Egypt News Archives

“If Israel says no, it will pay a heavy price”

Israel may have 200 nuclear warheads, but Hamas has 200,000 people who want to blow themselves up inside Israel, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Tuesday. via Free Republic

“We were deceived by some of our chief engineers”

A federal judge has approved a $7.25 million fine against an Egyptian shipping company that dumped oil sludge at sea, the largest penalty for dumping ever assessed in the Pacific Northwest. via KATU-TV Portland

Palestinian militant groups are in Cairo today for Egyptian-mediated talks on a possible truce with Israel that has already been approved by the Islamist Hamas. via RTE

“Mahmoud Abbas has to not only convince the Palestinians he can get things from the Israelis and the Americans, but that he can get more than any other Palestinian leader. I don't think he has made that case”

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Thursday that he wanted to lock in the outlines of a Palestinian state before he left office, even as Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, said the road was ... via Los Angeles Times

“Hamas will accept the Egyptian offer of a period of calm as a strong move and not a weak one.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH , JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP Hamas is still waiting for an official response from Israel to the group's readiness to declare a six-month truce, Hamas leaders said Saturday. via Jerusalem Post

CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. Navy says a Defense Department contractor's ship fired flares and warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf. via KAAL-TV Austin

The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's state run news agency says Hamas is proposing a six-month cease-fire with Israel if the Jewish state would agree to simultaneously lift its blockade of Gaza. via Valley Morning Star

“I'm going to celebrate her release.”

Egyptian authorities have freed a woman detained earlier this month for forming a group on the Facebook social networking site that called for protests over price hikes, a security official says. via The Sydney Morning Herald

Egyptian security forces have arrested 100 Eritrean migrants near a southern coastal resort who said they were heading to Israel in search of work, a security official said on Wednesday. via Independent Online

“We come for the breeze, the view, and to be far from the pollution”

By Will Rasmussen Reuters Wednesday, April 23, 2008; 8:09 PM CAIRO - For a prime spot on Qasr el-Nil bridge, spanning the River Nile near the heart of central Cairo, it's best to arrive well before sunset. via The Washington Post

“Al-Zawahri wanted to work with Iran, but he's deeply disappointed that Iran has not cooperated with al-Qaida”

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's top deputy in a new audiotape today accused Shiite Iran of spreading a conspiracy theory about who carried out the Sept. via The Baltimore Sun

“My answer is, yes. We believe that anybody who participated in the aggression against Muslims has to be deterred.”

CAIRO, Egypt Osama bin Laden's chief deputy Ayman al-Zawahri warned Tuesday that the terror group still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war as he released a second audiotape answering ... via CBS 4

The Bulgarian President Parvanov discussed Bulgaria's potential for joining the Arab gas pipeline with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak . via Sofia News Agency

“We call on our beloved ones ... that each unit should present the head of an American as a gift to the charlatan Bush ... in addition to one of the apostate servants and slaves of the awakening (councils) during a one-month period”

CAIRO, Egypt- A man claiming to be the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq vowed in an audiotape released yesterday to launch a monthlong offensive against U.S. troops. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“For 27 days, we have lived comfortably... They take care of us and they respect us”

CAIRO, Egypt : Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan appeared on a video aired Saturday by an Arab satellite channel, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago. via International Herald Tribune

“After 9/11 people thought, my god we ignored that (part of the world)”

Arabic writers were thrust into the spotlight at the London Book Fair this week, as the British capital's annual festival showcased the literary talents of the Arab World. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“The ancient Egyptians never built something without a plan, without an aim or a target to do this, so I think this tunnel [in the tomb of Seti I] will lead to something important”

Andrew Bossone in Cairo, Egypt for National Geographic News April 17, 2008 Egyptian archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of the powerful pharaoh Seti I-the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings-is ... via Free Republic

CAIRO, Egypt -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 claims in a newly released audio tape that five years of U.S. occupation of Iraq has brought only "failure and defeat." Ayman al-Zawahri says Iraq is a problem the Bush ... via News Max

Egypt announced Thursday 10/4/2008 the discovery of a quartzite Ushabti figure and the cartouche of King Seti I, second king of the 19th Dynasty .They were found inside the corridor of the tomb of Seti I in the ... via Egyptology News

“The military tribunal's conviction of 25 Muslim Brotherhood members is a transparently political verdict from a court that should have no authority to try civilians”

A military tribunal's conviction of 25 leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood demonstrates the Egyptian government's continued determination to crush any organized political opposition, Human ... via Humans Rights Watch

“Mubarak went on delaying difficult economic decisions that should have been taken years ago until Egypt was hit by a global crisis that means he can no longer keep the subsidies going”

It is an overcast morning in the Bulaq neighbourhood of Cairo, three hours after the muezzin's call to prayer. via MediaGuardian.co.uk

“These convictions are clearly based on ignorance and fear of AIDS rather than on any crime committed.”

