Zahi Hawass is on the stump again for ancient Egypt's Pharaohs Los Angeles Times For many years, Zahi Hawass has been the living face of ancient Egypt, an ambassador for long-dead Pharaohs who uses his high-wattage personality, telegenic showmanship and knack for wading confidently into controversy to preserve both their star ... |
Wall Street Journal | Egypt Violence Kills 2 Civilians, 4 Conscripts ABC News Militants in Egypt's northern Sinai shot and killed four conscripts returning from holidays to their duty station Saturday, hours after two homemade bombs killed a teenager and her mother in a construction site near Cairo, security officials said. The ... Why Is the World Silent? Egypt Bomb Blasts Kill Two Four policemen killed in Egypt attack |
The Guardian | Egyptian military backtracks on Aids cure claims The Guardian The Egyptian military appears to have rowed back on claims that it has invented a "miraculous" cure for Aids, HIV and hepatitis C, saying its devices will need a further six months of testing. The equipment, which had been due to be introduced in army ... Despite ridicule, Egypt pushes ahead with AIDS, hepatitis 'cure' Egypt's Army Says 'Virus Cure' Needs More Tests |
Toronto Star | Family, supporters rally for man held in Egypt without charge Toronto Star The replica prison cell that had been built to help people understand the horror of the solitary confinement unit her husband Khaled Al-Qazzaz, arrested in Egypt almost a year ago, has been locked into was structurally incorrect. Qazzaz's cell in Cairo ... Free Khaled Al-Qazzaz rally urges Ottawa 'do the right thing' Khaled Al-Qazzaz, Mohamed Fahmy supported at rallies to improve prison ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt to Repay Some of The $5.9 Billion It Owes Energy Firms Wall Street Journal LONDON—Egypt plans to pay back some of its ballooning debt to international energy companies in a bid to revive confidence in its flagging hydrocarbon sector and boost production, the country's oil minister Sherif Ismail said Thursday. Egypt currently ... Egypt says BP gas project restarted, pledges to pay gas firm debts Egypt sees production from BP project in 2017 UPDATE 2-Egypt says BP gas project restarted, pledges to pay gas firm debts |
New Yorker (blog) | Egypt's “Marriott Terror Cell” Travesty New Yorker (blog) Monday's sentencing, by a judge in Cairo, of three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and ten years in prison for the crime of “defamation of Egypt,” and for using “unlicensed equipment” to perpetrate it, was a glaringly egregious judicial sham. Convicted al-Jazeera journalist makes donation to Egyptian state fund Jailing of Peter Greste in Egypt reveals principles are the first casualty in ... Egypt defends itself at UN amid outcry over jailing of journalists |
Middle East Eye | Egypt's Sisi and Sudan's Bashir meet amidst controversy Middle East Eye Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took a brief stopover in Sudan on Friday on his way back from Equatorial Guinea where he was attending the African Union summit. Sisi spent a few hours in Sudan, conducting “a short visit to hold talks with ... Will Sisi guarantee freedom of expression? Algeria-Egypt summit to support rebel Libyan general Egypt's Al-Sisi in Sudan after Africa 'terrorism' warning |
Al-Arabiya | Ronhaldinho in talks with Egypt's Zamalek Al-Arabiya “If we can get Ronhaldinho to play in Egypt we will make the world focus on the country,” Mansour said, giving the example of Qatar which drew the world's attention by recruiting international players to its local football team. The 34-year-old striker ... |
Houston Chronicle | Apache stays strong in Egypt FuelFix (blog) HOUSTON — Houston-based Apache Corp. is one of the most active foreign oil and gas producers in Egypt, and Apache's production there last year was second only to what it pumps in the United States. Despite political turmoil that has rocked Egypt for ... Apache stays strong in Egypt despite turmoil |
2 homemade bombs kill teenage girl and wound mother in Egypt Globalnews.ca CAIRO, Egypt – Two homemade bombs placed in a government construction site on the outskirts of Cairo exploded Saturday, killing a teenage girl and wounding her mother, officials said. The explosion tore through a government telecommunication building ... |