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Egypt's Coptic Christians Fear Fewer Rights After Elections With Islamist groups expected to do well in Egypt's parliamentary elections, many Coptic Christians are concerned that their limited rights will come under greater threat. The trash of milli
The leaders of the two main rival Palestinian factions are in Cairo for talks on the crisis at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities view the open border as a security risk and want to reach a solution as quickly as possib
Support for Military Rule Growing Among Egyptians 在埃及支持军事统治的人在增长 CAIRO Opponents of Egypts new rulers say a carefully orchestrated media and advocacy campaign is underway in Egypt to generate support for the countrys milit
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 23 November 2007 After two days of urgent talks in the Egyptian capital, Arab states have agreed to send their foreign ministers to the Middle East peace conference in the U.S. state of Maryland next week. Saudi Arabia say
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 January 2008 U.S. President George Bush is headed to the Middle East for a nine-day visit to press the peace process and to try to convince his Arab allies that Iran remains a threat to regional security. But the U.S. l
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
A huge crowd has gathered in central Cairo calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The opposition has called for one million people to protest. Crowds headed on foot for Cairo's Tahrir Square throughout the day Tuesday. They included women
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 April 2008 Turnout has been very light in Egypt's local council elections as the main opposition group urged its followers to boycott the election when its candidates were disqualified. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDono
By Aya Batrawy Cairo 18 April 2008 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has sparked an outcry of protest from Israeli and American officials for his decision to meet with Hamas leaders during a week-long visit to the Middle East. Although he received a
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 February 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (l) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Feb. 21, 200
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 April 2007 The U.S. secretary of defense has warned that the implosion of Iraq would have dire consequences for the entire Middle East. He spoke on a visit to Cairo, the second stop on his current Middle East tour. VOA
By Sonja Pace Cairo 28 August 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that, contrary to recent news reports, Tehran has not slowed its nuclear activity. In a lengthy news conference in the Iranian capital, the president also warned Iran would
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 January 2008 Residents of the Gaza Strip have flooded across the border into Egypt to stock up on food and other supplies after militants blew a huge hole in the border barricade, eventually opening the wall completely.
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 20 April 2006 When the Egyptian Movement for Change began organizing anti-government protests in Cairo a year and a half ago, it hoped it would pressure President Hosni Mubarak t
By Karem Said Cairo 27 February 2006 A Sudanese refugee hangs an anti-UN placard as refugees camp out in a cramped Cairo park The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies department at The American Univer
Top Palestinian leaders from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions are meeting in Cairo to try to hammer out an agreement that will pave the way for a unity government in both Gaza and the West Bank. Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a veteran
Tens of Thousands Jam Cairo's Main Square Demanding Reforms Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square and several other towns to call for faster reforms and to protest this week's jail release of police officers and form
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 December 2007 Analysts and activists in the Middle East say the year 2007 in some Arab countries was marked by backtracking from the tentative moves toward more democratization and openness that had been seen in 2005 an
Egypt's Pro-Military Media Decried, Defended CAIRO Egypt's media have moved, almost as one, to back the military-led government. While press freedom groups have condemned the stifling of a free media, some defend the one-sided coverage as key to Egyp