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Correction: Egypt-Encroaching on Antiquities story
In a story Jan. 14 about illegal construction near a pharaonic temple and pyramids in Egypt, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the ...
US condemns comments from Egypt's Morsi
The Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews ...
From misery to tragedy in Egyptian train crash
Packed in a rickety train speeding through the night, the poorly fed, pale-looking Egyptian conscripts were coming from some of Egypt's most dirt-poor ...
19 killed in Egypt train crash
At least 19 people died and more than 100 were injured when two railroad passenger cars derailed just south of Cairo after midnight Monday, health ...
Mubarak's new trial could answer a key question
Hosni Mubarak's new trial may resolve key questions unanswered in his first one: Who ordered the crackdown that left some 900 protesters dead and who ...
Egypt's Mubarak to get new trial over killings
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the ousted leader in the killing of hundreds of ...
Potential impact of Mubarak retrial
Egypt's highest appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's conviction and ordered a retrial of the former president for failing to prevent the ...
Egyptian appeals court orders Mubarak retrial
A Cairo appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the former Egyptian president for failing to prevent ...
EU head: Egypt must guarantee freedom for recovery
The EU president has told Egypt's Islamist president that guarantees of freedoms of expression and religions are essential for attracting foreign ...
Gunmen shoot birdshot at Egypt protesters; 15 hurt
A dozen masked attackers fired birdshot late Saturday at protesters who have camped outside Egypt's presidential palace in Cairo for the past month, ...
Egypt names a new central bank governor
Egypt's president on Thursday named a new head for the country's central bank, after the resignation of the longtime chief amid a crippling economic ...
Egypt's president invited to Iran, discusses Syria
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday invited Egypt's president to visit Tehran again, a sign of improved relations between the two nations since an ...
Egypt's ultraconservative party chooses new leader
Egypt's largest ultraconservative Islamist party, which has emerged as a potent political force in the country, elected a new leader Wednesday after ...
Qatar aiding Egypt with extra $2.5 billion
Qatar announced Tuesday it was doubling its financial aid to the Egyptian government with a new injection of $2.5 billion, underlining its role in ...
Former judge challenges Egypt's constitution
The only female judge to sit on Egypt's highest court said Tuesday she has filed the first legal challenge against the country's highly contentious ...
Egypt talking to IMF again about crucial loan
Doubts are emerging about the Egyptian government's ability to implement painful austerity measures linked to the International Monetary Fund's ...
Egypt's pope urges Copts to 'not be afraid'
Egypt's pope urged his congregants to be joyful and "not be afraid" in his Mass for Coptic Christmas, trying to reassure a community feeling anxious ...
Egypt Copts mark Christmas with fear of future
Egypt's minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption ...
Egypt shakes up Cabinet, appoints 10 new ministers
Egypt swore in 10 new ministers on Sunday in a Cabinet shake-up aimed at improving the government's handling of the country's ailing economy ahead of ...
Brotherhood official urges Egypt's Jews to return
A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel ...
Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths
An Egyptian fact-finding mission determined that Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed at his palace, despite ...
3 Egyptian officials fly to UAE to discuss arrests
Three senior Egyptian officials flew to the United Arab Emirates Wednesday to discuss the arrest of 11 Egyptians accused of forming a Muslim ...
Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian
Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest ...
Egypt's pound slips further against dollar
The Egyptian pound slipped further against the dollar on Monday, a downward plunge on the first two days of trading under a new system, as the ...
Protester shot in Cairo may have been targeted
Gunmen drove into Cairo's Tahrir Square before dawn Monday and fired at an anti-government sit-in, seriously wounding a protester who had been jailed ...