ABC News | Egypt postpones curfew for shops, cafes, for a week after broad backlash Washington Post CAIRO β The Egyptian government decided to postpone by one week the imposition of a curfew on shops and restaurants that had been intended to save energy and bring order to the street but sparked a broad backlash. The 10 p.m. curfew, which had been ... Egypt postpones curfew on shops, cafes by a week Egypt in dilemma: save energy or preserve ordinary life? |
AFP | Egypt Salafists stage Cairo demo on constitution AFP CAIRO β Several hundred Salafist Muslims demonstrated in the capital on Friday to demand a stronger reference to Islamic law or sharia in Egypt's new constitution, a contentious issue of rising political tension. The size of the protest in Tahrir ... Hundreds in Egypt's Tahrir Square for preliminary Islamist mass demonstration In debate over Egypt's new constitution, Muslim law sparks a holy war of words Islamization of Egypt Could Spark Coptic Awakening |
National Post | Ministry rejects Amos Gilad's rebuke of Egypt Jerusalem Post The statement follows comments made by Gilad earlier in the day at the IDC Herzliya's "Strategic Fridays" event, in which he said that "There is no talking going on between (Israel's) and Egypt's political echelons, and I don't think there will be ... Egypt's government is a 'shocking dictatorial force': Senior Israeli official Top Israeli defense official: Egypt's Morsi won't talk to us Defense official: Appalling dictatorship in Egypt |
Ahram Online | Tug-of-war: Egypt and Israel's border disputes Ahram Online Although, behind the scenes there is a tug-of-war between the two sides. Egypt wants to amend an article in the treaty, but Israel refuses. Israel, on the other hand, requests more military visits to Egypt and changing the location of its embassy in ... Sinai Salafists threaten Israel, Egypt security |
The Guardian | Foreign Office raises Egypt terror threat The Guardian The change comes on the same day that a report revealed that police in Egypt had foiled a plot by al-Qaida-linked militants to attack tourists in the popular Red Sea coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The Mirror said the attack, involving firearms and ... Terror threat for Egypt raised amid fears of attacks on Britons Egypt terror threat level raised by UK Foreign Office Egypt Terror Threat 'High' For Britons |
BBC News | Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope The Tand D.com CAIRO - A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians voted on Monday in a process that will lead to the selection of a new pope for the ancient church, as the community struggles to assert its identity and rights amid a rising tide of Islamism that has left ... Egypt church moves closer to picking new popePublish Date: Oct 31, 2012 Egypt's Copts select three finalists in election for new pope Egypt's Copts vote for successor to Pope Shenouda III |
AINA | Worried Copts outline agenda for new pope gulfnews.com Cairo: To William Saleeb, a Coptic medical student, it does not matter who will be chosen as the new pope of the Orthodox Coptic Church. Like many of Egypt's Christian minority, Saleeb wants one certain thing from the new pontiff. βHe has to assert the ... Egypt's Government and Media Conspire against Christian Copts |
The Daily Star | Egyptian princess tomb discovered near Cairo The Daily Star CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities minister announced on Friday the discovery of a princess's tomb dating from the fifth dynasty (around 2500 BC) in the Abu Sir region south of Cairo. "We have discovered the antechamber to Princess Shert Nebti's tomb which ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt breaks four terror cells funded from overseas Al-Arabiya Egyptian Security forces broke up four terrorist cells from Nasr City, New Cairo, Sayeda Zeinab, Egyptian media reported on Friday. Investigations revealed eight men who helped form the cells received funds from overseas, according to the daily Al ... |
Egypt: America's ally no more Salon US ties to Egypt's military, while still intact have also taken a hit. Under the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) earlier this year, Egyptian prosecutors accused employees of three prominent American nonprofits of trying to subvert the state. |