Egypt reported four more cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Thursday, bringing the total number of the flu in the populous country to 112, according to the Ministry of Health, Xinhua reported. The first two cases were British women, 20 and … read more
Egyptian medical and security officials said at least nine Europeans and three Egyptians were killed in a bus crash near the Red Sea port town of Safaga some six hours South-east of Cairo on Thursday.This is the most recent accident … read more
Two Egyptian police have been charged with taking money from a Gazan family with the false promise of allowing them into Egypt from the isolated enclave, a security source told AFP on Tuesday.The two policemen offered via a middleman to … read more
Egyptian archaeologists digging near the Suez Canal have discovered the remains of what is believed to be the largest fortress in the eastern Delta, Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced.Located at the site of Tell Dafna, between El-Manzala Lake … read more
A convoy of humanitarian aid from the US, including 47 vehicles, tons of medical supplies, and 120 caravan participants, has been stopped by Egyptian authorities at the Suez Canal. The aid convoy is the second one organized by British Parliament … read more
Striking Egyptian workers are unlikely to escalate demands for better conditions into a political challenge to the government, but stoppages will make state assets less attractive to investors.Worker frustration with rising prices and shortages of subsidised bread flared into two … read more
Egyptian security forces have arrested 26 suspected Al-Qaeda loyalists on charges of plotting attacks on foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal, the interior ministry said on Thursday.The suspects, 25 Egyptians and a Palestinian, were in contact with the Al-Qaeda-linked … read more
Egypt reported five more cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Sunday, bringing the total number of the flu in the populous country to 97, according to the Ministry of Health. The first case was a 27-year-old Indian man who just came … read more
The murder of Marwa al-Sherbini, a 32-year-old Egyptian pharmacist stabbed to death in a German courtroom last week, has stoked growing anger in Egypt, where the local press has taken to referring to Sherbini as the “headscarf martyr.” But with … read more
The Egyptian government is using swine flu as an excuse to get rid of tens of thousands of pigs raised by garbage collectors who live amid the refuse in Cairo slums. But the move has prompted accusations Monday that Muslims … read more