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Gaddafi cousin goes on trial in Egypt for attempted murder - (9 days ago)
A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya. Ahmed Gaddaf Alddam is accused of opening fire on police when they went to detain him at his residence in Cairo in March in accordance with an Interpol arrest warrant.He is wanted in Libya for alleged counterfeiting, forgery, fraud
Egypt court adjourns case against Gaddafi aide - (9 days ago)
The case against Ahmed Gadhaf Al-Dam, a close aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been adjourned by an Egyptian Criminal Court to 15 May.Al-Dam was arrested in Zamalek (an upscale Cairo neighbourhood) on charges of possessing unlicensed weapons and illegal surveillance devices, resisting arrest and attempting to murder police officers. He also faces corruption charges.Gadhaf Al-Dam
Egypt rejects mediation role on Entebbe agreement - (9 days ago)
Egypt SISEgypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said that Juba, the capital of South Sudan will host the meetings of the River Nile water ministerial council by the end of next June.South Sudan will receive the Chairmanship of the new session of the council from Rwanda within the framework of the Nile Basin initiative as South Sudan has become the 11th Nile basin
Egypt keens to develop military relations with Saudi Arabia - (9 days ago)
Egypt SISEgypt's Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and the Minister of Defense and Military production General Abdel Fattah El Sisi has renewed the armed forces keenness to develop the close military relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.This came in the statement given by Major General Adel Abo Doh, the Commander of the Egyptian troops, which are taking part in the joint Egyptian-Saudi
Egypt's April 6 founder survives serious car accident - (9 days ago)
April 6 founder Ahmed Maher has survived a serious car accident in which his car was written off.Maher's car hit a parked truck on the Cairo ring road on Monday.He was taken to Ahly Bank Hospital and released shortly afterwards.Maher is currently at South Cairo police station filing a report into the incident.Mohamed Adel, a founding member of April 6, said Maher has injuries to his arm and leg
Dozens rally for Egyptian activist Doma accused of insulting president - (9 days ago)
Dozens of April 6 Youth Movement members converge outside a New Cairo courthouse on Monday afternoon in solidarity with activist Ahmed Doma, who is being tried on accusations of insulting the president.Doma, a vociferous critic of the Muslim Brotherhood – from which President Morsi hails - was arrested late in April by state prosecutor order after he called President Morsi a "killer" in a
Egypt Human Rights lawyer demands immediate release of Coptic Schoolteacher - (9 days ago)
Naguib Gabriel, head of the Egyptian Federation of Human Rights, filed a memorandum to the Egyptian prosecutor-general on Sunday, asking for the immediate release of Coptic schoolteacher Demyana Emad and other Copts who are currently imprisoned as a result of a rash of case with sectarian elements."Copts are fed up with being prosecuted on charges of evangelism and contempt of Islamic religion,
Egypt tourism still struggling despite upswing: Industry insiders - (9 days ago)
Local tourism industry insiders are not impressed with the recent pick-up in touristic activity recently trumpeted by Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou.Last week, Zaazou announced that the number of tourists visiting Egypt had reached some 2.86 million in the first quarter of 2013 – 14.4 percent more than in the corresponding period last year.Since the January uprising that toppled
Mubarak-era trade minister remains on Egypt watch-list - (9 days ago)
Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egypt's former trade and industry minister, is still wanted by Egyptian authorities pending investigation of graft charges related to the illegal sale of steel-manufacturing licenses, Mostafa Deweidar, spokesman for the office of Egypt's prosecutor-general, told Ahram Online on Sunday.After paying a fine of LE15 million (roughly $2.2 million), Rachid was let off in two
Egypt Judges Club to take part in planned 'justice conference' - (9 days ago)
At a Sunday meeting with members of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the Egyptian Judges Club announced its decision to join a planned 'justice conference' to be held within the context of an ongoing dispute between Egypt's judiciary on one side and Muslim Brotherhood MPs and the presidency on the other.A controversial judicial authority law recently proposed in the upper house of Egypt's
Egypt youth group calls for solidarity protest for convicted activists - (9 days ago)
