Egypt News

1. Sewage, dogs in Egypt Beni Suef hospital
(News/ Egypt News)

...i Suef had selected the hospital, which was established in 1963, to receive cases of H1N1, also known as swine flu. The second floor was allocated for cases of men infected by the virus, and the third...

2. Van Eck Plans Egypt, Kuwait ETFs
(News/ Business)

Investors seeking exposure to Egypt or Kuwait have typically obtained it through Middle East or frontier-country funds, but two exchange-traded funds planned by Van Eck Associates would offer more

3. Egyptians, Algerians celebrate together in Canada
(News/Sports)

On one university campus in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, Algerian fans cheered their players on toward victory against Egypt in an intense rendezvous that eventually qualified Algeria to compete

4. 10th death case of A/H1N1 flu: Egypt HM
(News/ Egypt News)

Egypt's Health Minister Hatem el Gabali The Egyptian Health Ministry (HM) announced on Sunday that the 10th A/H1N1 flu death case A 48-y

5. Sudan brace for crunch Algeria-Egypt tie
(News/Sports)

Sudan braced for an influx of Algerian and Egyptian fans yesterday ahead of this week's crunch World Cup qualification play-off amid mounting fears of trouble between the rival supporters Polic

6. Egypt Moteab seeks another WC fairytale
(News/Sports)

Emad Moteab wants to complete a fairytale return to international football by leading Egypt to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa The predator from Cairo club Al-Ahly scored five minutes into s

7. Seventh AH1N1 death in Egypt
(News/ Egypt News)

Egypt's Health Minister Hatem el Gabali The Egyptian Health Ministry announced the seventh H1N1 death on Saturday as a 37-year old femal

8. Egypt women alliance against Mubarak succession plan
(News/ Egypt News)

Egyptian women have launched an alliance to block the alleged plan by President Hosni Mubarak to hand over power to his son. “The group is independent and limited to women. It is not open

9. ADB extends support to Egypt wastewater sector
(News/ Business)

This long- term foreign currency loan, of an amount of Euro 53.3 million, approved by the Bank's Board in Tunis last month, will contribute to the financing of the Gabal El-Asfar Wastewater Treatment

10. AH1N1 forces schools to shut down in Egypt
(News/ Egypt News)

...1N1 infections.   Egyptian Health Ministry announced this week that 466 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported among students throughout the country. The increasing numbers ...

11. Egypt reports sixth A/H1N1 flu death
(News/ Egypt News)

...n Egypt's Health Ministry Spokesman Egypt has registered the sixth A/H1N1 (Swine Flu) death case in the country, Egypt's Al-Ahram daily reported on Wednesday. A 24-...

12. Egypt HM forecasts December AH1N1 outbreak
(News/ Egypt News)

... Egyptian Health Minister (HM) Hatem el-Gabali predicted that the H1N1 virus, commonly known as "swine flu," would spread in December and throughout the winter season, especially among schoolc...

13. Egyptian LNG wins DuPont safety award
(News/ Business)

Egyptian LNG was one of the five winners of the 2009 DuPont Safety Awards which were announced recently. The award, now in its eight edition, recognises companies and organisations that have u

14. Egypt Abd-Rabo Is Big Injury Doubt For Algeria Showdown
(News/Sports)

Abd-Rabo is struggling to shake off an ankle problem in time to feature for the Pharaohs at the weekend. If he is not ready to play, he will not be risked Hosny Abd-Rabo will face a fitness test on

15. Private hospitals ill-equipped for H1N1 cases in Egypt
(News/ Egypt News)

A recent decision by the health minister obliging private hospitals to admit cases of the H1N1 virus as of next Saturday has led to a state of confusion at these hospitals, officials of which had as

16. Swine flu girl held on holiday
(News/World)

...ruined after they landed in Egypt where their daughter was immediately sent to hospital with suspected swine flu (AH1N1), according to BBC News Millie Powell, 11, from Strood, was stopped at Sha...

17. Saudi airforce hits rebels in Yemen-Saudi website
(News/Middle East)

The Saudi air force is attacking rebel strongholds in northern Yemen after rebels killed two Saudi security men on the border, the Saudi-owned, London-based Elaph website reported There was no

18. Hospital heads charged with negligence in swine flu death
(News/ Egypt News)

...osecutors for their roles in the death of Noura Hashem, Egypt's sixth fatality from the H1N1 virus, or "swine flu" According to informed sources, investigations conducted by the Administrativ...

19. Iran Arabic channel taken off air
(News/ Entertainment)

Iran's Arabic language satellite television channel, al-Alam, has been taken off air by two Arab-controlled satellite companies. The operators of Nilesat and Arabsat cited a breach of contract acc

20. Egypt: 6th death case of A/H1N1 flu
(News/ Egypt News)

Egypt's Health Minister Hatem el Gabali The Egyptian Health Ministry reported that Egypt reported Monday the sixth A/H1N1 flu death case

21. Egypt receives second batch of A/H1N1 vaccine
(News/ Egypt News)

Egypt received on Monday the second batch of A/H1N1 vaccine from Britain, local Nile TV reported. About 70,000 doses of the vaccine were transported to Cairo airport from Britain through Amsterdam.

22. Egypt closes more school classes due to H1N1
(News/ Egypt News)

...closure of two school classes for 15 days after the discovery of new infections of H1N1, also known as swine flu The first new case discovered was that of a student at el-Mohammadiya preparatory...

23. Egypt minister: economic growth unequally distributed
(News/ Egypt News)

At the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP's) annual congress on Sunday, Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi declared that the high economic growth rates realized by Egypt in recent years "have n

24. Official crop prices to be announced at Egypt NDP
(News/ Egypt News)

Gamal Mubarak, head of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP's) influential Policies Secretariat, is expected to announce new government purchase prices for agricultural produce at the close o

25. Father of H1N1 victim tells story
(News/ Egypt News)

"Death is death regardless… it is destiny," says Ayman Samir, the father of Mostafa, the first school student to die of the H1N1 virus Samir says he still doesn't know how his son died - wh

26. Egypt NDP convention avoids succession issue
(News/ Egypt News)

Hosni Mubarak and his son Gamal Mubarak The son of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak took center stage at his father's ruling-party confer

27. Egypt receives first batch of A/H1N1 vaccine
(News/ Egypt News)

Egypt's Health Minister Hatem el Gabali  Egypt received on Sunday the first batch of A/H1N1 vaccine from the United Kingdom Abou

28. Minister: Financial Crisis finally hits Egypt
(News/ Business)

Othman Mohamed Othman Egypt's Economic Development Minister  Egyptian Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman reported that t

29. Honduras hopeful despite early exit
(News/Sports)

Defeat to Germany in their final Group A game at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 brought a premature end to Honduras’ campaign Although aware of their limitations, they had nonetheless

30. MB criticizes Egypt regime at opposition conference
(News/ Egypt News)

... policies addressing endemics, el-Erian, who is also the treasurer of the Physicians Syndicate, said the swine flu virus exposes the flawed, deteriorated and confused performance of the government. El...