ARTICLES RELATING TO EGYPT

3 killed in suspected 'honour' crime

2013-05-24 20:12

A mother and two daughters have allegedly been killed by male relatives in southern Egypt, who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honour killings”.

Egypt court sentences four to hang

2013-05-22 22:15

An Egyptian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut.

Morsi appeals to opposition for unity

2013-05-22 14:40

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has appealed to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power almost a year ago.

Troops sweep Sinai before possible rescue

2013-05-21 20:36

Egyptian troops and policemen have begun sweeps of north Sinai ahead of a possible showdown with heavily armed gunmen who abducted seven security personnel, officials say.

Police camp comes under fire in Sinai

2013-05-20 15:24

An Egyptian police camp has come under fire with heavy weapons in the Sinai, where tensions have been running high since last week’s kidnapping of security personnel, a security official says.

Egypt's Morsi rules out hostage talks

2013-05-19 21:34

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video.

Clashes at demo calling on Morsi to quit

2013-05-18 08:02

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections have clashed with riot police in Cairo .

Gunmen kidnap cops, troops in Sinai

2013-05-16 07:54

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three Egyptian policemen and four soldiers in the Sinai peninsula, security officials say.

Lawyer denies Mubarak spoke to paper

2013-05-13 07:32

A lawyer representing Hosni Mubarak has denied that his client spoke to a newspaper, describing as fabrication reports that he said it was too early to judge Mohammed Morsi’s performance as president.

Egypt 'foils Western embassy plot'

2013-05-11 18:49

Egypt's interior minister says police have arrested members of an al-Qaeda-linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy.

Mubarak faces new trial

2013-05-11 09:00

A fresh retrial of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011 is set to begin in Cairo, after the judge recused himself in a previous hearing.

Egypt report casts doubt over mine appeal

2013-05-10 13:57

Shares of Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin Plc have fallen after the company said an advisory body had made unfavourable recommendations to the court that will decide the fate of its only operating mine.

Egypt tries 5 charged with arson

2013-05-09 13:40

Five rights activists are on trial in Egypt over the torching of the campaign headquarters of a front-runner in the country’s 2012 presidential election.

Egypt to reshuffle 11 ministers

2013-05-06 18:34

The Egyptian prime minister says 11 ministers will be changed in a cabinet reshuffle that will include the oil ministry.

Minister: Egypt welcomes booze, bikinis

2013-05-05 18:10

Egypt is open to visitors who drink alcohol and wear bikinis as it sets out to boost tourism numbers, says Minister Hisham Zaazou.

Morsi calls a halt to privatisations

2013-04-30 16:22

Egypt will keep all state-owned firms in public hands, President Mohammed Morsi says in a speech, calling a halt to a flawed privatisation programme that failed to kick-start the country’s economy.

Man free after 1995 bid to murder Mubarak

2013-04-30 07:31

An Egyptian court has acquitted a Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya party leader who had been sentenced to death in absentia after a foiled bid in 1995 to assassinate ex-president Hosni Mubarak.

Mubarak to stay in jail

2013-04-28 17:09

An Egyptian court had turned down deposed President Mubarak's request to be freed during a probe into corruption charges.

Egypt police arrest 12

2013-04-28 13:02

Egyptian police have arrested 12 members of the "Black Bloc" - a violent group opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood - after clashes outside Cairo's presidential palace.

US reaffirms military ties with Egypt

2013-04-25 09:40

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has underscored Washington’s military commitment to Egypt and pledged American support as Egyptian forces evolve to address new and shifting security threats.

Egypt pushes ahead with controversial law

2013-04-24 20:17

Egypt's parliament is pushing ahead with a controversial judicial law despite an uproar in parliament.

Pentagon chief heads to Egypt

2013-04-24 09:04

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is set to travel to Egypt as part of a Middle East tour designed to bolster America's alliances amid growing concern over the fallout from Syria's roiling civil war.

Ex-Egypt minister gets life sentence

2013-04-23 16:05

Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali has been sentenced in absentia to life in prison in a corruption case, a Cairo criminal court source says.

Egypt's Morsi set to reshuffle cabinet

2013-04-21 09:29

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi says he will "soon" announce a cabinet reshuffle, but it is unlikely to meet opposition demands for an overhaul of the government.

Egyptians demand overhaul of judiciary

2013-04-19 18:02

Several thousand Egyptian Islamists have rallied for an overhaul of the judiciary, after a court challenged a decision by President Mohammed Morsi to sack the veteran state prosecutor.

