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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Egypt News.net http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/cat/d7006824400aaac1/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:31 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:31 -0400 30 Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:30pm EDT * Tourism minister sees "dire consequences" * New Luxor governor is member of ex-militant group * Says proud of pharaonic temples, will protect them * Pledges to welcome and protect tourists (Rewrites with tourism minister resignation) By Tom Perry and Asma Alsharif CAIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215283562/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:59 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215283562/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Activists, accused of working for unlicensed non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and receiving illegal foreign funds, stand in a cage during the opening of their trial in Cairo on March 8, 2012. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters) In a long and distinguished career in Egyptian journalism, Yehia Ghanem has been a foreign correspondent and an editor ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215281537/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:56 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215281537/scat/d7006824400aaac1 They secured a 2-1 success at home to South Africa on Sunday, however, their place in the last phase is under threat following an announcement from FIFA that they are face an investigation for allegedly fielding an ineligible player in a fixture with Botswana on June ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215281176/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:17:01 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215281176/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Muslim cleric Ahmed Abdullah (C), also known as Abu Islam, arrives at a court in Cairo October 14, 2012. Abdullah is one of three Muslims Egypt's public prosecutor referred to a criminal court after they were accused of insulting Christianity and desecrating a copy of the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280415/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:05 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280415/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Among the 17 provincial governors appointed by Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on June 16, at least 7 are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and one is affiliated with a suspected Islamic terrorist group. The appointments by Morsi show that the Egyptian president is feeling pressure from Islamic groups, notes the AsiaNewes service. The appointment of Adel Asaad el Khayat as governor of ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280255/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:40 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280255/scat/d7006824400aaac1 CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's foreign minister is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today to diffuse a diplomatic standoff over access to the Nile River that had led President Mohamed Morsi to threaten his Ethiopian counterparts with the prospect of "war." Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's visit comes a week after Ethiopia's parliament voted to strip Egypt of its right to ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280212/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:07 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280212/scat/d7006824400aaac1 IRN is pleased to announce that Chris Phillips, Former Head of National Counter Terrorism Security Office at CPNI (part of MI5) and John Steed, Chief of Maritime Security and Counter Piracy of United Nations Political Office for Somalia will be joining the Oil & Gas Security 2013 Summit. Mr Phillips will provide attendees with an exclusive insight on tried and tested methods to reduce insider ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280220/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:36 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215280220/scat/d7006824400aaac1 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Anti-Mursi protesters, made up of intellectuals and artists, demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Culture against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215279150/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:19:52 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215279150/scat/d7006824400aaac1 FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian protester shouts anti-President Mohammed Morsi slogans as he holds an application for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278996/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:03 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278996/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278995/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278995/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The key to the success of Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign may be its modest scope: Collecting signatures on a petition calling for early elections to replace President ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278997/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:01:15 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278997/scat/d7006824400aaac1 CAIRO (AP) -- Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278955/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:51 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215278955/scat/d7006824400aaac1 One billion euros of European Union aid to Egypt, supervised by Baroness Ashton, has been largely wasted, with the money doing little to tackle corruption or stop human rights abuses, according to official ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277926/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:33 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277926/scat/d7006824400aaac1 By Mark Gleeson MAPUTO, June 18 (Reuters) - The impressive run of Egypt in World Cup qualifying over the last fortnight has much more significance for the country than just moving the tournament dream a step closer, coach Bob Bradley told Reuters. "At a time when the country is looking for things that are good, this is very important," he said of Egypt's seamless progress to ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277927/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:12:46 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277927/scat/d7006824400aaac1 MAPUTO ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277441/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:24 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277441/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The date is shaping up as the culmination of polarization that has sharpened throughout the year. Protests erupted repeatedly the past year - frequently leading to clashes with Islamist supporters of Morsi - but often they were fueled by particular issues like political maneuvers by Morsi or police ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277726/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:31 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215277726/scat/d7006824400aaac1 By Asma Alsharif and Tom PerryCAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe.Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215276129/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:27:00 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215276129/scat/d7006824400aaac1 CAIRO - Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, an anti-Brotherhood stronghold. The fighting broke out after opposition protesters chained up the gate to the new ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215276399/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:12 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215276399/scat/d7006824400aaac1 BRUSSELS : A billion euros of EU aid channelled to Egypt before and after the January 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's reign failed to improve human rights and governance, or reduce corruption, auditors said ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215274985/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:53 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215274985/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The European Union is failing to ensure that hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Egypt is used effectively and to make the Islamist government tackle corruption and human rights abuses, a European Court of Auditors report ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215274589/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:19 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215274589/scat/d7006824400aaac1 A supporter of Hosni Mubarak holds a portrait of him outside the court in Cairo last week during his retrial. An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended Mubarak's detention in one corruption case, judicial sources told AFP, but the ousted president will remain in custody on other ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215275159/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:39 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215275159/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The African Development Bank's Human Development and Statistics departments have published in March 2013 a joint report on the progress made in Africa's health sector over the last 50 years. The 'Health in Africa over the Next 50 Years' report reviews the progress made in health outcomes, as well as access to and the use of healthcare services. It assesses the current ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215275160/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:34:01 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215275160/scat/d7006824400aaac1 /enpproperty--> CAIRO -The 17 newly-appointed Egyptian governors were sworn in on Monday at presidency headquarters, state-run Nile TV reported. On Sunday, President Mohamed Morsi decided to appoint 17 new governors and keep the other 10 unchanged. The reshuffle includes the governors of Alexandria, Port Said, Ismailia, Matruh and Aswan. According to state-run Al-Ahram news website, seven ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273650/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:23 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273650/scat/d7006824400aaac1 An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended the detention of HosniMubarakin one corruption case, judicial sources told AFP, but the ousted president will remain in custody on other ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272970/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:08 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272970/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) announced that Enas Mohamed Ashour has increased her stake in the company to 6 % of its capital through purchasing 1 million shares at an average price of $ 0.10 per ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273651/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:21 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273651/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Cairo: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry expressed its deep regret over statements on the condition of Egyptian prisoners in the UAE, and emphasised its deep and historic brotherly relations with the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273438/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:28 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273438/scat/d7006824400aaac1 WAM CAIRO, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Egypt is proud of its deep-rooted fraternal ties with the UAE and its people, Egyptian Foreign Ministry official has said. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Badr Abdel Aaty, in an official statement carried today by the Middle East News Agency (MENA), said that the relations with the UAE were based on mutual respect and joint interests, and ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273442/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:59 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215273442/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ), has today announced that Dr. Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby has been appointed to the Board of Directors, replacing Mr. Hassan Helmy for the remainder of the current term. Dr. Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby served as the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation from August 2012 to May 2013. Prior to this, he headed the technical advisory office of the former Trade & Industry Minister until ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215271905/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:41 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215271905/scat/d7006824400aaac1 An Egyptian anti-government campaigner collected signatures on June 2 on a petition demanding early presidential elections. LONDON — A $1.35 billion European Union aid program to promote good governance and human rights in Egypt has been ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215271906/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:50 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215271906/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The Interior Ministry says police protection won't be available for headquarters of political parties during a massive anti-government protest set for Sunday. Interior ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272131/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:36 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272131/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has said that the Republican Guard are responsible for securing the presidential palace, not the police whose duty is to protect protesters. The minister assured the CBC satellite channel on Monday evening that prisons are a "red line" and will not be stormed during demonstrations planned for the end of this month. He warned that those who ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272132/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:20:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272132/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egypt