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Egypt Announces Charges Over Video - Wall Street Journal Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:56:40 GMT

BBC News

Egypt Announces Charges Over Video Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Egypt's general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam video that has sparked riots across the Muslim world. Egypt court to try Copts living abroad over anti-Islam filmChicago Tribune Egypt seeks arrest of Terry Jones, 7 others tied to anti-Islam filmLos Angeles Times all 574 news articles »

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Temporary spending bill permits US aid to flow to Egypt despite anti-America ... - Washington Post Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:04:20 GMT

Temporary spending bill permits US aid to flow to Egypt despite anti-America ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — As anti-American sentiment boils in Islamic countries like Egypt, lawmakers are moving to permit billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid under a government-wide funding bill set to clear Congress this week. In the case of Egypt, turmoil ... and more »

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Egypt president to Tehran's foreign minister: Iran's support for Syria hinders ... - Washington Post Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:25:02 GMT

ABC News

Egypt president to Tehran's foreign minister: Iran's support for Syria hinders ... Washington Post Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said that Morsi told the Iranian minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, in their meeting in Cairo that as president he cannot ignore public sentiment in Egypt, which is against the Syrian regime “that uses harsh language and ... Egypt says Iran's support for Syria hinders relationsFox News Egypt: Iran's Support for Syria Hinders RelationsABC News all 878 news articles »

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Egypt charges Coptic Christians linked to infamous video - CNN Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:41:39 GMT

Washington Times

Egypt charges Coptic Christians linked to infamous video CNN Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The ... Prophet Muhammad is 'the mercy to all worlds' to Muslims: Egypt's muftiWashington Post (blog) Egypt's Islamic TV talks with iron SalafistWashington Times all 2,133 news articles »

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Hamas appeals to Egypt over closure of smuggling tunnels - Chicago Tribune Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:11:42 GMT

The Daily Star

Hamas appeals to Egypt over closure of smuggling tunnels Chicago Tribune GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt's crackdown on smuggling tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip is making shortages ever tighter and has forced the enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers to consider urgent alternatives. Hamas officials asked Egypt late on Monday ... Abbas tells Egypt only 1 Palestinian representativeMa'an News Agency all 400 news articles »

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Egypt Sells Seven-Day Repos as Domestic Debt Yields Plunge - Bloomberg Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:46:18 GMT

Egypt Sells Seven-Day Repos as Domestic Debt Yields Plunge Bloomberg Egypt sold 10 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of seven-day repurchase agreements as plunging yields on government securities signal pressure on central bank funding is easing. The regulator received 11.4 billion pounds in bids for the one-week repos. and more »

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Egypt Cabinet drafts new 'oppressive' police powers law - Ahram Online Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:33 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt Cabinet drafts new 'oppressive' police powers law Ahram Online A controversial draft bill, named the 'protecting society from dangerous people' bill, replicates the worst features of the widely-misused and now defunct emergency law, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR). and more »

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US Aid to Egypt Blocked by Republican Congress Following Riots - The Jewish Press Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:11:51 GMT

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

US Aid to Egypt Blocked by Republican Congress Following Riots The Jewish Press The U.S. annual aid to Egypt comes to about $1.6 billion, and the Obama Administration was fully prepared to continue providing this aid, despite the election of a new government in Egypt run by the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, President Obama has ... US aid to Egypt stalledWashington Post Do Americans dare trust Egypt's President Morsi?Fox News Intel agencies warned US Embassy in Egypt of possible violenceReuters Council on Foreign Relations (blog) -NASDAQ all 285 news articles »

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Beach resorts to stay in Islamist-led Egypt - minister - Reuters Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:11:36 GMT

Beach resorts to stay in Islamist-led Egypt - minister Reuters "Nothing will affect beach tourism" - Zaazou. * Sees 12 mln visitors in 2012, 15 mln in 2013 (Adds background). By Tom Perry. CAIRO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Egyptian beach tourism is here to stay, the tourism minister in the Islamist-led administration ... and more »

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Easing Middle East tensions - NBCNews.com Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:25:20 GMT

NBCNews.com

Easing Middle East tensions NBCNews.com even in yemen we had a government that tried to protect our embassy, whereas in egypt it took forever, it seemed. jim, you can understand how not only the president, but how people and the appropriators on the hill are going to say why should we give a ... and more »