Egypt Politics News

Muslims traditionally wear their best or new clothes during Eid al-Adha The Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha is a time for feast and family for Muslims across Egypt. And as the BBC's Eva Dadrian reports, the economic slowdown and swine...

It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13,000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already...

Street-level clashes between fans that began over a soccer game between Algeria and Egypt last week have escalated into an international diplomatic incident that goes to the core of Egypt's identity and its waning role as Mideast powerbroker...Muammar Qaddafi announced...

Cairo University researcher Amal Kinawy exposed three groups of rats to either clean air, vapour from leaded petrol or vapour from unleaded petrol...In addition, rats exposed to unleaded petrol showed indications of neurological change. Their brain cells looked like they...

Hamas 'debating Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal' Members of the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, are in Cairo to discuss a prisoner swap for the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, reports say. Hamas and Israel are said to be close to...

President Shimon Peres prepared to go to Cairo on Sunday for a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, expected to focus on the diplomatic process with the Palestinians, Iran and kidnapped soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit. Peres met with Prime Minister...

When the NDP holds its annual convention any analysis of policy, certainly from the media and opposition, must take a backseat as far more pressing issues are discussed -- the most common being who will be the party's presidential candidate...

The campaign is called Mayehkomsh?, loosely translated "Who gave you the right?". It is organised by Ayman Nour, a presidential challenger in 2005. Organisers said it was a battle against the political system, rather than a campaign aimed at Gamal...