Egypt
Latest Stories
egypt_6591
Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker, looks on during his verdict Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 at a court in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, the court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his pop star lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, it was reported on. (AP Photo)
egypt_6589
In this March 2008 file photo, Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim poses during the filming of a video clip in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, an Egyptian court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his popstar lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, t was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo, File)
20100914-201858-pic-922068821.jpg
Irini Ibrahim (left) and Rizk Kands are married on Oct. 14, 2008, by Coptic priest Bejemeni Shawki in Alexandria, Egypt. In April, Ibrahim was found murdered in a hotel room she and her husband had reserved after "reconciliation sessions." (Associated Press)
mid_5606
In this photo released by the Palestinian President Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (second right), joined by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during bilateral talks Tuesday at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Convening a new round of negotiations Tuesday between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the "time is ripe" for a Mideast peace. (Associated Press)
mid_5605
Cameramen film Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, as Egypt hosts the second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Mideast Israel Palest_Lea-1.jpg
**FILE** Palestinian men inspect the damage following Israeli airstrikes on a smuggling tunnel at the border with Egypt in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 5, 2010. One Palestinian was killed, a second was wounded and three more were missing, Hamas security officials said Sunday, as Israeli aircraft bombed the tunnel in retaliation for Hamas shooting attacks that killed four Israelis last week. (Associated Press)
Obama US Mideast Tal_Thir.jpg
In this image released by the White House, President Obama, second left, holds a working dinner with, clockwise from left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Quartet Representative Tony Blair, Special Envoy for Mideast peace George Mitchell, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
Mideast_T.jpg
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk to East Room of the White House before making statements on the Middle East peace negotiations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Mideast Egypt Success_Thir-1.jpg
In this Thursday, June 4, 2009, file photo, Gamal Mubarak, center, son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, talks to guests prior to the speech of President Obama at Cairo University. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Mideast Egypt Success_Thir.jpg
In this Tuesday, June 7, 2005, file photo, human rights defender Saad Eddin Ibrahim, from Egypt, speaks at a conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The Egyptian-American dissident and former advocate against heredity succession in Egypt has signed a petition backing the president's son Gamal Mubarak to run in next year's elections. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
Mideast Egypt Stolen _Thir-1.jpg
The empty frame which held a Vincent van Gogh painting known by the titles of "Poppy Flowers" and "Vase with Flowers," which was stolen on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt, is seen hanging on the wall of the museum on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. (AP Photo)
Mideast Egypt Stolen _Thir.jpg
This undated photo made available Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, shows a Vincent van Gogh painting known by the titles of "Poppy Flowers" and "Vase with Flowers," which was stolen on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo)
20100801-183922-pic-345657115.jpg
Mohammed ElBaradei, former U.N. nuclear chief and Egyptian diplomat (right), speaks during a press conference with Saad al-Katatni, the parliamentary leader of Egypt's largest opposition bloc, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a meeting in Cairo last month. (Associated Press)
Mideast Egypt Israel_Lea.jpg
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Cairo on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo)
20100718-213714-pic-665257046.jpg
Associated Press photographs Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, has a major advantage to become his father's successor. The younger Mr. Mubarak, 47, is head of the powerful policy committee of the ruling National Democratic Party.
20100718-213714-pic-392454405.jpg
Associated Press AILING: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is thought to be dying from terminal cancer affecting his stomach and pancreas.
20100718-213714-pic-628514348.jpg
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with George J. Mitchell, U.S. envoy for the Middle East, at the Presidential palace in Cairo. The talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Mideast Egypt Mubarak_Star.jpg
ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks on during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 6, 2010.
Mideast Stuck in Egyp_Wats.jpg
Yahya Wehelie, from Fairfax, Virginia, walks in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Mr. Wehelie, 26, of Burke, Va., has been stuck in Egypt for more than two months but is now expected to arrive in New York Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
egypt_2510
An Egyptian Antiquities worker displays funeral artifacts recovered from the unearthed 4,300-year-old tombs of Khonsu and his father Shendwas, both of whom served as heads of the royal scribes during the Old Kingdom, in Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
