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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says Egypt will not fully open the border crossing into Gaza, unless Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in control there. Meanwhile, Arab diplomats are preparing to discuss the crisis Wednesday. Palestinian Presi
Egypt's Coptic Christians Fear Fewer Rights After Elections With Islamist groups expected to do well in Egypt's parliamentary elections, many Coptic Christians are concerned that their limited rights will come under greater threat. The trash of milli
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 April 2008 Turnout has been very light in Egypt's local council elections as the main opposition group urged its followers to boycott the election when its candidates were disqualified. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDono
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2006 The World Health Organization reports Egypt has eliminated indigenous polio and is no longer a source of transmission of the virus. The U.N. agency calls this a
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 24 April 2007 Earlier this week an Egyptian court sentenced an Egyptian Canadian man to 15 years in prison for spying on behalf of Israel. In the same week, Egyptian authorities charged another man with giving Israel confidenti
A European tour group taken hostage by gunmen in southern Egypt 10 days ago has been released. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the 11 European tourists, along with eight Egyptian drivers and guides, are thought to b
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 20 April 2006 When the Egyptian Movement for Change began organizing anti-government protests in Cairo a year and a half ago, it hoped it would pressure President Hosni Mubarak t
By Challiss McDonough Dahab, Egypt 25 April 2006 Egyptians march at the site where three bombs ripped through Egypt's Red Sea resort of Dahab The Egyptian resort town of Dahab is still reeling from th
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 March 2007 A day before Egyptians are to vote in a controversial referendum on constitutional changes, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice says she told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about her concerns over the
Egypt's Moussa Stresses Experience in Time of Flux Moussa's past is both a strength and a weakness. The former foreign minister and ex- Arab League chief says he is ready to lead the nation. The country is in a major crisis, noted Moussa. And a major
Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth Egypt's revolution primarily was an uprising of the young -- a rejection of the old, stifling, decades-long government. So it is particularly galling to many activists that two of the
Civil Society Group Opposes US Aid Waiver for Egypt Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approved the aid based on national security interests, but says that in no way affects Washington's resolve to watch closely how Egyptian leaders treat civil socie
Two top Israeli envoys are in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to attend talks with Egyptian mediators, in a bid to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Palestinian representatives are meeting with the Egyptians separately. Egyptian diplomats are conducting gruel
Egypt is partially opening its border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The border crossings are a key issue in Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire talks. Palestinian men wave red Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian flags behi
Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy Egypt's military rulers have now agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. But tens of thousands of protesters want an immediate end to military rul
The military is now in charge in Egypt after the so-called Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces took power Friday, ending the three-decade rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the military leaders will c
Special U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell is in Egypt as part of a push to resume Arab-Israeli peace talks. US Presidential envoy to Middle East George Mitchell delivers astatement to media after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in Cair
Oscar-Nominated Film 'The Square' Examines Egypt Uprising, Aftermath The Egyptian uprising that unseated President Hosni Mubarak, a decades-long autocrat, is three years old. An unusual documentary, The Square, takes an intimate view of the events an
Three Years After Tahrir, Has Egypt Changed? 三年解放之后,埃及改变了吗? CAIRO, EGYPT On January 25, Egyptians mark the third anniversary of the revolution that ended decades of a repressive regime -- and that many heralded as the beginnin
Egypt's Pro-Military Media Decried, Defended CAIRO Egypt's media have moved, almost as one, to back the military-led government. While press freedom groups have condemned the stifling of a free media, some defend the one-sided coverage as key to Egyp