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8 Convicted for Alleged Same-Sex Wedding in Egypt - ABC News Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:24:30 GMT

ABC News

8 Convicted for Alleged Same-Sex Wedding in Egypt ABC News An Egyptian court on Saturday convicted eight men for "inciting debauchery" following their appearance in an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat, sentencing each of them to three years in prison. The Internet video shows two men exchanging ... Egypt Jails 8 Men Over Gay Marriage VideoHuffington Post Egypt jails eight men for 'gay wedding' videoAljazeera.com Egypt jails 'gay wedding video' menBBC News Jerusalem Post -The Guardian all 204 news articles »

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Egypt finds hundreds more tunnels from Gaza - The Times of Israel Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:32:34 GMT

The Times of Israel

Egypt finds hundreds more tunnels from Gaza The Times of Israel Egypt is reportedly doubling down on its work to set up a buffer zone with the Gaza Strip, after it discovered hundreds more tunnels running from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave into the Sinai Peninsula. According to a report on Sky News Arabic on ... Protest Is Muted as Egypt Levels Border Area in SinaiNew York Times Hundreds Of Palestinians Rounded Up By Egypt And Forced To Flee Their ...The Inquisitr Watch: Egypt Expels Gazans and the World is SilentArutz Sheva International Business Times -Al-Arabiya -Middle East Monitor all 108 news articles »

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Egypt jails eight men over gay marriage video - Reuters Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:47:42 GMT

Egypt jails eight men over gay marriage video Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight Egyptian men were sentenced to three years in jail on Saturday on charges of spreading indecent images and inciting debauchery after they appeared in an online video purporting to show the country's first gay marriage ceremony.

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Three Years In Prison For Egyptian Men In Purported Gay Marriage Video - NPR (blog) Sat, 01 Nov 2014 14:25:53 GMT

Three Years In Prison For Egyptian Men In Purported Gay Marriage Video NPR (blog) The case stems from a short video of a party on a boat that fueled a lively discussion in social media and led the Egyptian site Cairo Scene to ask, "Is This Egypt's First Gay Marriage?" after it was posted on YouTube. The event included the ...

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Press Freedom Dwindles In Egypt - NPR Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:12:40 GMT

Press Freedom Dwindles In Egypt NPR Egypt's president says the nation is involved in a war against terrorism and the media is falling in line. Some talk show hosts have been pulled off the air for criticizing the government. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See ...

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Pharaoh Thutmosis-era temple found by accident in Egypt - Telegraph.co.uk Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:06:09 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Pharaoh Thutmosis-era temple found by accident in Egypt Telegraph.co.uk The ancient Egyptians sometimes referred to their temples as "houses of eternity" or "mansions of millions of years", reflecting the fact that many were made of stone and unlikely to perish. "Modern Egypt is literally stacked on top of old Egypt, so ... Ancient Egyptian Temple Discovered After Illegal DiggingEgyptian Streets Pharaonic temple found beneath Egypt houseAl-Shorfa Ancient temple unearthed in Egypt after illegal diggingAPA all 11 news articles »

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Egypt court sends eight men to prison for 'inciting debauchery' - Los Angeles Times Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:12:17 GMT

Egypt court sends eight men to prison for 'inciting debauchery' Los Angeles Times In Egypt, it isn't a crime to be homosexual – at least in theory. But a high-profile court case, resulting in three-year prison terms handed down to Saturday to eight defendants for “inciting debauchery,” pointed up the increasingly hostile climate ...

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5th Egyptian-Ethiopian joint commission meeting begins - Daily News Egypt Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:27:45 GMT

Daily News Egypt

5th Egyptian-Ethiopian joint commission meeting begins Daily News Egypt Officials from at least 11 ministries have travelled to Addis Ababa for the meetings, which aim to increase cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia. Among the ministries represented at the meetings are the ministries of Foreign Trade and Industry ... and more »

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Fareed Zakaria: Why democracy took root in Tunisia and not Egypt - Washington Post Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:14:24 GMT

The Nation

Fareed Zakaria: Why democracy took root in Tunisia and not Egypt Washington Post Tunisia's relative success is a marked contrast to the abysmal failure of Egypt, the Arab world's largest and once most influential country. As in Tunisia, Egyptians also overthrew a dictator three years ago. But after a brief experiment with democracy ... Tunisia elections possible model for regionYahoo News all 328 news articles »

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Egyptian Media to Limit Criticism of Government - New York Times Mon, 27 Oct 2014 01:02:31 GMT

The Guardian

Egyptian Media to Limit Criticism of Government New York Times CAIRO — A group of Egyptian newspaper editors pledged Sunday to limit their criticism of state institutions, a day after Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, warned of a “conspiracy” behind a militant attack last week that killed at least 31 ... Egypt places civilian infrastructure under army jurisdictionThe Guardian Attacks in Egypt's Sinai kill 33 security personnelReuters Egypt Leader: 'Foreign Hands' Behind Sinai AttackABC News Aljazeera.com -Al-Arabiya -BBC News all 1,950 news articles »