and Ethiopia have both agreed on the significance of resuming discussions, joined by Sudan, over a dam that Ethiopia plans to build on the Nile River. In a bilateral statement reported by Egypt's state news agency, the two African countries said that their governments will follow up on the results of the latest meeting between their foreign ministers. A committee grouping ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272133/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:20:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215272133/scat/d7006824400aaac1 JERUSALEM, Israel -- The government of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi continues efforts to impose Islamist ideology on all its citizenry. Recently, Egyptian Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz fired the director of the Cairo Opera House, saying he wants to "inject new blood" into the country's ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270760/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:45:03 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270760/scat/d7006824400aaac1 KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this year. Ahmad al-Beili was sentenced to death for the premeditated murder of two people and Hajjaj al-Saeedi was found guilty of raping five children, KUNA said, adding that 29 people remain on ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270535/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:20 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270535/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) to call for the existing shareholders to subscribe in company's issued capital increase from LE 308.185.000 to LE 388.185.000 amounting to LE 80 million for 8 million shares at a nominal value of LE 10 per share. EGX announces that price limits of company shares to be moved on Wednesday ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270761/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270761/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Since long before the Pyramids towered above the rich soil of this riverside town, Egyptians have given thanks to the muddy waters of the Nile. "Plants, animals, humans," said Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, "we all come from this river." Trace the Nile about 2,250km upstream and there's a rising colossus that threatens to upset a millennia-old balance. There, ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270399/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:31:05 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270399/scat/d7006824400aaac1 allAfrica.com ). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270762/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:15:28 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215270762/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) declared cash dividends of LE 0.2972733 per share payable on 23/06/2013. Shareholders as of 18/06/2013 are entitled to cash dividends ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269441/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:36:52 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269441/scat/d7006824400aaac1 European auditors have sharply criticised EU aid allocated to Egypt, saying it has had little impact on corruption and human rights abuses. In 2007-2013 the EU sent about 1bn euros (854m) in aid to Egypt - one of the biggest recipients of EU aid. But ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269442/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:33:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269442/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Ethiopians and foreigners of Ethiopian origin say the ongoing rubbish propaganda by the Egyptian government regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has made them strengthen their support for the project. The compatriots visited the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project on Monday. After visiting the project, the compatriots said the ongoing rubbish propaganda by the Egyptian ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269443/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269443/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Gaza has deployed a 600 member military force to prevent rocket attacks on Israel, an Arab source told The Times of Israel. Hamas formed a special force to "safeguard public order" and operates along the border with Israel, the source told the Israeli website. Recent months have seen a dramatic decline in the number of rockets fired at Israel compared to a similar period last year, ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269536/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:17:55 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269536/scat/d7006824400aaac1 President Mohamed Mursi met on Monday with leading figures of the Wasat Party at the presidential palace to discuss the details of a national initiative presented by the party days ago. The Wasat Party had recently proposed an initiative that includes holding a national dialogue on early presidential elections, forming a coalition government and discussing the upcoming parliamentary elections ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269444/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:31 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215269444/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Jabbar Internet Group, one of the region's largest online investors, announced its first investment in an Egyptian company through the Alexandria-based website ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268296/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:16 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268296/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) announced that company's EGM approved to increase its paid and issued capital from LE 1.206.000.000 to LE 1.304.300.000, amounting to LE 98.3 million distributed over 260.860.000 at a nominal value of LE 5 per share. The company added that, this increase will be financed from cash dividends withheld from ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268297/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:55 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268297/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr agree to continue the dialogue for win-win solutions on the Nile Basin outstanding issues. The two ministers showed interest to strengthen bilateral relations and coordinate their efforts to reach an understanding regarding all issues between both countries on the basis of trust. With ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268203/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:17:11 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268203/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egypt's youths were and still are its hope and dream, Mohamed ElBaradei said. "The mind is our guide and conscience is our compass," ElBaradei, head of the Dostour Party, wrote on Twitter. Together we will create change so long as we are alive, he said. ElBaradei, member of the National Salvation Front, gave a speech at a sit-in organised by intellectuals and artists on ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268299/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:07:47 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215268299/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a report criticizing EU aid spending to promote key areas of governance in Egypt in the periods before and after the Uprising of January 2011. The audit focused on Public Finance Management (PFM) and the fight against corruption, as well as on human rights and democracy. As Mr Karel Pinxten, the ECA member responsible for the report stated: ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267099/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:42:03 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267099/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) has expressed interest in acquiring wireless carrier Wind Mobile, a move that would let the leading U.S. mobile-phone service expand into Canada, three people familiar with the matter said. Wind Mobile also has been approached by suitors from Canada and elsewhere, said two of the people, who asked not to be named because the process isn't public. ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267230/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:29:46 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267230/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks to quell tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say. Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom said the two nations have chosen to swim rather than sink together, AFP news agency reports. He met his Egyptian counterpart Kamel Amr after Egypt opposed Ethiopia's plans for a hydroelectric dam. Egypt is ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267231/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:26:04 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267231/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Ethiopia: Joint Press Statement By the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mohamed Kamel Amr and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Tedros Adhanom ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267091/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:53 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267091/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) agreed in principle on Monday on amendments to the civil society law, the state news agency MENA reported. The Shura Council will discuss the amendments further in upcoming sessions, President Mohamed Mursi referred the draft law to the upper house for discussion and vote in May. Egyptian opposition groups had criticized an earlier draft ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267232/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:52 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267232/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Demonstrators in Luxor staged a protest on Monday at the city council to protest the appointment of Asaad al-Khayyat as the city's new governor. Al-Khayyat is a communications coordinator at the hardline al-Gamaa al-Islamiya. The protesters shut the city council's doors in the governor's face in support of outgoing governor Ezzat Saad. The demonstrators included youths from the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267233/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:03:26 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215267233/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi arrives at an Islamist-organized rally in support of the Syrian anti-Assad rebellion, in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency) (CNSNews.com) - The decision by Egypt's president to throw the support of the Arab world's biggest country behind the anti-Assad opposition in Syria is a significant development in an increasingly ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266108/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:31:06 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266108/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The African Development Bank joined the international community in celebrating the World Day to Combat Desertification on Monday, June 17. This year's theme is drought and water scarcity. African drylands are particularly vulnerable to water scarcity. While each person needs at least 2,000 cubic metres of water for human well-being and sustainable development every year, on average, people ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266087/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:28:54 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266087/scat/d7006824400aaac1 - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said Egypt will find difficulty in its water status in the near future. For this reason, he stressed the importance of giving top priority to solving water problems in the development plans of all ministries and government bodies, NGOs and the private sector. He said Egypt stands for the fair use of water far from harming the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266246/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:25:45 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266246/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) plan to expand its financing of SMEs, it has allocated EGP 200 million to finance these projects throughout 2013, reaching EGP 400 million by the end of 2014. Following ADIB's launch of SMEs at the end of 2012, the first five months of this year saw the bank successfully extending financing facilities worth EGP 150 million with utilization rate exceeding 50%. Nevine Loutfy, Managing ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266109/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:25:45 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266109/scat/d7006824400aaac1 (1 min ago) Authorities in Kuwait hanged a 33-year-old Egyptian man dubbed a ';monster'' for the abduction and rape of 17 children under the age of 10, the public prosecution said. Hajjaj Saadi, who was handed five death sentences, complained shortly before his execution that Egypt has not given him any assistance, a witness said. Saadi denied the crimes and insisted his ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266247/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:20:11 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266247/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Cairo - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), said that the President and the Attorney General, which was appointed by the sole discretion of the president, became a burden on the rule of law and justice in a country that one of its important slogans in the revolution was freedom and human dignity. The President had issued a decree on November 2012 to appoint the counsellor ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266248/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266248/scat/d7006824400aaac1 On June 12, 2013, EOHR started the second workshop for the training of lawyers in dealing with the crime of torture. All day, a group of lawyers and law researchers have been trained on how to deal with cases of torture. This training is a part of the activities of the EOHR program on torture which aims at building capacity of legal professionals regarding dealing with torture crime in Egypt in ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266249/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:40 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266249/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) expresses grave concern over the call by some Islamic parties to forcefully break up the protests held by intellectuals in front of the Ministry of Culture. The EOHR argues this call is a flagrant violation of the right to freedom of speech and expression and the right to peaceful assembly. It calls on the President of the Republic and the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266250/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:40 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215266250/scat/d7006824400aaac1 - Egypt's current electricity-generating capacity now exceeds national consumption, state news agency MENA reported on Sunday. The state-run National Energy Control Centre (NECC) has announced that conservation methods, along with increased amounts of fuel supplied to the nation's power stations, has served to equalise the supply/demand ratio. According to MENA, Electricity Minister ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265293/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:21:43 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265293/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egypt and Sudan agreed to conduct further studies on what impact a hydropower dam on the main tributary of the Nile River will have on downstream countries, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said. Ethiopia also assured Egypt that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia is being built in a way that will address Egypt's water-security concerns, ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265294/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:17:33 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265294/scat/d7006824400aaac1 A workshop on reducing fees for migrant transfers to optimize their use in development is slated for Wednesday, June 19, at the head office of the Tunisian Central Bank in Tunis. Under the aegis of the African Development Bank, the event will examine the findings of an AfDB study published in 2012, "Financial tools and products for the Maghreb and the Franc Zone". The purpose of the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265296/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:54:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265296/scat/d7006824400aaac1 An Egyptian man who murdered a girl last year for spitting at him after he sexually harassed her was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday. Seventeen-year-old Eman Mostafa was headed to her hometown (a small village in Assiut) with a colleague, last September, when she was sexually assaulted, then shot dead for spitting at her harasser. The defendant, who was also fined 10 thousand Egyptian ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265295/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:54:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265295/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Ahmed Fathy Sorour was discharged after questioning over graft charges on Monday. Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority ordered that he pay 100, 000 pounds last year on the same charges. Sorour, who served under toppled President Hosni Mubarak, is expected to undergo two more questioning sessions over the charges, reported the state news agency. ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265299/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:54:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265299/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire - The 13th meeting of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) is due to meet on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 June 2013 in Abidjan, followed by the 70th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st June 2013 at the same venue. The AFC meeting will mainly consider the state of progress of the tasks assigned to the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265297/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:54:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265297/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria Sunday became the first countries to reach the play-offs in the Africa zone of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. However, a FIFA statement issued after the final weekend qualifier said they are probing allegations that Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Togo fielding ineligible players this year in qualifiers. The standard punishment dished out by the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265298/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:54:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215265298/scat/d7006824400aaac1 An Alexandria misdemeanors court overturned jail sentences for five workers from the Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company, reported the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress - comprised of over 271 independent labour unions - on Sunday. The court had sentenced the five workers in absentia last September to one to three years in prison for inciting a labour strike, in addition to fines ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215264356/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:17:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215264356/scat/d7006824400aaac1 June 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Chinese special envoy to Africa Zhong Jianhua held talks in Khartoum today with the oil minister Awad al-Jaz in the wake of Sudan's decision last week to block flow of oil from landlocked South Sudan. FILE - Zhong ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215262632/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:08:55 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215262632/scat/d7006824400aaac1 A speed boat sails on the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, 29 May 2013. Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA CAIRO, Egypt/ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - When an Egyptian officer said recently on national television that the conflict with Ethiopia over the waters of the Nile was "not yet" a military one, his words sounded more threatening than reassuring. Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali may have been trying to ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215261815/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:05:15 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215261815/scat/d7006824400aaac1 ) announced that company's BOD approved to establish a new branch in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Moreover, it approved to sign a deal with Reem Albar Trade and Contracting in the light of its intentions to open new business scopes ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215259139/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:58:44 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215259139/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia for the construction of a dam in the Blue Nile heads the agenda of the visit of the Commissioner of Foreign Policy of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, who will visit Egypt starting Tuesday. The arrival was announced by European Union Ambassador James Moran, who said AShton will meet President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256078/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:00:39 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256078/scat/d7006824400aaac1 An Egyptian Salafi shouts a slogan against Syrian President Bashar Assad as one waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a rally after the Friday prayers at Amr Ibn Al As mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256089/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:28 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256089/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei is greeted by anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz in Cairo June 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256092/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:24 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256092/scat/d7006824400aaac1 File - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 file photo, Foreign tourists visit the Hatshepsut Temple, in the ancient southern city of Luxor, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nasser ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255873/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:21 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255873/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Iraq has agreed in principle to provide both Egypt and Sudan with crude oil, to be purchased on credit, Mena has reported. Iraq will start sending the shipments once the two countries obtain letters of credit from international banks and Iraq's cabinet issues its final approval of the ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255921/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:49 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255921/scat/d7006824400aaac1 The Egyptian Theatre is slated to close its doors after more than 30 years on Capitol Hill at the end of June after efforts to renew its lease failed. The 600-seat theater near Pine and Harvard was built in 1915 and has been operated by Landmark since 1989. The theater showed a variety of foreign films, documentaries and restored classics, and was a host for the Seattle International Film ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256241/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:15 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215256241/scat/d7006824400aaac1 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Monday he aimed to boost Egypt's anemic economic growth to as high as 7 percent in two years by improving the environment for private ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255876/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:40:54 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255876/scat/d7006824400aaac1 'Coffee Shop' represents the type of TV programming that Egyptians might soon see more of now that Salafis, a small sect of fundamentalist Muslims, have increased their political ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215254854/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:51:15 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215254854/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Sad news this morning for those who love the Egyptian: The former Masonic Temple on Capitol Hill, operated as a moviehouse by the Landmark chain since 1989, will reportedly close its doors at the end of the month. ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255066/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:40:27 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215255066/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Their counter-campaign - "Tagarud" - calls for open minds. There is a risk of more of the violence that has punctuated the two-and-a-half years since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a blast of rage from Tahrir Square. "June 30" crops up endlessly in conversation. The Cairo bourse has shriveled in anticipation and security forces say they are preparing to deal with trouble. ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253854/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:18 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253854/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Egyptian Muslim Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Abdullah, aka Abu-Islam, speaking to reporters outside the court where he is tried on charges of insulting religion, in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court on 16 June 2013 sentenced Abu Islam to 11 years in prison on charges of insulting Christians by burning a copy of the Bible during an anti-US protest last year. An Islamic preacher known for his hate speeches ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253975/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:53:08 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253975/scat/d7006824400aaac1 By Charlene Gubash, NBC News Correspondent CAIRO -- In a controversial move seemingly aimed at shoring up his grip on power, Egypt President Mohamed Morsi appointed 17 new governors, including seven members of his own Muslim Brotherhood party and a member of the radical Islamist Group. The appointments mean that the Brotherhood controls the governorships in 10 out of the country's 27 ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253861/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:52:08 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253861/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mohamed Morsi , has appointed a member of the hardline Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya to the governorship of Luxor - a tourist city in which militants associated with the group killed 58 tourists in 1997.The symbolism of the appointment has ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253689/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:48:56 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253689/scat/d7006824400aaac1 CAIRO, EGYPT -- Egypt has further aligned itself with those trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It remains unclear, though, how far Egypt will back its words with action. Syria's civil war has increasingly drawn in outsiders, from individual fighters to regional and international powers lining up on opposing sides. Egypt recently has stepped up its role, but the message ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253976/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:37:53 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253976/scat/d7006824400aaac1 FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a tourist visits Hatshepsut's Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Stunned tourist workers vow to block the newly appointed Islamist governor of Luxor province from taking office. The reason: He belongs to a former militant group that killed nearly 60 tourists visiting a Pharaonic temple there in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, ... http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253693/scat/d7006824400aaac1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:20 -0400 http://www.egyptnews.net/index.php/sid/215253693/scat/d7006824400aaac1