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TEL AVIV // A petition by two Egyptian banks claiming Israel stole their stock in Jerusalem's most prestigious hotel may have wide-reaching implications for Egyptians who lost their property in Israel decades ago.

Three members of one family were killed in a multi car collision in Luxor, Egypt, that left six others injured, police said Sunday.

The sun sets behind the twin minarets of one of the city's many mosques on June 2, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.

In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages , and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government, Egyptian State Security has intensified its pressure on the Coptic Church in Nag Hammadi and the victims of the violence into ...

CAIRO, Egypt - A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.

The tribalistic violence that followed the World Cup defeat to Algeria was fuelled by a genuine set of grievances The chauvinistic brand of nationalism that swept across Egypt last week a ' the violent fringe of which saw riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo a ' really isn't about the football, despite what Joseph Mayton says in his Cif ...

It is not that Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution are unknown here. But even among those who profess to know something about the subject, the common understanding is that Darwin said man came from monkeys.

Freedom of Speech , Cyber-Activism , Elections , Governance , International Relations , Politics Languages: Arabic , English Full Category List Excerpt Egyptian Facebook users continue to discuss the ramifications of the aftermath of the Algeria vs Egypt football final, which saw Algeria qualifying to the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.

Gaddafi 'to mediate' football row Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in an increasingly heated row over football, state media says.

A lack of political will has hampered efforts to enforce a 2007 prohibition on smoking in public places By Michael Slackman NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , CAIRO Thursday, Nov 19, 2009, Page 9 Perhaps not since Egypt built the great pyramids of Giza, or more recently tamed the Nile with the Aswan High Dam, has the government embarked on as challenging a ...

Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday.

Hundreds of Muslim villagers in Egypt's south threw stones at a police station on Saturday where a Christian was being held on suspicion of assault, and they later burned and looted Christian-owned shops, witnesses said.

A mummy undergoes a scan at the City University in central London in July. The hardening of the arteries associated with heart attacks and strokes is not just a modern phenomenon, according to new research showing ancient Egypt's pharaohs suffered from heart disease too.

President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.

For years doctors have been trying to figure out why heart disease is such a problem for so many, including those who seem to be living a healthy lifestyle.

Egyptians living 3,500 years ago had signs of heart disease proving that the condition is not a phenomenon on the modern age, a conference has been told.

In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 file photo, Lebanese model, actress, and singer Haifa Wehbe arrives for the screening of the film 'Los Abrazos Rotos' during the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France.

An international team of scientists who took CT scans of mummified bodies of people who lived in Egypt up to 3,500 years ago found evidence to suggest that hardening of arteries, a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes, is not a modern disease and may have been quite common among ancient Egyptians of high socioeconomic status.

Miyamoto and team carefully examined 22 mummies from the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities using a six-slice CT scanner.

One of the Arab world's biggest pop stars has provoked a torrent of outrage after releasing a song which refers to black Egyptians as monkeys.

Study results are appearing in the Nov. 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and are being presented Nov.

Naguib Sawiris, the chairman of Egypt's giant Orascom Telecom, on Tuesday said the "situation was escalating," after Algerian football fans attacked his company's compound there.

To his supporters he is a voice of reform in a stagnant country. To his detractors he represents the ruling elite responsible for the stagnation of the Arab world's most populous nation.

Ambassador Sha Zukang, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, addresses the fourth version of the Internet Governance Forum in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov.

SHEIKH: Egypt's communications minister on Sunday announced the introduction of the first Arabic domain, in a step easing Internet access to millions of Arabic speakers around the world.

When Amank decided to attempt to cross the Egyptian border into Israel, he wasn't thinking about the likelihood that Egyptian guards would shoot at him.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday invited his Egyptian counterpart to Tehran but did not disclose the date, ISNA news agency reported.

The morning skies have often been filled with the colorful balloons as they drift slowly over the desert landscapes below.

In Egypt, where most women wear the Islamic headscarf, Marwa Sherbini has become known as "the veil martyr". Many Egyptians were angry at the lack of response in Germany There were alerts on state television as news broke that her murderer had been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of an early release.

Everyone should travel. It broadens the mind says Jennifer Trushka, a political science instructor who spent three weeks touring Egypt last summer.

