Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Arrests of Smugglers Show Threat of Libya Arms New York Times By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO — Egyptian Interior Ministry officials acknowledged on Thursday that they had arrested five small groups of smugglers transporting weapons from Libya, including antiaircraft missile launchers, across Egypt toward its ... Libyan Arms Flow Into Egypt Across Northern Sinai Smuggled Libyan weapons flood into Egypt Fuel crisis in North Sinai continues, residents block main road |
AFP | Egypt's Failing Army New York Times They said 300 soldiers with no live ammunition faced a large and threatening crowd of 6000, demonstrating against a recent attack on a church in southern Egypt. The generals said a few in the crowd were armed with swords, stones and Molotov cocktails. ... Egypt military takes over inquiry of Coptic unrest Egypt military takes over inquiry of Coptic unrest Egypt to review church permit disputes after violence |
Hurriyet Daily News | Egypt and Israel: Within the Realm of Possibilities Huffington Post Over the past few weeks, Egypt and Israel have reached the lowest point in their relations in thirty years of peace. The attack in Eilat and Israel's killing of eight Egyptian policemen on the Sinai border led to a diplomatic blame game that was only ... Free Grapel! Egyptian air force patrolling border with Israel Egypt: Planes patrol Sinai without Israel's consent |
Los Angeles Times | In Egypt, young and tech-savvy Islamists try to project new image Los Angeles Times is a satire on the colliding passions and deep suspicions between liberals and ultraconservative Muslims like him, known as Salafis, who have become a pronounced political voice in the new Egypt. The short film has gotten more than 80000 hits on ... |
Reuters | Egypt's leaders deny killing protesters Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt's military leaders denied Wednesday that soldiers had purposely killed Christian protesters in the capital last weekend, saying in their first public statement since the deadly incident that troops had ... Egypt's army defends action in protest crackdown Egypt Violence Piles Pressure on Army to Hand Over Power Faster Egypt Finance Minister Says Resignation Made Point |
Reuters Africa | Egypt Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged to Help Economic Growth BusinessWeek Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at the lowest level in almost five years to help the economy after the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. The Monetary Policy Committee left ... Egypt Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged to Help Economic Growth Egypt c.bank keeps rates on hold as inflation eases Egypt's Central Bank expected to leave interest rates unchanged |
Telegraph.co.uk | Israel apologizes to Egypt over August border incident CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- Following an investigation, Israel apologized to Egypt this week over an August incident in which five Egyptian border guards were killed, the Israeli Ministry of Defense said. The apology, issued Tuesday, was overshadowed by news ... Israeli media credit Egypt on prisoner exchange deal Israel PM thanks Egypt for Shalit deal Shalit Deal -- Egypt's Role |
AFP | Morocco replaces Egypt as Olympic qualifying host AFP RABAT — Morocco will replace strife-hit Egypt as the host country for Africa's final qualifying round for the 2012 Olympics football tournament, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Thursday. Egypt gave up the tournament due to the ... Morocco replaces Egypt as host for qualifiers Morocco replaces Egypt as CAF U-23 host Morocco to host CAF U-23 Champs |
Bikya Masr | Egypt's former regime may compromise elections Bikya Masr The reemergence of regime politicians poses a particularly serious challenge to revolutionary groups in Upper Egypt where the patronage networks that allowed the NDP to dominate elections remain intact and revolutionary groups are still too weak and ... Fears of Mubarak allies as Egypt prepares elections Candidates apply for Egypts' parliament polls amid fears of NDP come-back Egypt: Registration of Candidates for Parliamentary Polls Opens |
Business Recorder | Egyptian Stocks: Telecom Egypt, Orascom Telecom and Juhayna BusinessWeek Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt's benchmark EGX 30 Index rose 2.5 percent to 4152.29 at the 2:30 pm close in Cairo, the biggest daily gain in more than two months. That brought the measures advance to 5.1 percent. ... Orascom chairman sees spinoff by year end |