http://www.mail.com/locations/1518-cairo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1518-cairo.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html CAIRO (AP) — With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and lashing out with deadly force in clashes across much of the country the past week, regaining their Hosni Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. In the process, nearly 60 people have been kill... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html 2013-01-31T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html CAIRO (AP) — Representatives from across Egypt's political spectrum held a rare meeting Thursday to denounce violence, hours before a fresh call for a new wave of mass protests across the country aimed at pressuring Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to accept opposition demands to form a national government and amend the constitution. Hosted by Egypt's pr... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859142-egypts-political-factions-denounce-violence.html 2013-01-31T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857360-week-unrest-weakens-egypts-islamist-leader.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president has been significantly weakened by a week of violent protests across much of the country, with his popularity eroding, the powerful military implicitly criticizing him and some of his ultraconservative Islamist backers distancing themselves from him. In his seven months since becoming Egypt's first freely elected pr... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857360-week-unrest-weakens-egypts-islamist-leader.html 2013-01-30T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857210-morsi-germany-defends-comments-jews.html BERLIN (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs" as he visited Germany on Wednesday, insisting that the remarks were taken out of context and were aimed at criticizing Israeli attacks on Palestinians. A key focus of Mohammed Morsi's one-day visit to Berlin... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857210-morsi-germany-defends-comments-jews.html 2013-01-30T18:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html CAIRO (AP) — A hardline Islamist party normally allied to Egypt's president joined the liberal opposition on Wednesday in calling for a national unity government as part of a plan aimed at ending the eruption of political violence that has shaken the country and left more than 60 dead the past week. The unusual joint call puts further pressure on Islamist... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855836-egypt-liberals-islamists-add-pressure-morsi.html 2013-01-30T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil. ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850354-egypt-army-chief-warns-collapse.html 2013-01-29T23:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html CAIRO (AP) — Looters broke into a Nile-side luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital early Tuesday, taking advantage of clashes in the streets outside to trash shops and the lobby before police and demonstrators alerted via social media drove them out, a hotel spokeswoman said. The break in, which happened despite the presence of hundreds of riot police nearb... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854364-egypt-clashes-spill-landmark-cairo-hotel.html 2013-01-29T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html CAIRO (AP) — An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule. They boast that they're willing to use force to fight back against Islamists who have attacked protesters in the... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851824-masked-black-bloc-mystery-egypt-unrest.html 2013-01-28T20:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative Islamic government was in danger of backfiring after deadly weekend riots pushed Cairo to crack down on civil rights. It was the latest strain on the stretched-thin detente between the Obama adm... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1850402-white-house-egypts-democracy-difficult-path.html 2013-01-28T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848778-egypt-declares-emergency-3-provinces.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president declared a state of emergency and curfew in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead, using tactics of the ousted regime to get a grip on discontent over his Islamist policies and the slow pace of change. Angry and almost screaming, Mohammed Morsi vowed in a televised add... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848778-egypt-declares-emergency-3-provinces.html 2013-01-27T21:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html CAIRO (AP) — Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country's worst bout of soccer violence. Unrest surrounding the second anniversary of Egypt's revolution also broke out in Cairo and other cities for a th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1847468-egyptians-riot-soccer-fans-sentenced-to-die.html 2013-01-26T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, demanding regime change on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. At least seven people were killed. Two years to the day after protesters firs... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847140-angry-protests-leave-7-dead-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-26T01:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the country's revolution with tens of thousands filling major squares and streets around the country to call for a new regime change. Two years to the day that protesters first rose up aga... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845386-angry-protests-clashes-egypt-anniversary.html 2013-01-25T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a day-long demonstration on Thursday, raising fears of a violent anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. Youth activists and opposition groups have called for large rallies on the anniversary Fri... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842846-clashes-egypt-eve-uprising-anniversary.html 2013-01-24T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much preoccupied with the region's bewildering combination of high hopes, deep disappointments and grave dangers that threaten to spill over borders. Along the way, a divide seems to be e... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html 2013-01-24T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843508-egypt-to-vaccinate-polio-sewer.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will carry out a vaccination campaign for children in parts of Cairo after polio was recently found in the capital's sewage, believed to have been brought to the country from Pakistan, a Health Ministry official said Thursday. The discovery underlined concerns over the possibility of a spread of polio from Pakistan, one of only three co... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843508-egypt-to-vaccinate-polio-sewer.html 2013-01-24T17:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html CAIRO (AP) — The brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday sanctioned violence against the West in retaliation for the French-led campaign against militants in Mali, saying the U.S. and Europe are "making jihadists." Mohammed al-Zawahri, one of Egypt's most influential jihadi leaders, made his comments in an interview with The Associated Pr... