Egypt News Archives

“It's just that in this case, both the main route and the backup route got cut for a lot of companies.”

The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor. via The Jersey Journal

“As the banner was posted ... by a webmaster of the forum, it seems as if the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators”

CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Laith al-Libi, a top al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan who was blamed for bombing a base while Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting last year, has been killed, according to a militant Web ... via Detroit Free Press

Israeli officials in Egypt to enlist its help in ending the Palestinian exodus from the Gaza Strip were told they created the problem, an Arabic newspaper said. via The Post Chronicle

“This is a dangerous legal precedent that allows Israel to continue to violate the rights of Gaza residents and deprive them of basic humanitarian needs in violation of international law”

The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's decision to slash fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. via CJAD

“Maybe some people think that the U.S. is applying pressure to stop the return of relations between Egypt and Iran but President Mubarak has said that he does not accept any pressure from the U.S. and that his positions are based on Egypt's interests.”

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Iran's parliament speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Wednesday, the first such high-level meeting since the two nations froze ties almost 30 years ago. via Tehran Times

“There has been a cable cut on several cable systems in Alexandria, Egypt which has impacted internet connectivity in India”

A breakdown in an international undersea cable network badly disrupted Internet links to India and Egypt on Wednesday. via Reuters

“It has a chance to take cover behind the Palestinian Authority.”

Egypt said yesterday that it wanted the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas to control the border crossing with the Gaza Strip, excluding Hamas militants, who have run the territory since June. via Arab News

“Their presence in large numbers made me feel unsafe. Imagine if they get into an argument with anyone here, they would all come together against him. 'Closing stores down was a good idea. When stores are closed, you are forced to leave.”

When the visitors flooded into town a week ago, taxi fares soared and Shaima Hassan had to walk an hour to get to work. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Egyptian security forces have arrested 59 Muslims who took part in clashes with Coptic Christians over church construction in a village south of Cairo, security sources said on Saturday. via Daily News

“The agreement that was reached in 2005 does not exist any longer.”

Egypt has invited Hamas representatives to Cairo for talks on ways of controlling the border between the Gaza Strip and Sinai. via Jerusalem Post

“The regime knows that there is public outrage for other reasons including inflation, unemployment, and other accumulated problems. It fears that things will explode.”

Egypt's main Islamist party and other opposition groups are strengthening their appeal by using images of desperate Palestinians streaming out of the Gaza Strip to provoke wider protests against the 26-year-old ... via The Boston Globe

Countries: Egypt Topics: Freedom of Speech , Sport Languages: Arabic Full Category List Excerpt Sports and politics? Eman Abd Al Rahman sheds light on how an Egyptian football player manages to make his voice ... via Global Voices Online

Kuwait: Chair-man of the Higher Council for Luxor City in Egypt Dr Sameer Faraj has announced that the Kuwaiti authorities have given a nod to issue a visit visa to the mother of Hajjaj Al-Saeedi who is better ... via Arab Times

“This agreement has become part of past history, and the Palestinian people will not accept turning back to the old procedure”

RAFAH, Egypt : A handful of Hamas-affiliated forces crossed into Egypt to join Egyptian security in urging Palestinians to start heading home to Gaza. via International Herald Tribune

“We announce the launching of a military campaign ... to step up military action against the American partners of the Zionists and enemies of humanity”

CAIRO, Egypt : Five militant Iraqi Sunni groups said in a joint statement posted on the Internet that they were stepping up attacks on American troops in Iraq in support of Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled ... via International Herald Tribune

“Civilians on both sides are victims of the conflict and we deplore any action against [them]”

Talkbacks for this article: 40 More than 1,000 people took part in a demonstration organized by a coalition of left-wing groups at the Erez border crossing on Saturday, in solidarity with Gazans and Sderot ... via Jerusalem Post

“The offer is open to all countries.”

Egypt will begin taking bids in February to build the country's first nuclear reactor, the state-run news agency reported Saturday.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced plans for the nuclear power project last year, saying it would diversify Egypt's energy resources and preserve the country's oil and gas. He said the reactor would be for peaceful, power-generating purposes only and that Egypt would not seek a nuclear bomb.