Egyptian authorities recently banned opposition leader Ayman Nour from traveling to the United States where he was invited to speak to several organizations.

Discovery News has the story about the alleged discovery of the location of the lost army of Cambyses by an Italian team.

Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in court, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world.

Austrian archaeologists have found a Babylonian seal in Egypt that confirms contact between the Babylonians and the Hyksos during the second millennium B.C. Irene Forstner-Mller, the head of the Austrian Archaeological Institute's branch office in Cairo, said today the find had occurred at the site of the ancient town of Avaris near what is today ...

Linden MacIntyre, a veteran broadcast journalist best known for his investigative reporting, has won the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop's Man.

In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt 's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass , center, supervises the removal of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt.

Evangelical Egyptians attend a prayer meeting in Cairo recently. Victoria Hazou for The National CAIRO // As the largest religious minority in a nation of Muslims, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians have long felt a sense of battered yet unimpeachable pride: their faith is strong, their institutions sound and, perhaps most importantly, their ...

The conversion of excess rice straw into fertilizer, rather than simply burning it off could be the solution to a problem that has plagued Cairo residents for the last 10 years: the a oeblack clouda that decends on the city every October and November.

Associated Press photographs An Egyptian antiquities worker helps restore the Ben Maimon synagogue in Cairo.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov.

The Egyptian Minister of Investment, H.E. Mahmoud Mohieldin, and a delegation from the Sharjah Economic Development Department , led by General Manager, Ali Saim Al Mahmoud have discussed investment activities between UAE and Egypt.

A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt entering his second year of prison without charge is being pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for his freedom, his attorneys said.

CAIRO R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.

HIS picture is plastered all over Egypt, looking strong and healthy and ready to lead the country for years to come.

China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.

Iran's Arabic-language television channel, Al-Alam - "The World"- has been taken off the air in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

CAIRO a " Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.Ayman Nour, freed on Feb.

It's been an exciting week in Egyptian politics. The charismatic Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mousa has hinted for the first time that he may throw his hat into the 2011 presidential ring.

Despite a number of positive economic indicators, Egypt has a hunger problem: Nearly a third of all children are malnourished, according to a new report compiled by the Ministry of Health and the UN Development Programme .

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is winding up her Middle East trip with a last minute stop in Cairo.

Gamal Mubarak has done some good work, but the status of the president's son represents all that is wrong in Egyptian society It isn't really about whether Gamal Mubarak , the younger son of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, would be a good leader.

A German expert will attend talks next month to discuss Cairo's demand for the return of a 3,400-year-old statue of Queen Nefertiti, Egypt's antiquities chief said.

Entry sign on King Tut's tomb. Photo by Molly McCahan. It was 87 years ago today when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.

Although he was buried more than 2,500 years ago, a priest named Irethorrou, who lived in Akhmim, Egypt, circa 500 BC, has attained a measure of the eternal life he sought.

Travel by: December 8, 2009 The deal Egypt's rich history is still as mesmerizing now as it was when we first discovered evidence of ancient civilizations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ,right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react during a press conference in Jerusalem.

Egypt is a divided country - split between places with water and those without. There is the long ribbon of the Nile and its lush delta; there are thin green fringes on the coasts; then there is the desert.

By Cynthia Johnston Mubarak's failure to choose a successor could leave Egypt grappling with a power vacuum after him THE elderly Egyptian president's silence on succession, even as a presidential vote approaches, has fuelled doubts over whether Hosni Mubarak has settled on a successor and will secure a smooth transition in his lifetime.

The 21st century has arrived in this fabled land of sun and stones, but tourists don't come to see the newest marvels.

It is regrettable that Egypt is playing a "negative role in the region," a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Monday, responding to the cancellation of a scheduled meeting of EU and Mediterranean states in Istanbul in November because Egypt did not want to sit around the table with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

The CIA assists with the interrogation in Egypt of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, an Islamist extremist the agency recently rendered from Italy .

The son of Egypt's president took center stage at his father's ruling-party conference Sunday.

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has received a note from Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, on the bilateral relations and issues of common interest.

Join adventure traveller Ken Williams on his recent odyssey through the land of one of the most fascinating empires of all time: Egypt.