New York Times | Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt New York Times Each infected Egyptian passes the virus to three others on average, said Dr. Manal Hamdy El-Sayed, who directs the national hepatitis-awareness campaign. Egypt's National Liver Institute runs 50 treatment centers and consumes a third of the national ... |
New York Times | Egypt's Inquiry Into Russian Jet Crash Finds No Proof of Terrorism New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's government placed itself directly at odds with Russian and Western allies on Monday, announcing that Egyptian investigators had found no evidence that the Russian airliner crash in Sinai on Oct. 31 was caused by terrorism. Egypt: No evidence of terrorism so far in Russian passenger jet crash Egypt disputes Russia terror claim over crashed jet Metrojet Crash: Egypt's Preliminary Assessment |
Live Science | Smuggled Ancient Wall Carving Returned to Egypt Live Science A 2-foot-long wall carving featuring the pharaoh Seti I is back in Egypt after being repatriated from the United Kingdom, the Egyptian minister of antiquities announced yesterday (Dec. 15). Egypt has long pushed for the return of ancient artifacts ... |
RTE.ie | Trial of Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt postponed RTE.ie Mr Halawa was arrested by the Egyptian army as he took refuge in a Cairo mosque while Muslim Brotherhood protesters staged a "day of rage" outside in August 2013. It is feared Mr Halawa, who was on a summer holiday in the Egyptian capital when ... Egyptian court adjourns Ibrahim Halawa's court case for tenth time |
Ahram Online | Saudi Arabia Announces Oil Assistance, Investments for Egypt New York Times He was quoted in the Saudi Press Agency as saying that King Salman ordered 30 billion riyals ($8 billion) in investments, contribution to Egypt's needs for oil for a period of five years and support for traffic in the Suez Canal by Saudi ships. No ... Saudi Arabia May Help Egypt by Buying Local Debt, Official Says Egypt supports all anti-terror efforts, says ministry after Saudi coalition ... Saudi King Salman orders investments in Egypt exceed $8 bln |
Irish Independent | Ryanair's Israel flights could benefit from Egypt and Turkey tensions Irish Independent Turkey and Egypt are effectively off-limits for Russian tourists especially after the downing of a Russian commercial jet in Egypt, and tensions after a Russian military jet was shot down by Turkish forces last month. About 3.3 million Russians visited ... |
ArmyTimes.com | US soldiers in Egypt face jihadist threats, deserve combat tax break ArmyTimes.com The Sinai Peninsula of Egypt is not a safe place. The State Department describes it as a “particularly restive area” where known jihadists operate. It's been the site of multiple terrorist attacks in recent months, some targeting service members ... Egyptian warplanes using Israeli airspace Egyptian fighter jets penetrated Israeli airspace Egyptian jets using Israeli airspace to target Islamic State fighters |
WRAL.com | Journalists behind bars: 2015 report highlights China, Egypt WRAL.com NEW YORK — China, Egypt and Iran top the list of the world's leading jailers of journalists in a new annual report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Eritrea, Ethiopia and Turkey also figured prominently on the list. The report ... China, Egypt, Iran lead in imprisoning journalists, report says China, Egypt top list of world's worst jailers of journalists Egypt is second biggest jailer of journalists: CPJ |
Egypt's Tourism Hashtag Hijacked To Show A Repressive State NPR Tourism in Egypt is struggling after years of unrest and one bad news story after the next. The tourism minister announced a social media campaign to showcase Egypt but it backfired. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Tourism has long been a huge part of Egypt's ... |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt extends journalist's detention for a second time Aljazeera.com For the second time, Egypt has extended the detention of a journalist accused of "releasing false news aimed at spreading terror" and "joining a banned group" by another 15 days pending further investigation, the detainee's family and local media said. |