The project is expected to cost between $1.5 billion and $1.8 billion. Read more

“We realize that there is worry among neighboring countries - Muslim countries whose lands host U.S. military stations”

CAIRO, Egypt : Iran's top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran. via International Herald Tribune

President Hosni Mubarak has rebuked the West for pressure to review his government's human rights policies, saying Egypt will not be lectured about human rights or anything else. via PR-inside.com

“We trust Geely, not only its price but also the quality and performance, that's why we chose to be an Egyptian agent of the car”

Shining shape, fine quality, good price and satisfactory performance of Chinese cars attracted many visitors at the 15th Cairo International Motor Show on Friday, the first day open to the public. via People's Daily Online

Discussions with Egyptian Government / Securing Border with Gaza Hamas Taking Advantage of Incident / Regional Discussions Concerns About Tunnels and Smuggling / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers KOSOVO Policy on ... via State Department

“My movies are not calling for chaos, they are warning of it”

Egyptian movie stars Hala Sodqi, Yousef el-Sharif and Mena Shalabi act during a police confrontation scene from the film "Heya Fawda" Arabic for "It's Chaos" in Cairo, Egypt Jan. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

“Freedom is good. We need no border after today”

Egypt does not intend to shut off the wide-open Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced early Thursday. via Jerusalem Post

Egyptian Gazette Navigate to the Tourism page. The story will expire on this page shortly. via Egyptology News

January 21. KAZINFORM. An official visit of Majilis Speaker Aslan Mussin to the Arab Republic of Egypt is scheduled on January 25-29, 2008, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of the house. via Kazinform

“That is not something we're contemplating”

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman warned Wednesday that high oil prices can harm the U.S. economy when they reach $100 a barrel. via Detnews.com

Egyptian police have arrested 51 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, including leading figures, in its ongoing crackdown on the outlawed movement, the group reported Wednesday. via PR-inside.com

“We expect the Egyptians to solve the problem”

RAFAH, Gaza Strip Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Wednesday after masked gunmen with explosives destroyed most of the seven-mile wall dividing the border town of Rafah. via Cbs3.com

“Egypt is deeply concerned at the deteriorating state of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and immigrants on the European continent”

CAIRO: Angry about a European Parliament resolution on human rights in Egypt, the Egyptian government countered with an accusation that religious and ethnic minorities face increasing discrimination in Europe. via Daily Times

“Our responsibility gets heavier whenever one more Palestinian is martyred”

Iran - Egypt - Talks Iranian and Egyptian presidents in a telephone conversation on Monday evening condemned the recent crimes of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip. via IRNA

Jews versus muslims- who is better Topic started by meenug on Jan 18, 2008 1:36:32 am The reason today's Muslims are terrorists and not warriors was revealed in 1948, 1967, and 1973. via Chowk

“Iran, too, like Egypt has a rich civilization and an ancient culture, and when the representatives of two ancient cultures meet one another we can expect miracles to take place, which is what the Islamic Ummah (nation) is now in dire need of.”

Haddad - Egypt - Visit Former Deputy Head of Al-Az'har University and current head of Egypt's Center for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thoughts Sheikh Mahmoud Abdol-Qani here Monday welcomed IRI Parliament ... via IRNA

Egyptian police have arrested 29 members and supporters of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood as the organization held three days of demonstrations in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the group ... via PR-inside.com

“All Arab leaders, exercise real pressure to stop this Zionist crime ... take up your role and responsibility”

CAIRO, Egypt : The exiled leader of Hamas appealed to Arab leaders and his rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday asking them to forget their differences and help the beleaguered Gazans, who saw ... via International Herald Tribune

In ancient times, northern areas of present day Sudan were part of Pharaonic Egypt. via Capital Ethiopia

“It is a very important discovery that changes the landscape of the whole of Luxor city”

Egyptian archaeologists have made several important discoveries at the Karnak temple in Luxor, which might lead to reconsideration of the history and landscape of the site. via AndhraNews

President Bush's fast-track plan for a Mideast peace agreement got a welcome endorsement Wednesday from a nation long seen as a key Arab mediator. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“We have relations with Iran and we talk to them and if we feel there is any danger (in the region) we will talk to them about it”

CAIRO, Egypt - The promise of a new French base in the United Arab Emirates is the latest sign that Arab Gulf countries are expanding their commercial and military contacts to bolster security without appearing ... via KAAL-TV Austin

PERINO: Good morning. We're on our way to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This is the last stop in the President's trip to the Middle East. via PR-inside.com

“They are risking their money and their lives”

CAIRO, 16 January 2008 - When two boatloads of would-be Egyptian migrants sank off the coast of Sicily in early November and many people died or were never found, the Egyptian media highlighted what has become ... via IRIN News

