A two-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the bird flu virus and is in critical condition, the state-run news agency quoted the Health Ministry as saying on Sunday, becoming the 56th case in the Arab country.The Middle East News Agency (MENA) … read more
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed Sunday night in Sharm el Sheikh, she brought with her $900 million in U.S. aid for the Palestinians. Total pledges for the Gaza donor conference will ultimately top $4.4 billion.And almost as soon … read more
An American science teacher stabbed by an attacker in a famous Cairo bazaar in front of his heavily pregnant wife said Sunday he thought the incident was random and would return to the historic market when his parents came to … read more
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Egypt Sunday to begin talks on efforts to rebuild Gaza and find a way to peace in the Middle East.In her first visit to the region since becoming the United States’ top … read more
A man threw a firebomb at a metro rail station in Cairo Saturday that was packed with Egyptian families and commuters, but no one was hurt, security sources said.Security sources said the attacker fled the scene. There was no word … read more
The 22 February 2009 bombing in the popular Khan El-Khalili market, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, which left one person dead and over 20 wounded, has left the Egyptian media still pondering over the bizzare incident.Almost all the major Egyptian … read more
Egypt on Friday dismissed as unacceptable a US report which branded Cairo’s human rights record as poor, the foreign ministry said in a statement.”Egypt does not accept any country assuming the role of a custodian of the Egyptian people or … read more