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HRW world report reveals Egypt continues to ignore rights

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) lashed out at the Egyptian government at a press conference Sunday at Cairo’s Journalists Syndicate,..

Egypt, Qatar disagree over US peacekeeping

Egypt criticized what it termed a Qatari campaign to distort its efforts to relaunch peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel. Cairo has been the leading intermediary between the Palestinians and Israelis in recent years, although no peace deal has yet been achieved...

Egypt: Coptic man accused of rape has trial postponed

An Egyptian Coptic Christian man accused of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old Muslim girl had his trial adjourned until next month, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday...

Detained Egyptian activists being released upon Cairo arrival

CAIRO: The first batch of Egyptian activists and bloggers detained in Upper Egypt were released Saturday around 4:30 p.m. upon arrival back in Cairo after police had detained them near Nag Hammadi..

Egypt MP: Next president must have American, Israeli support

The next Egyptian president should need to the approval of the United States and Israel, an influential ruling party member of Parliament said in remarks published Tuesday in a local newspaper...

Egyptian activists, bloggers arrested in anti-sectarianism solidarity showing

At least 19 Egyptian bloggers and one unnamed French activist have been arrested during an attempt to show solidarity with victims of the Naga'a Hammadi shootings on Coptic Christmas Eve, January 7...

Egypt: Women, leaders and the struggle

DAMANHOUR and CAIRO: Women are often seen as the glue of the family and in Egypt, a number of women have become the glue that keeps the adhesive together in the ongoing efforts to better working wages...

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood and Women

A recent spat of press reports detailing Egypt’s powerful opposition Muslim Brotherhood group’s row over the role of women has left the Islamic group under pressure from the country’s liberal left and acitivists..

What you didn’t know about the Islamic fatwa

CAIRO: Breast feeding. Yes, breast feeding, was the cause for controversy after Al-Azhar University lecturer Ezzat Atiyya issued a fatwa that suggested women should allow their male colleagues to breast feed in order to limit sexual harassment...

Egypt’s Internet presence increasing

CAIRO: Less than ten years ago, the Egyptian government established the ministry of technology and has been showing its teeth in new and innovative projects that are pushing the country into the Internet age...

Wife of Egyptian Sinai activist speaks out

The wife of detained Sinai activist Musaad Abu Fagr, Shaimaa, spoke out on Wednesday in a posting on Amnesty International’s website, saying that since her husband’s arrest in February, 2008, each day “feels like 10 years.”..

Egypt: Brotherhood feels wrath of state; leaders arrested

The battle between the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood wages on. This time, 10 senior members of the opposition Islamic group were arrested on Saturday, the group told Bikya Masr in an official statement...

Egyptians allegedly attack Algerians in Kuwait

Egyptians are still fuming over their ousting from the World Cup. As Algerians celebrated Friday’s draw for next year’s World Cup finals in South Africa, three Algerian citizens were allegedly beaten by Egyptians in the Kuwaiti capital city, local newspapers reported...

World wants climate change action

A new study of 15 nations, the majority in the developing world, discovered that majorities of the people polled want their governments to take steps to fight climate change, even if that entails costs. According to the report, people signaled they would support public measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions and step up adaptation measures...

Egypt, Germany to duke it out over Nefertiti bust

CAIRO: It has become the neverending story of Egypt’s Zahi Hawass to get Germany to return the famous Nefertiti bust...

The Internet and a gun

Comments sections on websites have become the catalyst for ignorance and hate. Everyday, there are people who must be searching the Internet for articles written about their “favorite” subjects for the sole purpose of creating tension, writing hateful comments and insulting others...

Libyan leader to mediate Egypt-Algeria row

CAIRO: Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi has said he will help mediate an end to the ongoing media and diplomatic rift that has erupted between Egypt and Algeria after violent unrest erupted in Sudan following last Wednesday’s match and on Friday in Cairo...

Frustration abounds in Arab world over Swiss minaret ban

CAIRO: Osama Yussif cheers in the early morning hours as he watches a replayed European football match...

Egyptians attack Algerians in post-match violence

CAIRO: By early afternoon, the scene in front of the Algerian Embassy in Cairo had calmed somewhat after angry Egyptians attacked the embassy in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood...

Denials abound as riots engulf Egypt

CAIRO: Salem Ebeid continued shaking his head, even after footage of the damage and destruction on Cairo’s streets were placed in front of him...