“The crime [in Gaza on Tuesday] is the ugly fruit of Bush's visit to the region”

In Sharm El-Sheikh, Dina Ezzat watches a sombre finale to the Middle East sojourn of George Bush Even as President Hosni Mubarak met with his American counterpart in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, ... via Al-Ahram Weekly Online

“Redesigning the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will re- envision the space in which the museum's collection will be displayed, and develop exhibitions with maximum educational impact on the public”

A scheme to redesign the venerable Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square as a museum of Pharaonic arts is getting the go-ahead, Nevine El-Aref reports Clockwise from top left: a bird view of the Egyptian Museum in ... via Al-Ahram Weekly Online

“I am coming to you ... You will explode after ... minutes.”

CAIRO, Egypt - Just how close might a military confrontation between Iran and the United States be? The chances of open conflict seemed to ease after December's U.S. intelligence report. via KAAL-TV Austin

“The word, applied to bread, gives this everyday element an almost mystical quality”

CAIRO, Egypt 'Get out! Get back! Get back! I am not selling to you!" Ibrahim Ali Muhammad, a bread seller, is shouting at his customers. via HeraldTribune.com

“This is a revolutionary step in integrating minorities in the State's most prestigious positions. We no longer settle for token participation and have instated Affirmative action.”

Former IDF Lt-Col Hassan Ka'bia will be first Muslim-Bedouin appointed head of Israeli consulate in Arab country. via Ynetnews

“Membership requires that candidate country has achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and, protection of minorities...”

In 2001, the Turkish Parliament amended 34 articles of the Constitution granting and protecting civil and political rights; cementing 'institutions guaranteeing democracy'. Egypt, however, continues to be a ... via Daily Times

“In all, Egypt has many other ways to mobilise foreign exchange”

Egypt, in turn, is no longer as important to the US as a mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict and as a logistical gateway for US forces to the Gulf. via Gulf Times

“The state of Sharm El Sheikh receives the American butcher.”

Demonstrators from the opposition Tagama and Nasserite parties protest against the upcoming visit of Bush in downtown Cairo yesterday CAIRO: Egyptian opposition groups - Islamists, liberals and leftists - found ... via Gulf Times

“The Iranian boats were coming close to the ships, making aggressive maneuvers and objects were being dropped into the water”

CAIRO, Egypt - Sailors in the Persian Gulf have known him for years: a radio operator who taunts and insults passing ships. via Times-News

CAIRO, Egypt : Would oil prices really fall if Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries raised their production as President Bush proposed Tuesday? Some questions and answers about prices at the pump: ___ Q: Saudi ... via International Herald Tribune

“Frankly, I don't know what to say to you any more. You put me in an impossible situation.”

BEIRUT: "People rarely see beyond the surface of a life," laments one of Anne-Marie Drosso's characters in her short-story collection "Cairo Stories." Seeing beyond the surface, however, is exactly what Drosso ... via The Daily Star

“It is an opportunity. It could be a year in which you would put your name on it”

Gul who returned from an official visit to the United States Saturday said he had advised U.S. President George W. Bush not to give up on his recent initiative to launch a new campaign for Israeli-Palestine ... via Turkish Daily News

“The Iranian boats were coming close to the ships, making aggressive maneuvers and objects were being dropped into the water”

CAIRO, Egypt - A threatening radio message at the end of a video showing Iranian patrol boats swarming near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf may have come from a prankster rather than from the Iranian vessels, ... via The Times and Democrat

“It's currently listing about 40 degrees to port; that's quite a strong list.”

All 20 crew members have been rescued from a Greek-registered cargo ship that was listing badly in heavy seas in the English Channel on Monday. via FoxNews.com

“I wrote to Randel Gobayas, the manager for the American aid program, asking for a meeting to tell him how corrupted the project is. Yet I received a message from the American ambassador which showed that he knew nothing about the investigations.”

