CAIRO, May 22, 2013 (AFP) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appealed Wednesday to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power almost a year ago. "To all those who love Egypt, to the opposition, those who love this country and care for its interests, let's proceed together... help each other, love each other more... and move forward," said Morsi. T ...

CAIRO, May 20, 2013 (AFP) Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp on Monday in the wake of the kidnapping of seven security personnel in the lawless peninsula, officials said. According to one security official, 80 Central Security (riot police) units and 26 armoured personnel carriers were deployed in north Sinai. The deployment comes hours after a police camp came un ...

CAIRO, May 19, 2013 (AFP) Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video. The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure on Morsi to secure the hostages' release. "There are no neg ...

CAIRO, May 14, 2013 (AFP) A campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures, organizers told Agence France Presse. The "Tamarod" (Rebellion in Arabic) campaign seeks to withdraw confidence from the Islamist leader because he has failed the revolution that brought him to power, they said. Since its launch nearly ...

CAIRO, May 11, 2013 (AFP) Egypt's military chief on Saturday ruled out intervention in the country's polarised politics after the army handed power to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last year, state media reported. General Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who is also defence minister, called for the country's divided factions to adopt "a formula for an understanding," warning the alternative could be "extremely dang ...

 BRASILIA , May 8, 2013 (AFP) President Mohamed Morsi pressed for closer bilateral trade and investment ties with Brazil here Wednesday on the first official visit by an Egyptian leader to Latin America's dominant economic power. "We want more cooperation with Brazil," Morsi told a press conference after two hours of wide-ranging talks with his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff. "Brazil can provide a lot ...

CAIRO, May 08, 2013 (AFP) The editor of an Egyptian newspaper and a reporter will face trial for publishing a "false report that could disturb public peace," a judicial official said on Wednesday. Magdy al-Gallad, editor of the daily Watan newspaper, and journalist Ahmed Khatib, were charged over a report that a militant cell arrested last year had a hit list comprising 100 Egyptian figures. Since the elect ...

CAIRO, May 07, 2013 (AFP) Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will appoint nine new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, state media reported, in a shake-up that falls short of opposition demands. At least two of the new ministers are affiliated with Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement, with the new appointments including the finance, oil and justice portfolios, the official MENA news agency reported. P ...

CAIRO, May 06, 2013 (AFP) A passerby who was wounded in a firefight between Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil's bodyguards and a group of "thugs" died of his injuries on Monday, a security official said. The man, a street vendor, was shot in the neck on Sunday night when a group of people driving a pick up traded fire with Qandil's bodyguards who were travelling in a convoy with him. Qandil was not hurt ...

CAIRO, May 06, 2013 (AFP) An Egyptian cabinet reshuffle is to be announced on Monday or Tuesday morning, with 11 ministers replaced, Prime Minister Hisham said in comments published by state media. The ministries affected include oil, higher education and agriculture, official news agency MENA reported. A replacement will be named for the justice minister, Ahmed Mekky, who resigned. President Mohamed Morsi ...

May 5, 2013 (AFP) ISRAEL carried out a rocket attack on the Jamraya scientific research centre in Damascus overnight, the official Syrian news agency SANA has reported. The agency did not say whether there were any wounded or dead. The "Israeli attack aims at loosening the noose around the terrorists in the eastern Ghouta" region, near Damascus, Syrian television added. If confirmed, the attack would be Isr ...

CAIRO, May 01, 2013 (AFP) A prominent opponent of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has been detained on suspicion of insulting the Islamist leader, the activist's lawyer said on Wednesday. Ahmed Douma, a blogger and activist who has called for Morsi's trial over the shooting deaths of protesters, was ordered held for four days by prosecutors in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, lawyer Ali Soliman told AFP. The p ...