BBC News | Call for Egypt to buy £15m export ban Sekhemka statue BBC News Northampton Borough Council sold the Sekhemka statue to an overseas buyer in July 2014, but the British government put a temporary export ban on it. Antiquities minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said Egypt should buy the statue. The UK Department for Media, ... Egypt Seeks $25M To Buy Back Ancient Sekhemka Statue Sold In Christies Auction Egypt in crowd-funding campaign to save ancient statue sold by UK museum Egypt Trying to 'Crowdsource' Purchase of Ancient Statue |
Foreign Affairs | Trading Peace in Egypt and Israel Foreign Affairs This year marks the tenth anniversary of an Egyptian-Israeli economic partnership that has quietly pumped billions into Cairo's vulnerable economy. The free-trade framework known as Qualifying Industrial Zones, or QIZs, is one of the few points of ... |
ABC News | Roadside Bomb in Egypt Kills 3, Wounds 27 ABC News A roadside bomb in Egypt's Nile Delta killed three policemen and wounded 27 others on Monday, deputy health minister Alaa el-Deen Othman said. The blast targeted a bus carrying conscripts in the Nile Delta province of Beheira early in the morning ... Roadside bomb kills 3, wounds 27 in Egypt's Nile Delta Three policemen killed, 27 wounded in bombing in Egypt's Beheira How IS pushes Egypt toward chaos |
International Business Times | Egypt Police Strike Over? Outstanding Pay, Better Benefits Demanded By ... International Business Times Demonstrating police officers clashed with riot police over the weekend in protests demanding better benefits. Above, Egyptian riot police stand guard in front of the main gate at the Borg El Arab "Army Stadium" before the Egyptian Premier League derby ... Russian Parliament Speaker, Egypt's Leader to Discuss Cooperation Policemen in Egypt's Sharqiya call off sit-in: MENA Egypt's move to lower taxes will shore up investor confidence, analysts say |
Daily News & Analysis | Sushma Swaraj in Egypt: India and Egypt sign agreements in Cairo Daily News & Analysis India and Egypt have enjoyed a history of close contact from ancient times. Since the 1980s, there have been four Prime Ministerial visits from India to Egypt: Rajiv Gandhi (1985); P. V. Narasimha Rao (1995); I. K. Gujral (1997); and Dr. Manmohan Singh ... India, Egypt agree to step up bilateral cooperation Sushma Swaraj Arrives in Egypt on First Leg of Two-Nation Tour |
Commentary Magazine | The Merit in Egypt's New Anti-Terror Laws Commentary Magazine There are few more polarizing policy debates in Washington with regard to the Arab world than what the U.S. posture toward Egypt should be. The debate transcends both political party and philosophical groups. It's easy to understand the passion of the ... Egyptian religious authority says Brotherhood 'entrenches violence' after ... Egypt: eight Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to 20 years in prison |
The National | The reason Egypt recalls Farouk The National This helps explain why many Egyptians have spent the past few days reminiscing on social media about life under King Farouk, Egypt's last monarch, using an Arabic hashtag that translates to “Tweet as if you're in the 1950s”. For the tweeters, who have ... 'Tweet as if you're in the 1950s' trends in Egypt as many pine for monarch |
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog) | Egypt to reclaim Sinai against threat of terrorism The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog) militants shot dead Egyptian policemen AUTHORITIES in Egypt have said that the country's next move will be to reclaim the Sinai region, after it had completed the New Suez Canal project, which was opened for use on August 6. At the tour of the New Suez ... |
NEWS.com.au | Egypt invites archeologist who believes Nefertiti is buried in King Tut's tomb ... NEWS.com.au Egypt's minister of antiquities, Mamdouh Eldamaty, has invited University of Arizona academic Dr Nicholas Reeves to prove his idea that the remains of the famous heretic Queen Nefertiti are hidden behind a wall in Tutankhamun's burial chamber. |
Aljazeera.com (blog) | Muzzling the media: Egypt's new 'anti-terror' laws Aljazeera.com (blog) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has signed a controversial and wide-ranging anti-terrorism bill that has far-reaching implications for journalists and the media. The law, which rights groups say will be used to crush dissent, will see ... Cairo citizens caught between Isis violence and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi's ... Egypt's Terror Law Violates Fundamental Freedoms Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claims beheading of foreign hostage |