 

Egypt rulers woo former regime tycoons

2013-05-24 10:32

Almost three years after an uprising fuelled by the old regime’s venality, Egypt’s cash-strapped Islamist government is making amends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the fold.

Morsi greets freed troops, cops

2013-05-22 19:05

Kidnappers have freed Egyptian police and soldiers in the Sinai as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Kidnappers free Egypt security officers

2013-05-22 10:21

Kidnappers have released three Egyptian policemen and four soldiers captured last week in the Sinai peninsula, the army says.

Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai

2013-05-20 16:15

The Egyptian army has sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula, after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists.

Video shows kidnapped Egyptian officers

2013-05-20 09:14

Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by militants last week have appeared in a video online and urged the government to secure their release.

Egypt cops close Israel border in protest

2013-05-19 17:05

Egyptitian police have closed the Israel border crossing to protest the kidnapping of 7 colleagues in Sinai.

Egyptian cops close crossing with Gaza

2013-05-17 11:56

Egyptian policemen have blocked the crossing into the Gaza Strip to protest against the kidnapping of Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, witnesses and sources say.

Egypt judges suspend talks with Morsi

2013-05-15 15:58

Egypt's top judicial council has suspended talks with President Mohammed Morsi after a renewed push by Islamist lawmakers on a controversial bill that would remove thousands of senior judges.

Mubarak saddened by state of affairs

2013-05-12 12:37

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, has spoken to the public for the first time since his detention two years ago.

Egypt frees prominent youth activist

2013-05-11 14:06

Egypt's prosecutor has ordered the release of a prominent youth leader a day after detaining him on accusations that he incited anti-government violence.

Prominent Egypt youth activist detained

2013-05-11 07:06

Egypt's security forces have detained the founder of one of the key youth movements behind the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime upon his arrival at Cairo Airport from Vienna, a security official says.

Cairo: Man stabbed outside US embassy

2013-05-09 14:36

An Egyptian security official says an American national has been attacked and stabbed outside the US embassy in Cairo.

Egypt replaces economy ministers

2013-05-07 11:49

Egypt has announced a cabinet reshuffle that removed two ministers and increased representation of President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood in government.

Egypt: Men fire birdshot at PM's convoy

2013-05-06 09:02

Egyptian police officials say five men in a pick-up truck fired birdshot at the prime minister’s convoy during a traffic argument, not knowing he was inside.

Activist held for insulting president

2013-05-01 10:50

A prominent Egyptian campaigner has been detained over accusations of insulting President Mohamed Mursi, state media have reported.

Egypt walks out of nuclear talks

2013-04-30 08:43

Egypt has walked out of a round of global nuclear talks in protest, saying other nations are not acting quickly enough to establish the Middle East as a zone free of nuclear weapons.

UAE frees 103 Egyptians amid tensions

2013-04-29 20:28

The UAE is freeing 103 Egyptian prisoners, trying to ease tensions over alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties.

Libya to help ease Egypt's financial woes

2013-04-28 15:03

Libya will soon start shipping oil to Egypt on soft credit terms as Cairo struggles to pay for energy imports and avoid fuel shortages, officials say.

Egypt asks for 'sizable loan' from Russia

2013-04-26 09:15

During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for a sizable loan, according to Putin aide.

Israel did not tell Hagel of Syria intel

2013-04-25 08:05

Hagel says Israel did not tell him of its intelligence assessment that Syria used chemical weapons.

Disputed PM to stay in Egypt reshuffle

2013-04-24 15:27

Egyptian PM Hisham Kandil, widely criticised for failing to revive the economy, will keep his job in a limited cabinet reshuffle to be announced within days, a presidential spokesperson says.

Morsi pledges to respect judges

2013-04-23 19:17

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has pledged to respect the independence of the judiciary amid an outcry over plans by his Islamist allies to purge thousands of judges.

Egypt set to revive nuclear programme

2013-04-23 08:44

Russia will help Egypt develop its nuclear power programme, an official says, signalling that the Islamist-led state will press ahead with its quest for atomic energy.

Mubarak gets detention order let-off

2013-04-20 19:01

An Egyptian court has cancelled a detention order against ousted president Hosni Mubarak pending a corruption trial but he will remain in custody.

Protesters call for purging Egypt's judiciary

2013-04-19 15:09

Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Islamist president have taken to the streets of Cairo, calling on him to "cleanse the judiciary".

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