7 July 2008, 10:50 am
Egypt called in Iran's envoy in Cairo on Monday to lodge a formal protest over the airing in the Islamic republic of a documentary about the 1981 assassination of president Anwar Sadat.... read more
7 July 2008, 9:59 am
An Egyptian student cries after sitting for her end of year exams in Cairo in June 2008. So far the test has driven two pupils to suicide and sparked a wave of corruption claims.... read more
7 July 2008, 9:30 am
Soad Ahmed Hassan paces anxiously outside the school where her daughter is sitting Egypt's end of year exams.... read more
7 July 2008, 9:28 am
CAIRO (AFP) - Soad Ahmed Hassan paces anxiously outside the school where her daughter is sitting Egypt's end of year exams. So far the test has driven two pupils to suicide and sparked a wave of corruption claims.... read more
7 July 2008, 5:50 am
Six days ahead of the U-20 Africa Youth hockey championship to be hosted in Egypt, Ghana's male and female hockey U-20 sides are the first participating country to arrive in Cairo for the tournament.... read more
7 July 2008, 3:13 am
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's state-owned news agency is reporting that smugglers killed a police officer during a shootout on the border with Israel. The Middle East News Agency says Mohammad el-Qirsh was killed Monday when his patrol tried to stop the smugglers from crossing into Israel.... read more