Wall Street Journal | Iran's Ahmadinejad seeks strategic axis with Egypt Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on the first visit to Cairo by an Iranian leader in more than three decades, called for a strategic alliance with Egypt and said he had offered the cash-strapped Arab state a loan. In a step by Iran to ... Iran Offers Credit Line to Cash-Strapped Egypt Ahmadinejad Visits Egypt, Signaling Realignment Iran-Egypt relations remain cool despite Ahmadinejad's visit to Cairo |
Ahram Online | In Cairo Faux Pas, Palestinian Leader Confuses Host With Hosni Mubarak Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mixed up the names of Egypt's democratically elected president and his ousted authoritarian predecessor when he tried to thank his hosts at an Islamic summit in Cairo on Wednesday. Mr. Abbas intended to ... Egypt Sexual Assaults: Activists Demand Justice Against Perpetrators Mob attacks on women in Egypt protests go unpunished, report says Report: Egypt's top appeals court grants retrials for 2 Mubarak-era officials |
News & Observer | Egypt liberal sounds alarm over call for his death Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei condemned Egypt's Islamist-led authorities on Wednesday for not arresting a Muslim cleric who said he should be sentenced to death. ElBaradei's response came the same day as an ... Egypt opposition leader warns over death edict |
New State Department travel alert is bad news for Egypt Washington Post (blog) Though such travel alerts are common, it's a reminder that the State Department is not exactly encouraging Americans to visit Egypt in droves, not that they have been since 2011 anyway. The relevant information from the travel alert is below. I visited ... |
Ahram Online | At a summit of Muslim nations in Egypt, divisions over Syria, Shiite-Sunni ... Washington Post CAIRO — An Islamic summit that opened in Egypt on Wednesday lay bare the multiple divisions within the Muslim and Arab worlds, with conflicting approaches to the Syrian civil war exposing the Sunni-Shiite sectarian fault lines that have torn the ... Egypt's Mursi Calls for Palestinian Rights at Islamic Summit Egypt's Morsi calls for 'moderate Islam' at OIC Cairo summit Egypt's president takes break from domestic troubles to host Islamic summit |
New York Times (blog) | To Egypt or Not to Egypt? New York Times (blog) Sanctuary Retreats is offering new 10-night trips from Cairo to Aswan in six departures April through September, capitalizing on a decision by Egypt last year to lift the 18-year ban on Nile River cruises north of Luxor. The lengthened itineraries, on ... |
New York Times | India vs. China vs. Egypt New York Times This visit was no exception, but I think it's more revealing to widen the aperture and compare India, China and Egypt. India has a weak central government but a really strong civil society, bubbling with elections and associations at every level. China ... |
RT | Egypt Says Relations With Iran Depend on Progress on Syria Bloomberg Egypt says “deepening” relations with Iran depend on achieving progress on different issues including the Syrian conflict, the state-run Ahram Gate website said. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said Iran is capable of becoming part of a solution in ... Egypt, Turkey, Iran Discuss Ways To End Bloodshed in Syria Presidents of Egypt, Iran, Turkey meet on Syrian crisis |
DAWN.com | Egypt top cleric tells Ahmadinejad not to interfere in Gulf DAWN.com CAIRO: Egypt's top cleric told visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday not to interfere in the affairs of Bahrain or other Gulf states, and to uphold the rights of his country's Sunni minority. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Cairo ... |
Mainichi Daily News | Pope Tawadros II: Egypt's Islamist-Backed Constitution Is Discriminatory Huffington Post AL-MUHARRAQ MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) – Egypt's Coptic Christian pope sharply criticized the country's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press, saying the new constitution is discriminatory and Christians should not be treated as a ... Photos: Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope criticizes Islamist government |