Egypt News

But I've also seen one of the world's seven wonders. Straight after arriving in Cairo last night, we arrive at the pyramids.

Former U.N. nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei arrives at a mosque to pray with some protesters, along a street in Cairo LONDON - Egyptians must overcome economic and political differences to unite and put the country on the path to democracy and away from military rule, former presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said Wednesday.

Relations between Egypt and the United States reached a new low yesterday when Egyptian officials published a list of 43 people, including 19 Americans, accused of interfering in Egypt's internal politics.

With $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid and a three-decade relationship hanging in the balance, U.S. officials said Tuesday that Army Gen.

O'Neill, a longtime traveler and author of an upcoming Lonely Planet book on Egypt, is not dissuaded by the evacuation of the U.S. and British embassies in Syria, rumblings of possible Israeli airstrikes against Iran or rioting in Cairo.

Egypt's ambassador to Berlin was summoned by officials Tuesday to hear a protest at the indictment in Cairo of two German citizens working for a pro-democracy institute, dpa reported.

Egyptian lawmakers blamed the interior minister on Tuesday for the deaths of protesters in five days of street clashes with riot police in Cairo and said it showed his ministry should be purged of remnants of Hosni Mubarak's regime.

Just a year ago, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to protest the regime of then-President Hosni Mubarak, and set off a revolution.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 3, 12:50 p.m. PST -- With some 47 million people living in poverty, 50 million without health insurance, millions jobless and millions more underemployed, President Barak Obama could be less circumspect and more passionate about stimulating our economy.

Mubarak kept the Muslim Brotherhood at bay. That was more important for the world than lauding the"democratic" revolution in Tahrir Square, which anyone who understands the area realized would soon give way to Islamic dominance.

Egyptian protesters clash with riot police near the interior ministry in Cairo on Monday, February 6, 2012.

An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns official attacks on journalists covering political unrest in Egypt this weekend.

CAIRO - Nineteen Americans are among 43 foreigners working for groups that promote democratic activities that will be prosecuted for operating illegally in the country, Egyptian officials said Monday Among the Americans is Sam LaHood, son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris wants to get back on the acquisition trail, eyeing businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after selling a chunk of assets to Russia's Vimpelcom.

The BBC's Paul WOOD - traveling with the Free Syria Army - reports from the city with fighting audible in the background.

Army officers retreat from angry women who try to pursue them, calling them dogs and chanting for the ouster of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, the military council that now runs Egypt.

DUBAI: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million this year, bringing in $11 billion, despite ongoing street violence and more than 70 deaths after a football match riot last week.

When Lorne Craner hired Sam LaHood to lead the Egypt office of the International Republican Institute 18 months ago, he advised LaHood that he should strive to stay in the background as the country took small steps toward democracy.

Russia vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council to end the violence in Syria because it feels burned by last year's international intervention in Libya, and it harbors suspicions about the motives of the United States.