The Guardian | Court in Egypt Says Rights of Women Were Violated New York Times CAIRO — An administrative court ruled Tuesday that the Egyptian military had wrongly violated the human rights of female demonstrators by subjecting them to “virginity tests” intended to humiliate them. The decision was the first to address a scandal ... Egypt Court Orders End to 'Virginity Tests' in Army Prisons Egyptian court bans virginity tests on female detainees 'Virginity tests' on Egypt protesters are illegal, says judge |
Haaretz | ElBaradei: US-Egypt in secret talks UPI.com 27 (UPI) -- Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said the United States is in talks with Egypt's military council to try to preserve the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. ElBaradei said Tuesday secret negotiations between US representatives and ... ElBaradei blows cover on alleged US-Egypt talks Egypt's 'Man Of Peace' Lends Egypt's Islamists A Hand Egypt's sinking economy belongs to the Islamists now |
AFP | Egypt arrests suspect in pipeline attacks Bikya Masr CAIRO: Egyptian officials reportedly have arrested a man allegedly involved in at least some of the 10 attacks on the natural gas pipeline from the country to Israel and Jordan this year, the official state-run MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. ... Egypt arrests man in connection with gas line attacks Egypt detains man over gas pipeline blasts - agency Egypt arrests man in connection with gas pipeline attacks |
IMF says expects January talks with Egypt Reuters By Marwa Awad | CAIRO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it planned to meet with Egyptian authorities to discuss the country's economic problems but added that any funding would have to be based on benchmarks that had ... |
The Guardian | Freed @Alaa talks prison, parliament & Egypt's future Ahram Online As people congratulated him, the activist spoke of his experience and views about Egypt's current political situation. Abdel-Fattah, son of revolutionary Cairo University professor Laila Sweif and lawyer Ahmed Seif, and brother of renowned activist ... Egyptian judge frees anti-junta blogger Egyptian pro-democracy blogger freed Egyptian Blogger Released From Jail |
www.worldbulletin.net | Gaza's premier in Egypt on his 1st trip outside territory since Hamas takeover Washington Post CAIRO — Gaza's Hamas premier was in Egypt Monday on his first trip outside the blockaded territory since the Islamists overran it in 2007, saying his meeting with his Islamic ideological mentors threatens Israel. Ismail Haniyeh discussed Mideast ... Islamist parties' victories spur Haniya's regional tour Hamas Haniyeh meets Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt Hamas PM meets Egypt's Brotherhood leader |
Ahram Online | Egyptian public-sector wage cap issue remains in limbo Ahram Online Public-sector wage cap reform once again appears to be dogged by uncertainty after Egypt's Cabinet announced last week that it would set the national maximum wage at 35 times the minimum wage of a third-grade employee at the same government body, ... |
Ahram Online | Egyptian Stocks: El Nasr Clothes and Beltone Financial Holding BusinessWeek 27 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt's benchmark EGX 30 Index fell 0.4 percent to 3619.72 at the 2:30 pm close in Cairo, the lowest level since Dec. 22. The measure has dropped 49 percent this year, the third-worst performer among the world's stock markets tracked ... Egypt's Beltone says chairman in talks to sell stake Egypt's Beltone chairman selling stake in bank Beltone CEO in negotiations to sell stake |
Al-Bawaba | Egypt: Ganzouri Meets G8 Ambassadors AllAfrica.com During the meeting, Ganzouri reviewed Egypt's urgent economic needs and what those countries can offer to Egypt in light of the Deauville Partnership. The Deauville Partnership was launched in May in the French city of Deauville during the G8 summit ... Egypt gets $270m loan from AMF Egypt's PM urges G8 to help unlock promised aid Fears of revolution of hungry in uncertain times in Egypt |
Arab News | 'Egypt: A Short History' Arab News COM Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last February, the eyes of the world are still very much on Egypt. The country is facing an uncertain future. An imposing list of foreign rulers who reigned over Egypt after the pharaohs, underlines the importance of ... |