CAIRO: An Al-Qaeda video posted on the internet Monday accused Egyptian security of being behind a recently released book renouncing the use of violence to establish an Islamic state written by the founder of Islamic Jihad, Sayed Imam El-Sharif. Al-Qaeda’s spokesman Abu Yahia Al-Libi claimed in the video that El-Sharif’s name was used by intelligence …

CAIRO: The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that the Egyptian government is legally obliged to demand compensation for victims of Israeli war crimes committed during the wars of 1956, 1967 and the War of Attrition. The case, which was raised against the Egyptian government by the lawyer politician Waheed Al Aqsari in 2007, is one …

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday denied that Israel was engaged in truce talks with Hamas, but said it would have no reason to strike Gaza if there were no rocket fire from the territory. His statements came as Israel and Hamas appeared to be abiding by a tacit agreement to hold fire …

RAFAH: Six underground tunnels used to smuggle weapons and contraband between Egypt and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were detected and destroyed, Egyptian authorities said on Saturday. The tunnels, which run under the border, were discovered during a search that began Thursday in and around the frontier town of Rafah. According to a security official who …

SYDNEY: A judge ruled Friday that claims by a former Guantanamo Bay inmate that he was tortured could not be fully believed because his testimony was inconsistent and may have been exaggerated to try to help him win a defamation lawsuit. But Mamdouh Habib almost certainly was mistreated during his three years of detention without …

CAIRO: Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad will resume talks with officials this week in Egypt to reach a ceasefire agreement with Israel, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad told reporters Saturday. The Islamic Jihad official Khaled Al-Batsh sounded a warning to rival factions Hamas and Fatah to patch their disagreements, telling them “any side that insists …

CAIRO: Bread shortage, unemployment and civil work topped the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) program for the upcoming municipal elections, which the group announced Saturday. At the same time the MB group sent its program to the press, it also reported that State Security Forces in Fayoum kidnapped on Friday Abdel Salam Shaieb, who is one of …

CAIRO: Rifaat El-Saeid gained another victory in the Tagammu party elections held Wednesday. In the packed and smoky Tagammu party headquarters in downtown Cairo, party members gathered in their hundreds for the sixth annual conference to track the party’s progress. El-Saeid won the party presidency with 422 votes; his only competition being from Abu Ezz …

CAIRO: State Security forces arrested 19 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group on Thursday, including prominent member Mohamed Ghazlan, a Brotherhood source told Daily News Egypt. Among the 19 detained members were Hamdy Ibrahim, in charge of the group’s administrative office in North Cairo, Maged Al-Zomor, Khairy Abbas, and some would-be candidates in the …

CAIRO: Egyptian officials from the office of intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met with Hamas leaders in Al-Arish Thursday to convince them of a ceasefire with Israel. Also at the meeting were representatives of the Islamic Jihad movement, an indication that there are other groups in Gaza responsible for rocket attacks in southern Israel. In comments …

THE HAGUE: The Dutch foreign minister met ambassadors from 30 Muslim countries Wednesday to discuss the imminent broadcast of an anti-Islam film made by a far-right Dutch parliamentarian, his office said. The talks, held at the request of the 50-strong Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), came as several Muslim countries threatened an economic boycott …

CAIRO: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood was beaten by attackers on Wednesday when he tried to register his candidacy for local elections, a fellow group member said, accusing the ruling party of responsibility for the incident. We were heading to the registration office in the village of Kafr Saqr, in Zagazig [northwest of Cairo], …

CAIRO: The Arab League summit set for Damascus at the end of the month will go forward as planned, announced the organization’s chief on Wednesday, but he urged Syria and Lebanon to mend their fences ahead of the meeting. As Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to plan their annual summit’s agenda, the fractious body …

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif yesterday delivered a thinly-veiled threat to doctors who have announced their intention to go on strike this month. In statements made during a Thursday radio interview, and carried yesterday morning in the Arabic press, Nazif is quoted as saying, “Many people are perhaps unaware of the fact that public sector …