Egypt's 'Free Front for Peaceful Change' youth group has called for a Monday demonstration outside a court in New Cairo to voice solidarity with six activists recently slapped with five-year prison sentences.The activists were sentenced last week following their arrest outside a court in New Cairo where they had been protesting in solidarity with several students arrested for alleged affiliation
Egypt court to rule next month on challenge to upper house - (10 days ago)
Egypts highest court will rule next month on the legality of the upper house of parliament, judicial sources said on Sunday, in a case that throws more legal doubt over a political transition repeatedly disrupted by lawsuits. A ruling against the Muslim Brotherhood-led upper house by the Supreme Constitutional Court on June 2 could lead to the dissolution of the chamber and result in legislative
Egypt dismisses use of force to solve the Nile River conflict - (10 days ago)
Prensa LatinaEgypt will not resort to force to resolve the dispute with Ethiopia on the quota of the Nile river water, assured the Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah el Sisi in statements cirdulated here today. The Nile, one of the fathers rivers of mankind, whose source is in Burundi, also goes through Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan before flowing into the Mediterranean, which characteristic
Egypt's court adjourns key lawsuit on status of Shura Council - (10 days ago)
Egypt's High Constitutional Court (HCC) adjourned three politically significant lawsuit: the constitutionality of the Shura Council (the upper house parliament that currently holds legislative power) and the legality of the second Constituent Assembly which drafted the country's current constitution, and two appeals against the emergency law, to 2 June, 2013.The first case on the Shura Council
Irrigation minister: Egypt not opposed to Renaissance Dam - (10 days ago)
Daily News EgyptEgypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa ElDin said on Saturday that Egypt does not oppose the establishment of development projects or dams along the Nile River as long as it does not affect water distribution between countries.Bahaa ElDin’s statement, made during an interview on a state TV channel, was in relation to the construction of the Grand
Egypt Ex-Mubarak's interview in Al-Watan paper is 'fabricated': Lawyer - (10 days ago)
Ahram OnlineThe lawyer of Hosni Mubarak has denied that a recent interview with the deposed president, published in privately-owned Egyptian daily Al-Watan, took place.Farid El-Deeb told Ahram Online on Sunday that the interview was a fabrication.The interview with Mubarak by journalist Mohamed El-Sheikh attracted mass attention as the first time that the deposed leader had spoken to the press
Copt charged with killing converted Muslim wife commits suicide - (10 days ago)
Ahram OnlineA Christian-Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fourth floor of the Assiut courthouse, where he was set to face questioning over the stabbing of his wife.Romany Farhan Amir was charged with killing his wife, Habiba Shaaban (formerly known as Azza Walim) outside their son's school on Saturday, angered by her conversion
Pope proclaims first saints, says Christians still persecuted - (10 days ago)
Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith. The Vatican seemed at pains not to allow the first canonizations of Francis two-month-old papacy to be interpreted as anti-Islamic, saying the deaths of the Otranto Marytrs must be understood in
Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention - (10 days ago)
APEgypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, has spoken to the public for the first time since his detention two years ago, saying he is dismayed at the country's state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor.The 85-year old Mubarak spoke to Al-Watan newspaper after a session of his retrial for his role in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that forced him to step
Egypt Army Chief: Armed forces don't interfere in political affairs - (10 days ago)
Egypt SIS Commander in Chief and Minister of Defense Colonel General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the Egyptian Army does not interfere in political affairs. During a ceremony held on the occasion of upgrading the efficiency of Army formations at the Central Military Zone, he added that Egypt is for all Egyptians regardless of their affiliations.Sisi added that the Armed Forces do not object to
Coptic Pope stresses urgency for Christian unity in Vatican visit - (10 days ago)
Ecumenical NewsWhen Pope Francis met with Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church spoke an urgent need for unity among Christians in the Middle East.The Egyptian is only the second Coptic pope to visit the Vatican.On the day he visited, however, there were three popes in the Italian holy city including Pope Emeritus Benedict. His visit to the Vatican and Italy which started
