CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has quietly spread its influence far beyond Egypt in its 84-year history, but Arab revolts have opened broad new political horizons the group hopes will reflect its founder's vision for the Arab and Islamic (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it recognized its demand to sack Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzoury's cabinet is unlikely to be heeded by the ruling generals but that it did not want a standoff with the army, toning down tough talk (...)
CAIRO: Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria, will urge government and opposition to halt violence and seek a political settlement after a year of conflict when he makes his first trip to Damascus on Saturday, he said on (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian Islamist, mistakenly identified as a senior Al-Qaeda commander because he has the same name, was detained at Cairo airport on Wednesday for suspected militant activities, but said he had cut any links with Al-Qaeda more than two (...)
CAIRO: Fake versions of the multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin were purchased in Turkey before being traded by middlemen across the Middle East and Europe to the United States, an Egyptian businessman involved said on Tuesday.
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CAIRO: At the end of January, a guest speaker drew an unusually large audience of diplomats to the 33rd floor auditorium at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo. For latecomers, there was standing room only.
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CAIRO: The trail of counterfeit copies of the multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin leads to an address in a crowded Cairo suburb, with no sign of the firm named by international suppliers as the source of the product.
Last week's discovery in (...)
CAIRO: Egypt called on Wednesday for change in Syria that met its people's demands, Cairo's strongest language yet on the crisis, though it ruled out supporting outside military intervention.
Egypt has backed Arab League resolutions demanding (...)
CAIRO: After a bruising meeting in a five-star Cairo hotel, Arab foreign ministers led by Gulf states hinted to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad that unless he halts his violent crackdown, some Arab League members might arm his opponents.
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CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers will discuss a proposal next week to send a joint UN-Arab mission to Syria, a senior Arab League official said on Thursday, after a solely Arab team failed to end President Bashar Al-Assad's crackdown on (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and (...)
CAIRO: Some of the Egyptian soccer fans who had a front-line role in toppling Hosni Mubarak have a new target – the man who replaced him at Egypt's helm, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
"We want your head, you traitor Tantawi. You could (...)
CAIRO: Egypt will open nominations on April 15 for the first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted by a popular uprising last year, a member of the ruling army council told a television channel on Sunday.
The army has pledged to (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's party list has secured about 40 percent of votes counted so far in the second round of Egypt's staggered parliamentary election, a party source said on Sunday.
The list led by the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice (...)
Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the second round of a parliamentary election, part of a lengthy transition to civilian rule after generals took charge following Hosni Mubarak's removal from office in February.
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CAIRO: A leading Islamist presidential hopeful said on Thursday the army had no right to meddle in drawing up Egypt's new constitution and said the elected parliament, on course for an Islamist majority, should control the drafting process.
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CAIRO: Egypt's army detailed on Wednesday plans to ensure those who draft the constitution represent all society not just groups in parliament, views set to rile Islamists seeking a commanding role in the process after early success in a (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's army said it has not accepted a $3.2 billion financing facility from the International Monetary Fund because it did not want to build up debts while it was in power for a transitional period.
But General Mokhtar Al-Molla, a member (...)
CAIRO: Amr Moussa, a front-runner for Egypt's presidency, said on Sunday the strong Islamist showing in the first parliamentary election since army generals replaced Hosni Mubarak in February had to be swallowed as democracy in action.
The Muslim (...)
CAIRO: After waiting 83 years, the Muslim Brotherhood finally senses a chance to be at the centre of how Egypt is governed and the Islamists hope to lead the renaissance of a nation which has suffered a steep economic and political decline.
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CAIRO: A striking image hoisted in Cairo's Tahrir Square when protests against military rule erupted showed an ageing, male face; one half was Hosni Mubarak's, the other that of the man now in charge of Egypt - Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's GB Auto said on Sunday its third-quarter net income rose 25 percent year-on-year to LE 89.0 million ($14.9 million), but said the return to growth may be temporary because of a volatile automobile market.
The firm, Egypt's biggest (...)
CAIRO: Egypt could reach a decision in weeks on the fate of operating licenses for two Ezz Steel plants and three licenses for other firms, the trade and industry minister said on Thursday.
The minister, Mahmoud Eisa, told the Reuters Middle East (...)
CAIRO: Egypt is finalizing plans for the removal of energy subsidies for its industrial sector, a phase-out agreed on since 2007, the country's trade and industry minister said on Thursday.
Trade Minister Mahmoud Eissa told the Reuters Middle (...)
CAIRO: Egypt has extended the ban on rice exports to ensure there is no shortage of supply, Trade Minister Mahmoud Eisa said on Thursday, adding that it was not clear yet when the ban that has been in place since 2008 would be lifted.
The ban has (...)