By Jessica Berman Washington 28 December 2006 Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun probably died of an infection caused by a broken leg and not a blow to the head as commonly believed. The finding was reached by an international team ofscientists that perfo...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 25 August 2006 Engineers on Friday moved a 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II. The pharonic statue had stood for more than 50 years in a congested square in downtown Cairo. Its new home will be at a tranquil spot next to the G...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 21 August 2006 Fifty eight people have died and more than 143 were injured Monday when one train rammed into another just out Cairo during the morning commute to the capital. ----- People gather at the site of a train crash in...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 01 August 2006 Roughly 96 percent of Egypt's land mass is made up of desert. Since the time of the pharaohs, the country has relied on a fertile narrow strip along the Nile River to support every aspect of social and economic...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 May 2006 A disciplinary panel in Egypt has cleared one judge of misconduct charges, but reprimanded another in a case that has become a symbol for judicial independence...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 May 2006 Egyptian human rights groups say about 360 people have been arrested over the past three weeks in what many are calling the biggest crackdown on political disse...
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 19 April 2006 Egyptian authorities say they have smashed a terrorist group that was planning attacks in and near the capital. The Interior Ministry says the secretive organ...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 March 2006 Egypt says it might have its third human case of bird flu. A woman has preliminarily tested positive for the virus, but further tests are being run to confirm...
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...