An Egyptian NGO on Saturday accused the Egyptian authorities of forcing cyber cafes to gather personal information on Internet users, saying the measure was a violation of privacy

ARISH, August 8, 2008 (AFP) - The Egyptian authorities have arrested 587 illegal immigrants since ...

CAIRO, August 7, 2008 (AFP) - Despite Egypt-Iran tensions, the Shiite-dominated Islamic republic has made an unprecedented request for Cairo's Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, to open a branch in Tehran.

CAIRO, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Egypt agreed on Tuesday to halt the construction of a fertiliser plant near a popular beach resort on the Mediterranean coast after months-long protests from residents and environmentalists, the official MENA news agency reported.

EL-ARISH, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Egyptian authorities have discovered eight tunnels used for smuggling goods in to the Gaza Strip, a security official said on Tuesday.

'Since Saturday, authorities have found eight tunnels linking Egypt to the Gaza Strip,' the official told AFP. 'Some of them contained petrol cans and cigarettes.'

BEIRUT, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Egypt is to supply power-starved Lebanon with 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity to help it meet a drastic shortfall, Lebanon's Energy Minister Alan Taburian said on Monday.

CAIRO, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Ten members of Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Saturday in the Nile Delta and accused of seeking to spread the banned group's ideology, a security official said.

All 10 were arrested at the home of one of them and 'are accused of holding a political meeting,' a charge they denied, the official said.

CAIRO, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Exiled human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who also holds US nationality, was sentenced in absentia on Saturday to two years in prison for defaming Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported.

CAIRO, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Twelve people were killed and 16 others wounded on Friday when two speeding passenger buses rammed into a truck in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported.

TUNIS, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday condemned an explosion last week in which Hamas activists and a young girl died in Gaza and called for an independent inquiry.

'We firmly condemn the regrettable events which took place recently in Gaza and we demand an independent inquiry,' he told reporters at the end of a visit to Tunisia.