20110102
RFI

Worshippers have returned to the Coptic church in Alexandria, one day after an apparent suicide bomber killed 21 people.

20110101
reuters

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A bomb killed 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on Saturday, and the interior ministry said a foreign-backed suicide bomber may have been responsible.

20101231
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military has resisted U.S. pressure to modify its strategy to counter new regional threats, stressing the country's national security was "a red line" the United States could not cross, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables showed.

20101226
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

20101226
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is not seeking to acquire nuclear arms and wants to rid the region of such weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday.

20101213
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt plans to offer billions of dollars worth of transport, energy and other projects in partnership with private firms over the next five years after rules to ease such deals are approved, officials said on Monday.

20101212
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday information released by the WikiLeaks website showed there was no contradiction between Egyptian officials' public and private statements, the state news agency reported.

20101211
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday dismissed allegations that last month's parliamentary election was rigged and said any violations were too minor to undermine its legitimacy.

20101212
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptian activists and members of opposition groups protested on Sunday against what they said were violations during a parliamentary vote that handed the ruling party a huge victory last month.

20101213
reuters

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt said on Sunday it was reopening its shores to tourists at a popular Red Sea resort after a series of shark attacks over the last two weeks, which killed one person and injured four.

20101206
africanews

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's party won 419 of 508 seats in parliamentary polls, the electoral commission said Monday after most of the opposition boycotted the polls. Monitors had previously charged that the polling, which ended with a second round on Sunday, was marked by widespread fraud

20101205
RFI

Egyptians are voting in second-round parliamentary election run-offs on Sunday. President Hosni Mubarak's party is almost unopposed after the two main opposition parties decided to boycott the polls, claiming widespread fraud.

20101204
Sudan Tribune

Last year Sudan's northern neighbor, Egypt, lobbied to the United States to postpone southern Sudan's self determination referendum by four to six years as it feared that the new nation could put its share of the Nile's water in jeopardy according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.

20101203
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - A reshuffle of Egypt's cabinet could soon take place but Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is likely to stay in place, a state news website quoted sources as saying on Friday.

20101129
RFI

Egypt's main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most of its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been "rigged and invalid".

20101128
africanews

Egypt is on high security alert on the eve of a parliamentary election scheduled for November 28, after activists clashed with police at the end of a tense campaign.

20101128
africanews

The coach of Egyptian club side Masri has tendered his resignation on Friday. Coach Mokhtar Mokhtar's decision comes few days after the club assured of keeping him despite reported interest from giants Ahli. The club even issued a hands-off warning over their gaffer when rumour was rife of his Ahli moves.

20101117
America.gov

Washington — Artifacts illegally taken from the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun's tomb are going home.

20101118
africanews

Egyptian authorities have declined the observation of November 28 parliamentary elections by foreign parties, calling it an "interference in Egypt's affairs," AFP said on Thursday. The United States and other countries had asked to allow foreign observers to monitor the upcoming elections to guarantee a free and fair vote.

20101026
africanews

Egyptian opposition Wafd party on Monday reported that state TV has refused to air advertisements from the opposition and the print shops working for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) had been asked not to print Wafd campaign literature, signaling a squeeze on opposition campaigning before a November election.