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Egypt jails four men for gay acts - BBC News Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:13:23 GMT

Voice of America

Egypt jails four men for gay acts BBC News A court in Egypt has sentenced four men to up to eight years in prison for committing homosexual acts. The men were accused of attending or arranging "deviant" sex parties, and dressing in women's clothes and wearing make-up. Egyptian law does not ... Egypt upholds jail sentence of activistsAljazeera.com Egypt Imprisons Four Men for 'Deviant' Gay ActsTIME Egypt Women: Rights on Paper, Not yet on GroundABC News Voice of America all 307 news articles »

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Communication Cut With Tense South Egypt Province - ABC News Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:20:46 GMT

SFGate

Communication Cut With Tense South Egypt Province ABC News Telephone and internet networks were briefly shut down to Egypt's southern province of Aswan for several hours, as authorities moved to try to end a bloody tribal feud that killed 26 people over the past days, security officials and residents said Tuesday. Security officials: telephone and Internet networks severed with tense ...U.S. News & World Report all 62 news articles »

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Egyptian Officials Fear Economic, Environmental Loss From Ethiopian Dam Project - International Business Times Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:11:47 GMT

International Business Times

Egyptian Officials Fear Economic, Environmental Loss From Ethiopian Dam Project International Business Times The Ethiopian government has been on a public relations offensive to persuade its Egyptian and Sudanese neighbors that a $4.2 billion mega-dam project on the Nile river will be helpful, not harmful. Officials in Egypt and international experts disagree ... Egypt presidential hopeful threatens to use force over Ethiopian damSudan Tribune Egypt presidential hopeful sees Ethiopia, Twitter as potential enemiesAl-Arabiya Church mediates Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over Renaissance DamAl-Monitor all 15 news articles »

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Wife of detainee urges Canada to put pressure on Egypt - The Globe and Mail Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:50:21 GMT

Press TV

Wife of detainee urges Canada to put pressure on Egypt The Globe and Mail Sarah Attia last saw her husband Khaled Al-Qazzaz two weeks ago in the visiting room of the notorious Scorpion wing of Cairo's al-Aqrab prison which houses Egypt's top-level political prisoners. Mr. Qazzaz, who met the Canadian-born Ms. Attia in 2000 ... Egypt police attack female studentsPress TV 'Milking' Egypt's Christian Copts DryPJ Media Brotherhood releases lengthy statement condemning violenceAhram Online Crossmap -The New American -AllAfrica.com all 34 news articles »

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Egyptian Arab and Nubian clashes leave dozens dead - The Guardian Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:36:18 GMT

The Guardian

Egyptian Arab and Nubian clashes leave dozens dead The Guardian At least 25 people have been killed in a tourist city in southern Egypt following four days of clashes between local ethnic groups, according to government officials. Fighting began on Friday in Aswan between Arab and Nubian families and continued over ... Tribal fighting in Egypt's Aswan kills 25Al-Arabiya Truce brokered in Aswan tribal clashesAhram Online all 280 news articles »

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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain But No Heart - Huffington Post Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:22:38 GMT

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain But No Heart Huffington Post The woman probably lived around 1,700 years ago, at a time when Egypt was under Roman rule and Christianity was spreading, according to radiocarbon dating. Her name is unknown and she died between age 30 and 50. Like many Egyptians, she had ... and more »

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Egyptian court upholds sentences on prominent activists - BBC News Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:26:25 GMT

BBC News

Egyptian court upholds sentences on prominent activists BBC News A judge in Cairo has upheld three-year jail terms imposed on three prominent Egyptian activists from the 2011 uprising that led to the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel were jailed in December 2013 for ...

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The state of Egypt's news media - Aljazeera.com Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:45:09 GMT

Ahram Online

The state of Egypt's news media Aljazeera.com Plotting a map of the state of the news media in Egypt reveals a grim landscape. This past week, Egypt's Field Marshall Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi made a live TV announcement that he was leaving his army post to run in the presidential elections. On that same ... Egypt must change its repressive waysLos Angeles Times Opinion: Egypt's el-Sisi manufactures new dictatorshipCNN International GCC to rise and fall with Egypt, says DhahiKhaleej Times Ahram Online -Daily News Egypt -Al-Monitor all 66 news articles »

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Egypt al-Jazeera case: Fresh calls to free reporters - BBC News Mon, 07 Apr 2014 08:04:48 GMT

BBC News

Egypt al-Jazeera case: Fresh calls to free reporters BBC News Media organisations are renewing a call for the release of three al-Jazeera journalists who have been held for 100 days since being arrested in Egypt. The trio, including former BBC reporter Peter Greste, went on trial in February, accused of spreading ... Family of journalist held in Egypt says health worseningThe Daily Star Campaign to free Al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt reaches 100th dayThe Guardian Al Jazeera journalists still jailed in EgyptColumbia Journalism Review Toronto Star -Ahram Online -iPolitics.ca (subscription) all 84 news articles »

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Whither Egypt's miligarchy? - Daily News Egypt Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:11:08 GMT

Whither Egypt's miligarchy? Daily News Egypt By Mohamed Selim. On 3 July 2013, as then General, now Field Marshal, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi, millions of Egyptians cheered, while others jeered, as they received that expected ruse by Egypt's most ...