economic Net)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:11:45 GMT

Egypt's People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Sorour on Monday highlighted Sino-Egyptian and Sino-African relations as excellent and outstanding and expected more bilateral cooperation.