http://www.mail.com/locations/43806-alexandria.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/43806-alexandria.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack. Officials say the clashes in the city's el-Dekheila suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a Muslim woman. Residents of the area fired birdshot and threw Molotov cocktai... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html 2013-05-18T13:11:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023990-leader-to-head-egypts-jewish-community.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care for its dwindling, elderly membership. Magda Haroun, 60, told The Associated Press Tuesday she aimed to continue the work of her predecessor, Carmen Weinstein, who died Saturday at the age of 82... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023990-leader-to-head-egypts-jewish-community.html 2013-04-16T22:00:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022712-egypt-policeman-sentenced-to-15-years-torture.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced a police officer to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for torturing an ultraconservative Muslim to death, a rare lengthy prison term for a policeman convicted of abuse. The Criminal Court in Alexandria found Osama el-Kounayassi guilty of using torture to extract confessions from el-Sayed Belal, a member of the Salafi t... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022712-egypt-policeman-sentenced-to-15-years-torture.html 2013-04-16T18:18:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986668-protest-clashes-cairo-2-egyptian-cities.html ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Clashes erupted Friday in two cities in northern Egypt, and protesters rallied in Cairo in the latest demonstrations against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who claims the recent wave of anti-government unrest is the work of conspirators. In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, hundreds of unidentified assailants threw... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986668-protest-clashes-cairo-2-egyptian-cities.html 2013-03-29T21:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1975180-egypt-confiscates-shipments-military-uniforms.html CAIRO (AP) — Cairo airport officials confiscated 10,000 pieces of military-style clothing on Saturday as officials in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria seized 25 tons of camouflage material used for making military uniforms. Maj. Gen. Yousri Abdel-Aziz, head of security at the airport, said the large shipment of items such as shirts and pullovers lacke... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1975180-egypt-confiscates-shipments-military-uniforms.html 2013-03-23T16:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972922-egyptians-clash-muslim-brotherhood-offices.html CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Egyptian protesters clashed with riot police and backers of the president's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, ransacking several offices nationwide as anger over allegations of beatings and power-grabbing boiled over into the largest and most violent demonstrations yet on the doorstep of the powerful group. As night fell, streets sur... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:34:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972922-egyptians-clash-muslim-brotherhood-offices.html 2013-03-22T22:34:33Z 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/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/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/world/1781224-egyptian-islamists-opponents-clash-ahead-vote.html ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Violence erupted between Egypt's divided camps on Friday, the eve of the final round of a referendum on a constitution that has polarized the nation, as Islamists and their opponents pelted each other with stones while police fired tear gas in the streets of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. The contentious referendum, which w... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1781224-egyptian-islamists-opponents-clash-ahead-vote.html 2012-12-21T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1774714-egypts-alexandria-gripped-feud-future.html ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — The Qaed Ibrahim mosque, revered by Alexandrines as the embodiment of their Mediterranean city's cosmopolitan heritage, has become a battleground between the two visions fighting over the future of Egypt, literally. When prominent ultraconservative cleric Sheik Ahmed el-Mahalawi denounced opponents of the Islamist-backed draft con... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1774714-egypts-alexandria-gripped-feud-future.html 2012-12-18T18:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769476-mistrust-runs-deep-egypt-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Nevine Mustafa finally had enough after 10 hours of waiting to cast her "no" vote in Egypt's referendum on a highly disputed draft constitution. She and the other women in line were convinced the judge running the polling station was deliberately stalling to drive away voters opposed to the document. So the 39-year-old housewife and dozens of... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769476-mistrust-runs-deep-egypt-referendum.html 2012-12-16T21:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768076-egyptians-take-quarrel-charter-to-polls.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians took their quarrel over a draft constitution to polling stations Saturday after weeks of violent turmoil between the newly empowered Islamists and the mostly liberal opposition over the future identity of the nation. Regardless of the outcome, the heated arguments among voters standing in line signaled that the referendum over the c... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768076-egyptians-take-quarrel-charter-to-polls.html 2012-12-15T20:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1766264-tempers-rise-ahead-vote-egypt-charter.html CAIRO (AP) — Waving swords and clubs, Islamist supporters of Egypt's draft constitution clashed with opponents in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria on Friday as tempers flared on the eve of the referendum on the disputed charter — the country's worst political crisis since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Both sides stepped up their campaigns after we... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1766264-tempers-rise-ahead-vote-egypt-charter.html 2012-12-14T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741508-100000-protest-egypts-presidential-palace.html CAIRO (AP) — More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a controversial draft constitution. The outpouring of anger across the Egyptian capital, the Mediterranean port of Alexandria ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741508-100000-protest-egypts-presidential-palace.html 2012-12-04T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733994-egypt-draft-constitution-sparks-mass-protest.html CAIRO (AP) — Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists. The protests have highlighted an increasingly cohesive o... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733994-egypt-draft-constitution-sparks-mass-protest.html 2012-11-30T21:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719616-egypt-clashes-president-defends-powers.html CAIRO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the nation of Egypt." The edicts by Morsi, which were issued Thursday, have turned months of growing polarization in... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719616-egypt-clashes-president-defends-powers.html 2012-11-24T02:56:00Z