N ANCY PARKS SIFTS through a crate packed with glossy Arabic texts, picking out a National Geographic. via Egypt Today

“I still hope that the brothers in Syria will permit us to visit the targeted location to verify that it was not a nuclear facility”

CAIRO, Egypt : A satellite photograph of a Syrian site bombed by Israel in September appears to show new construction that resembles the site's former main building, The New York Times reported Saturday. via International Herald Tribune

“In fact the insurgency was never really extinguished, and a larger, longer and more dangerous insurrection lay ahead”

Nina Burleigh is the author of 'Mirage.' Associated Press 'Mirage' by Nina Burleigh describes Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. via North County Times

Egyptian authorities arrested approximately two months ago a 14-member terror cell comprised of engineers and army officers that was planning to carry out terror attacks against Israel under the auspices of ... via Jerusalem Post

TransGlobe Energy Corporation announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire privately-held GHP Exploration for US$40.2 million. via Market Wire

“The Egyptians need to deal with it. We're going to try to help them deal with it”

The United States is ready to give technical aid to help Egypt stop arms smuggling into Hamas-run Gaza, but Cairo must improve border patrol efforts, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday. via Haaretz Daily News

“Nixon due for 24-hour visit; military assistance pact seen; concern at atom aid for Egypt”

In June 1974, when Richard Nixon arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport for the first-ever visit here by an American president in office, one of the main items on his agenda was the development of nuclear energy in the ... via Jerusalem Post

Via RIA Novosti: Egyptian woman flees hospital after H5N1 diagnosis . Excerpt: A 23-year-old woman has escaped from a hospital in Egypt after being preliminary diagnosed with a deadly bird flu virus, local ... via Crofsblogs.typepad.com

“It is better for the Israeli minister to concentrate on negotiation efforts with the Palestinians, instead of speaking randomly about issues she should not be dealing with if she is not fully aware of the situation.”

The Egyptian government has not only discovered it can't please all of the people all of the time, it's having trouble pleasing any of the people any of the time. via Online Journal

“It seemed only appropriate that our first game for the Nintendo Wii would be our franchise title, LUXOR”

One of the most popular casual games is now available for the most popular console. via Game Industry

“We [Egyptians] think it is not up to the Iranians [to decide on the priorities]. We want to resolve certain issues in order to go ahead with our normalisation process especially, not only in the security domain”

Larijani's visit to Cairo continues to improve ties between Egypt and Iran but Rasha Saad asks whether it is enough to restore diplomatic relations Ali Larijani, head of the Iranian National Security Council ... via Al-Ahram Weekly Online

“I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes.”

CAIRO, Egypt - Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between the vessels. via Lompoc Record

“Congress doesn't need us to tell them what to do with Egypt.”

Pro-Israel advocates in Washington refrained from contesting a congressional decision last month to withhold part of American military aid to Egypt, in what appears to be a departure from a 30-year-old ... via Forward

Sarkozy and 'queen of hearts' do Disneyland Sharm el-Sheikh - French President Nicolas Sarkozy broke from his closely watched holiday with new girlfriend Carla Bruni on Friday to hold informal talks with his ... via Daily News

“The gathering constituted itself as a committee, naming Zaghlul vice president and Qassim Amin secretary and leaving the presidency open for a possible sponsor”

Mona Anis marks the arrival of 2008 by sifting through a hundred other such arrivals, scouring the past for the events that continue to shape our future Bogged down in the quagmire of the here and now, it often ... via Al-Ahram Weekly Online

“Egypt has to do more. Those tunnels need to be dealt with”

JERUSALEM : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Egypt must do more to halt weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday. via International Herald Tribune

“No threatening messages were exchanged”

The U.S. military has video and audio recordings of Iranian boats that threatened to blow up U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and plans to release them, the top Navy commander in the Mideast said ... via Newsday.com

“Carla and I have decided not to lie.”

French President Nicolas Sarkozy carries an unidentified child on his shoulders, as he walks with former supermodel Carla Bruni, during a tour of the ancient Jordanian ruins of Petra, Jordan, Saturday, Jan. via CTV.ca

TransGlobe Energy Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors approved the decision to switch the trading of its common stock in the United States from the American Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

“This is a very difficult time for the families and friends of our fallen soldiers”

Two Canadian soldiers were killed Sunday when their light armoured vehicle rolled over about 40 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. via National Post

Under pressure from the U.S. and Israel, Egypt has significantly improved its efforts at detecting and destroying tunnels used for smuggling weapons across its border into the Gaza Strip, a U.S. congressman ... via PR-inside.com

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian court sentenced a police major to five years in prison and two policemen to one year for forcing a male detainee to wear women's underwear and parade up and down a busy street, a ... via Times-News

“We are providing everybody here with the maximum healthcare possible”

Has the time come for Egypt to re-visit its relationship with Israel? Dina Ezzat asks Khadra, an elderly Palestinian pilgrim, could have been one of the first 2,500 Palestinians, stranded in Arish and Nuweiba ... via Al-Ahram Weekly Online