Egyptian appeal court cancels Ezz's conviction, jail sentence - (10 days ago)
Egypt's Court of Cassation has ordered a retrial for notorious business tycoon Ahmed Ezz, who successfully appealed his conviction on charges related to his role in money laundering, illicit profiteering and appropriation of public funds.The court cancelled Ezz’s seven-year prison sentence and LE19.3 billion fine.In October 2012, Ezz was found guilty of laundering LE6.4 billion in illegally
Egyptian opposition figure angered at airport detention - (10 days ago)
Opposition figure Emad Gad criticised attempts by Egyptian authorities to arrest him at Cairo International Airport on Wednesday.Gad, who is a former MP and leading member of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said that he, along with 78-year-old journalist and Tagammu Party activist Amina Shafiq, had been stopped at the airport, ostensibly as their names were similar to those of
Court to announce 3 rulings impacting Egypt's political direction - (10 days ago)
Egypt’s High Constitutional Court (HCC) is set to rule Sunday on three highly-anticipated cases of national significance: the constitutionality of the Shura Council (the upper house of parliament that currently holds legislative power), the legality of the second Constituent Assembly that drafted the country’s standing constitution, passed amid controversy late last year, and two
April 6 founder decries political climate as 'worse than under Mubarak' - (10 days ago)
Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher stated late Saturday: "What is taking place now is worse than what was being experienced during Mubarak’s time."Maher’s comments on the private Al-Nahar channel’s Akher Al-Nahar programme came a day after being arrested when he landed at the Cairo International Airport from Austria en route from the United States."The only
Egypt defence minister rules out use of force to solve water crisis - (10 days ago)
Minister of Defence Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed Saturday his refusal to resort to military force in order to solve an ongoing saga over Egypt's share of the Nile water."We want to live and they [Ethiopians] want to live, so we have to find a peaceful solution for this file which was abandoned for so long [during the reign of former President Hosni Mubarak]," El-Sisi said while at a military
Egypt interior minister to withdraw complaint against April 6 founder - (10 days ago)
At a Saturday press conference, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim voiced his willingness to withdraw a complaint filed earlier against April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher.Maher was arrested on Friday afternoon upon his arrival to Cairo International Airport en route from Vienna, following a visit he made to the United States.Maher will reportedly be held by authorities for four
MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 12 - (10 days ago)
Here are factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Yen hits 4-1/2-year low vs dollar, gold tumbles* Oil pares losses on weakening dollar, refinery boost* MIDEAST-STOCKS-Saudi stocks post biggest gains in four weeks* Car bombs kill 43 in Turkey near Syrian
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BBC SportWhen it's put to him that he might be the most talented athlete in the world to hold a racquet, a bashful Ramy Ashour admits "that's pretty great".The 25-year-old Egyptian is more than just the current squash world number one - his elastic, unorthodox brilliance and charisma could be the key to squash breaking out beyond its four walls and regaining a place on the wider sporting
Ministers in Prime Minister Hisham Qandil's cabinet following the recent reshuffle (new appointees are in italics): 1. Minister of Agriculture Ahmed Mahmoud Ali El-Gizawi2. Minister of Antiquities Ahmed Eissa3. Minister of Aviation Wael Maadawi4. Minister of Communication Atef Helmy5. Minister of Culture
AP— April 15, 2013: Two bombs explode in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 140.— January 17, 2011: A backpack bomb is placed along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Washington, meant to kill and injure participants in a civil rights march, but is found and disabled before it can explode. White
The convenient marriage between Iran and the Arab left would have been unthinkable only a few years ago, given the traditional ideological paradoxes between patriarchal Persian Shiism, on the one hand, and leftist orthodoxy on the other.Indeed, a casual viewer of Hizbullah's Al-Manar television, or the Iranian-funded Al-Mayadin TV, these days would probably think that the two Shia propaganda