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Men's health Sexual Health / STDs Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 14 Apr 2008 An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced five men to three years in prison on ... via MediLexicon

CT scan yields secrets of Vassar College's mummy Loading... The mummy gets a CT scan yesterday. via Middletown Times Herald Record

Discussion Policy Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. via The Washington Post

President Victor Yushchenko met today with the President of Arab Republic of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, according to the President`s press-office. Other participants of the meeting from Ukraine were Foreign Minister ... via UNIAN

“We were just in the main square taking pictures. ... Police came and started chasing us”

CAIRO, Egypt - An American freelance journalist said he and his Egyptian translator were detained Thursday while reporting on unrest in northern Egypt where economic riots broke out earlier this week. via KAAL

“We took the decision because of the fact that opposition candidates have had such trouble registering and [the seats] are going straight to the ruling party.”

Polls closed with little excitement on Tuesday in Egyptian local elections boycotted by the main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, and overshadowed by wage protests in which one teenager has died. via Jordan Times

“The authorities want to create a case against Kifaya. They want to indict us and frame the movement as a banned group”

By PAKINAM AMER The Associated Press Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 4:57 PM CAIRO, Egypt -- A key leader of Egypt's main pro-democracy group was arrested Wednesday night during a raid on his home in Cairo, police ... via The Washington Post

“The security implications should also not be underestimated as food riots are already being reported across the globe”

Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wracked this northern industrial city, fueling government fears that economic angst might boil over across the country.

A top United Nations official warned that many poor nations are in danger of such unrest as inflation heats up around the globe.

Rising prices have struck hard in Egypt, a U.S. ally where 40 percent of the people live in or near poverty. This Nile Delta factory city has seen a wave of strikes for more than a year, and the anger exploded into rioting Sunday and Monday. Read more

“We've been targeted somehow as advocates of regime change through a militaristic approach”

Freedom, President Bush likes to say, 'is a gift of the almighty.' But much of the world now believes America's true view is that democracy should be imposed with the muzzle of a gun. via Great Falls Tribune

“We have decided to boycott the municipal elections, to withdraw our candidates and to appeal to the people not to vote”

Rising food prices have sparked a wave of discontent Local elections are taking place in Egypt against a backdrop of violent popular unrest and calls for a boycott by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood. via BBC News

“I come here every day. I have no work, so this is my job - waiting for bread.”

ABDEL Nabi Salim's main job in life is queuing for bread. The greying 65-year-old retired administrator stands under Egypt's glaring noon sun, waiting in a queue that snakes out to the street to buy 20 loaves ... via The Age

“We are very happy with the outcome of the campaign. Many workers, students, and even schoolchildren stayed home”

From correspondents in Cairo, Egypt, 12:00 AM IST Thousands of security forces were deployed around Egypt Sunday for fear of an outbreak of unrest after opposition activists launched a week-long cyber-campaign ... via India eNews

“The strike is legitimate against poverty and starvation”

Thousands of demonstrators angry about rising prices and stagnant salaries hurled bricks at police who responded with tear gas Sunday in a gritty northern industrial town as Egyptians defied government warnings ... via The Boston Globe

“So we decided to cancel it because we don't want to have victims”

Egyptian riot police secure the gate of a textile factory in Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km north of Cairo, April 6, 2008. via The Boston Globe

President Mahmoud Abbas talks during a press conference following his talks with Egyptian President Mubarak, 02 Apr 2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he cannot speak about progress in the peace ... via Voice of America

“Soon by the grace of God, the open interview with Sheik Ayman Zawahri, first episode.”

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri will soon answer the hundreds of questions submitted by journalists, militants and others about the terrorist network's future, its media wing announced Wednesday. via KAAL

“It can take a few months or a longer period, depending on the agreements reached”

Khaled Mashaal, the Damascus-based leader of the Palestinian militant movement Hamas, said that Egyptian-mediated talks for the release an Israeli soldier held by Hamas are faltering. via Earth Times

“Egypt is insulated from what is going on outside the region, like the subprime crisis”

By Will Rasmussen

CAIRO (Reuters) - At Cairo's largest shopping mall, Egyptians watch films from La-Z-Boy reclining chairs, shop for Escada handbags and sip coffees at Starbucks.

Betting this is just the beginning of a spending boom, Gulf Arab and European companies are pouring money into the most populous Arab country, despite a global credit crisis and a slowdown in Europe, its main export market.

However, business analysts warn rising inflation could eventually curb consumer spending, stall reforms that have excited investors and anger the poor majority who have not yet seen the benefits of buoyant growth. Read more

Eleven members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were injured when police used rubber bullets, teargas and batons to disperse thousands of Brotherhood protesters on Tuesday, security sources said. via Reuters UK

“Rice is a staple food in Egypt and the main substitute for pasta whose price has gone up following wheat price rises on the international market”

The Egyptian government has begun taking measures to tackle growing public discontent over the sky-rocketing prices of five staples of the economy -- bread, rice, pasta, cement and steel. via Maktoob Business