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Some worry that the Muslim Brotherhood government will impose strict morality provisions on Egypt's beach resorts, such as Algouna resort on the Red Sea.

A Fennec fox, the smallest species of its kind, explores the White Desert area, a popular destination for tourists pre-2011. CAIRO: The number of tourists visiting Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the Cabinet said Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country's 2011 uprising.

A phenomenon is sweeping the Middle East. Arabs young and old are voting in record numbers-and this time it's not for the Muslim Brotherhood.

This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television shows President Mohammed Morsi making a statement as he appears with members of the Egyptian security forces, unseen, after their release by kidnappers, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Egypt presidency faces hard choices over kidnapped soldiers: Analysts Nada Hussein Rashwan, Ahram Online, Sunday 19 May 2013 Four days after kidnapping of seven soldiers in Egypt's restless Sinai Peninsula, President Morsi appears to be mulling a number of unpalatable options, analysts say As the state continues to mull ways of securing the release ... (more)

A boy runs after his goat in front of a closed factory on the outskirts of Cairo.

Facing anger from Egyptologists, a surprised Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eissa clarifies to Ahram Online that UNESCO is not actually threatening to remove six Egyptian archaeological sites from the World Heritage List .

An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut, state news agency Mena reported.

Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula.

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.

This is a humbling documentary for a reporter to watch. Following three bloggers whose beat is their government's oppression, we see the extreme lengths they go to tell the world their stories: They bear house arrest, get beaten up by police, live for years in exile.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on 15 May said Egypt's production of wheat this year will reach 9.5 million tones, 30% increase of last year.

A Coptic Catholic bishop has expressed hopes that the historic meeting May 10 between Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will lead to the Coptic Orthodox Church recognizing Catholic baptism.

President Benigno Aquino III welcomed the new envoy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Philippines who called on him in Malacanang on Monday.

Egyptian police hold signs denoting that the gates are closed and demanding the return of their colleagues, as they gather at the Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip Egypt's army sent dozens of armoured vehicles and personnel carriers across the Suez Canal into North Sinai early on Monday, a security official has told Al-Ahram Arabic news ... (more)

Dum Tak Alternative Arab Music Festival will host some of the biggest independent musicians from all over the Arab world - including several from Egypt - between 28 May and 1 June in the Jordanian capital city Amman.

Outraged by kidnappings, Egyptian police block Gaza crossing for second day Reuters and Ahram Online, Saturday 18 May 2013 Police block Rafah's Gaza crossing for the second day in protest at kidnapped colleagues; Palestinians stranded Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza ... (more)

It's the ultimate riddle of the sphinx that has vexed scholars for centuries: just why did the Ancient Egyptians stop building the pyramids? And now, some 4,500 years after they were made, an intrepid Welsh structural engineer may just have stumbled upon the answer.

The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest.

Cairo, May 16 .- Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a Nubian soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt, Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eisa said.