20110710
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign minister dismissed talk of any pressure on Cairo from Gulf Arab states to prevent the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, according to an interview published on Saturday.

20110709
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed city centres across the country on Friday to demand faster reforms and voice frustration at what they regard as foot-dragging by military rulers and government officials.

20110709
Reuters
JUBA (Reuters) - Egypt recognised the state of South Sudan on Saturday after its split from the north, Foreign Minister Mohammed el-Orabi said.

20110707
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government plans to reshuffle senior police to remove officers implicated in a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in January, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.

20110705
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - A single shipment of fenugreek seeds from Egypt is the most likely source of a highly toxic E. coli epidemic in Germany which has killed 49 people and of a smaller outbreak in France, European investigators said on Tuesday.

20110705
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid in absentia to five years in prison on Tuesday for squandering public funds, a judicial source said.

20110701
Reuters
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Thursday, saying it was in Washington's interests to deal with parties committed to non-violent politics.

20110630
Reuters
LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - Imported fenugreek seeds from Egypt may be the source of highly toxic E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France that have killed at least 48 people, according to initial investigations by European scientists.

20110630
Reuters
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Thursday, saying it was in Washington's interests to deal with parties committed to non-violent political activity.

20110629
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police fired tear gas in Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Wednesday at hundreds of mainly young protesters, some of whom threw stones and demanded that trials of former senior officials proceed more swiftly.

20110628
xinhua
CAIRO, June 29 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian criminal court upheld on Tuesday the decision by the prosecution to sequestrate all the assets of fugitive businessman Hussein Salem, a close associate of former President Hosni Mubarak, state news agency MENA reported.

20110629
xinhua
Fierce clashes erupted late Tuesday night between Egyptian security forces and young protestors in the Tahrir Square in central Cairo, local media reported.

20110627
xinhua
CAIRO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Tagammu party decided on Saturday to suspend its participation in the meeting held by the newly-formed 18-party Democratic Alliance, reflecting disagreement still existing over whether a new constitution or elections should come first.

20110626
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's health ministry has no official documentation confirming former President Hosni Mubarak has cancer, newspapers quoted on Sunday a deputy minister as saying, casting doubt on comments by Mubarak's lawyer.

20110626
xinhua
CAIRO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan said Saturday that his country has turned down loans from the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after cuts of budget deficit.

20110625
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between two groups of protesters, for and against putting former president Hosni Mubarak on trial, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

20110625
xinhua
NEW YORK, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria pleaded guilty on Friday in New York of sexual abuse in the third degree.

20110619
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday suspended its order to remove the names of former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from public institutions.

20110619
Xinhua
CAIRO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Workers from different companies affiliated to Egypt's Suez Canal Authority attempted to storm the authority's main building on Saturday, but were stopped by the military forces.

20110618
Xinhua
CAIRO, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday sent the files of the fugitive Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem, a close associate of former President Hosni Mubarak, to the Spanish authorities for his extradition.