TAMPA, Florida: A US federal judge will take several days to consider whether an Egyptian student accused of transporting explosives deserves a separate trial from a friend. US District Judge Steven Merryday says he also will reconsider whether Youssef Samir Megahed should continue to be held without bail. The judge told attorneys Wednesday he would …

CAIRO: Egypt on Thursday was trying to convince Hamas to accept a truce that would involve halting rocket attacks on Israel, in an effort to put an end to violence in the Gaza Strip and salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Deputies of intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met with officials from Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad …

CAIRO: Arab countries will walk away from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if Israel ever officially acknowledges it has nuclear weapons, the Arab League announced in a statement Wednesday. As Arab foreign ministers met at the Cairo headquarters of the Arab League to prepare for their annual summit at the end of the month, they also …

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers opened talks here Wednesday on the agenda of a summit scheduled for later this month amid a dispute with Syria, the host, over Lebanon’s political crisis. US-backed Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, are reportedly threatening to boycott the March 29-30 gathering if no president is elected in Lebanon …

CAIRO: Egypt is proposing a five-way plan to reopen the Rafah terminal on its borders with Gaza, sources in Cairo have stated. The plan will give the Hamas movement, which, since last June, is the de facto controller of Gaza, a key role at the terminal, the only Gaza gateway to the outside world. Based …

ISMAILIYA: A US warship deployed off the coast of Lebanon has passed through the Suez Canal and is heading for the Gulf, an official with the canal authority told AFP. “The USS Cole has crossed the Suez Canal and is making its way to the Gulf, the official said. The United States sent the guided-missile …

CAIRO: More demonstrations were held Tuesday to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Organized by the Journalists’ Syndicate and held on the steps of its downtown headquarters, some 60 demonstrators called for the opening of the Rafah crossing and for visiting Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to leave Egypt. “This is a protest on behalf of …

CAIRO: Four detained members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) said they will run in the upcoming local council elections from behind bars, according to a press statement sent to Daily News Egypt. Ahmed Ramy – also a high board member of the Pharmacists’ Syndicate – Gad Mohamed Gad, Mohamed Saad Mansour and Khaled Abdel Baky …

CAIRO: Two Palestinians seriously wounded in Israel s onslaught in the Gaza Strip died in Egyptian hospitals on Monday, the state news agency MENA reported. It named the dead men as Ghassan Abd Rabbo, 18, and Aref Daghmach, 28. Egypt on Sunday allowed several Palestinians critically wounded during Israel s blitz to cross into its …

CAIRO: The US will remove a freeze on $100 million earmarked for aid to Egypt, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in Cairo Tuesday. The American Congress originally froze this amount for several reasons, most notably due to what it considered a lack of Egyptian will to tighten security on the border with …

CAIRO: Al-Qaeda’s chief ideologue and strategist, Ayman Al-Zawahri, has published a 212-page book on militant websites slamming his former radical colleagues in Egyptian prisons for disavowing armed struggle and turning their backs against violence. The book, released online on Sunday, is the latest salvo in an intellectual war between the ideological founders of Al-Qaeda and …

CAIRO: Members of various political forces took part in a joint protest in solidarity with Gaza Monday, held at the Lawyers’ Syndicate Downtown. Holding up newspaper pictures of the victims of the latest Israeli assault on Gaza, and placards reading “our hearts are with you Gaza, the roughly 100 protestors chanted “down with Bush, down …

CAIRO: For the second day running Egypt has kept the Rafah border crossing open to allow wounded Palestinians from Gaza to receive treatment in Egyptian hospitals on Monday. As Gaza continues to be on the receiving end of Israeli air strikes, Palestinian ambulances transport the wounded to the border town of Rafah where they are …

CAIRO: At dawn on Monday security forces arrested 65 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Sharqeya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sohag, Gharbeya, Giza, Qena, and Menufiya, said a Brotherhood press statement. The police official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed Monday’s arrests. He said the …

TAMPA, Florida: A judge has determined that a sheriff s deputy had probable cause to stop and search a car that resulted in the discovery of low-grade explosives and the arrest of two Egyptian college students last summer. The opinion came Thursday as a recommendation by US Magistrate Judge Mark Pizzo. If it is accepted …