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html 2013-01-23T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1839792-witness-describes-killings-malian-army.html DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Malian soldiers killed people accused of ties to radical Islamists at a bus stop around the time the French-led military intervention began, a witness told The Associated Press on Wednesday, detailing how the soldiers shot the victims and then threw their bodies into nearby wells. The account from the witness, who insisted on anonymity... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1839792-witness-describes-killings-malian-army.html 2013-01-23T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840108-egypts-top-cleric-cancels-saudi-trip-slight.html CAIRO (AP) — Cairo airport officials say Egypt's top Muslim cleric cancelled a visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of its monarch when he discovered that senior delegates traveling with him were assigned economy class seats by their Saudi hosts. The officials said Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam's highest seat of learnin... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840108-egypts-top-cleric-cancels-saudi-trip-slight.html 2013-01-23T12:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian rights group on Tuesday accused the country's police of "acting like a gang," torturing detainees and continuing to use violence to impose control while the country's president flounders at efforts to reform the powerful security apparatus. The report released by The Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights documented 16 cases of p... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html 2013-01-22T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837112-arab-league-official-urges-arab-israelis-to-vote.html CAIRO (AP) — A senior Arab League official has called on Israel's Arab minority to go out and vote in the Jewish state's parliamentary election, arguing that doing so will foil "racist" plans to force them to leave their homes. Mohammed Sobeih, who is the pan-Arab organization's assistant secretary general, claims that Tuesday's election will be dominated... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837112-arab-league-official-urges-arab-israelis-to-vote.html 2013-01-22T09:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834628-car-crash-kills-14-southern-egypt.html ASSUIT, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says a speeding truck collided with a minibus on a highway in the country's south, killing 14 people and injuring 13 others. The official says the accident took place on Monday morning on the Assiut desert road, 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Cairo. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was n... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834628-car-crash-kills-14-southern-egypt.html 2013-01-21T09:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832946-courthouse-burnt-egypt-clashes.html CAIRO (AP) — A courthouse went up in flames in Egypt's northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria during clashes between protesters and riot police Sunday, according to witnesses. The blaze destroyed part of the building, burning some files. A security official said unidentified assailants were responsible. This was the second straight day of clashes there... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832946-courthouse-burnt-egypt-clashes.html 2013-01-20T20:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831700-egypt-clashes-trial-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse dozens of demonstrators throwing rocks outside an Alexandria courthouse where the city's ex-security director and other officers are on trial for the killing of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising. The confrontation comes a week before the country marks the second anniversary of the revolt t... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831700-egypt-clashes-trial-security-officers.html 2013-01-19T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830658-group-urges-egypt-to-deport-refugees-to-syria.html CAIRO (AP) — A New York-based rights group has urged Egyptian authorities not to repatriate asylum seekers to Syria, saying such a move would violate international laws since they could face violence and persecution in their home country. Human Rights Watch says in a Friday report that two Palestinians held in Cairo International Airport are at risk of de... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830658-group-urges-egypt-to-deport-refugees-to-syria.html 2013-01-18T19:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827028-death-toll-egypt-building-collapse-rises-to-26.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian health officials say the death toll in the collapse of an eight-story apartment building in the coastal city of Alexandria has risen to 26. They say the death toll rose when one of the 12 people injured in the accident succumbed to her injures on Thursday in hospital. The building in a poor Alexandria district collapsed on Wednesday,... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827028-death-toll-egypt-building-collapse-rises-to-26.html 2013-01-17T12:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824654-egypts-morsi-tries-to-defuse-flap-jews-slur.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington's anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists "pigs" and "bloodsuckers," telling visiting U.S. senators that his comments were a denunciation of Israeli policies. Both sides appear to want to get beyond the flap: Mohammed Morsi needs America's help in ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824654-egypts-morsi-tries-to-defuse-flap-jews-slur.html 2013-01-16T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html CAIRO (AP) — An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the port city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people in the second deadly accident to hit the country in as many days, according to police and health officials. Mohammed el-Sharqawy, a senior official at the Health Ministry, said at least 12 people also were injured and that rescue t... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html 2013-01-16T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822568-us-condemns-comments-egypts-morsi.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews and called for him to repudiate what it called unacceptable rhetoric. In blunt comments, the White House and State Department said Morsi's statements were "deeply offensive" and ran counter... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822568-us-condemns-comments-egypts-morsi.html 2013-01-16T03:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821960-misery-to-tragedy-egyptian-train-crash.html BADRASHEEN, Egypt (AP) — 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 villages to serve in one of the most miserable, lowly jobs of the security forces — as grunts in an anti-riot force usually deployed against protesters. At a station just outside of... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821960-misery-to-tragedy-egyptian-train-crash.html 2013-01-15T21:06:00Z