Cairo, Feb 15 (IANS/EFE) Egyptian archaeologists have discovered several Greek and Roman tombs dating from as early as 332 B.C. in the Al-Qabari district of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, authorities said.

Cairo, Feb 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Cairo has ordered popular video sharing website YouTube to be blocked for hosting the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims", state media reported.

Cairo, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) The discovery of a 3,550-year-old child's sarcophagus near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor could shed light on a little-known period of Ancient Egypt, said Jose Manuel Galan, the head of a Spanish team of archaeologists that made the find.

Cairo, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three people were killed in the ongoing riots here in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry said Wednesday.

Cairo, Jan 30 (IANS) Sexual violence against women protesters at Cairo's Tahrir Square appears to be increasing, CNN reported.

Cairo, Jan 27 (IANS) At least three people were killed and over 437 injured Sunday in Egypt's seaside city of Port Said during a mass funeral for the victims of Saturday's clashes between security forces and protesters, reported Xinhua citing city hospital chief Abdel-Rahman Farag.

Cairo, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 30 people died and over 300 others were injured Saturday in Port Said city in clashes sparked by death sentencing of 21 people over last year's football riots in Egypt, BBC reported citing officials.

Cairo, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and over 250 injured in clashes that erupted Saturday outside an Egyptian prison between security forces and family members of 21 convicts, sentenced to death for last year's Port Said riots, media reports reported.

Cairo, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and some 200 injured in fresh clashes that erupted Saturday outside Egypt's Port Said prison.

Cairo, Jan 14 (IANS) Egypt's Prosecutor-General Talat Ibrahim Abdullah Monday decided to lift an asset freeze imposed on 10 officials who worked during the rule of then president Hosni Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported.

Cairo, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Egypt has granted former president Hosni Mubarak's appeal against his life sentence and Sunday ordered a retrial of the ousted leader.

Cairo, Dec 28 (IANS) Egypt's Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah Thursday ordered to transfer former president Hosni Mubarak who is serving life imprisonment in a Cairo prison to a nearby military hospital, Xinhua reported.

Cairo, Dec 15 (IANS) Egyptians Saturday went to polling booths to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, which has led to bitter division between liberals and Islamists.

Cairo, Dec 12 (IANS/EFE) Egyptian authorities announced Tuesday that the restoration of several pieces from the funerary regalia of the pharaoh Tutenkhamen, who reigned between 1332-1323 B.C., has been completed.

Cairo, Dec 10 (IANS/EFE) The number of tourists visiting Egypt recently has fallen markedly due to the political instability in the country and the repeated protests in different provinces, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a statement released Sunday.

Cairo, Dec 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has agreed to delay the referendum on a new draft constitution and make amendments to his constitutional declaration, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said Saturday.

Cairo, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's National Salvation Front, a coalition of the country's largest liberal-democratic parties and movements, has officially rejected talks proposed by President Mohamed Morsi.

Cairo, Dec 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has halted its work "indefinitely" after protesters prevented justices from getting to their offices Sunday morning.

Cairo, Nov 28 (IANS) Egyptian judiciary has rejected a request made for transfering country's former president Hosni Mubarak from prison hospital to a military hospital, Xinhua reported.

Cairo, Nov 26 (IANS) Egyptian presidency has announced the constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsi Thursday is temporary and not permanent, state−run TV reported Sunday.

Cairo, Nov 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran supplied Gaza militants with weapons, Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Islamist group Hamas, has said.

Cairo, Nov 22 (IANS) Israel and Gaza militant groups have agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced after the deal was brokered by Cairo.

Cairo, Nov 17 (IANS) At least 47 people, including 40 school children, were killed in Egypt Saturday when a train collided with the bus in which the pupils were travelling, media reports said.

Cairo, Nov 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Foreign Ministers of Arab League countries will gather Saturday in Cairo for an emergency meeting to outline a consolidated position on the ongoing Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Cairo, Nov 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Friday warned Israel against the continuation of its military operation in Gaza, saying it will have to pay "a heavy price".

Cairo, Nov 16 (IANS) Describing Israel's military operation against the Palestinian enclave as a "barefaced" aggression on humanity, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said Friday that Cairo would not leave the Gaza Strip alone.

Cairo, Nov 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Saudi Arabia is set to launch two indigenous satellites with a precision navigation system within the next few years, Prince Turki Bin Saud Bin Muhammad has said.

Cairo, Nov 13 (IANS) The Arab League (AL) Monday recognised the newly-formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the "representative of the aspirations of Syrian people", said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani.

Cairo, Nov 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptian authorities have decided to enforce a ban on websites with pornographic content, a spokesman for the Prosecutor General's office said.

Cairo, Nov 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US and Russia have never held secret discussions about possible regime change in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Cairo Monday.

Cairo, Oct 12 (IANS) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ousted Prosecutor General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud, the state TV reported Thursday.

Cairo, Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian embassy organised a memorial service here to salute the heroism of Indian soldiers who died in a decisive World War II battle that sealed the fate of Hitler's Afrika Korps.

Cairo, Oct 3 (IANS) India salutes the "Gandhian spirt" of Tahrir Square revolutionaries with a poster making contest themed "Did you sense the spirit of Gandhi in Tahrir Square?" This is being organised here by the Indian embassy to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Cairo, Sep 23 (IANS) A leading figure of the Sunni sect of Islam in Egypt has called on Muslims to maintain "peace" and show "patience and wisdom" while reacting over anti-Islam actions across the world.

Cairo, Sep 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Some 200 people were injured in clashes outside the US embassy located in the Egyptian capital, said an official related to ambulance service Thursday.

Cairo, Sep 13 (IANS) At least 70 people were injured Thursday in clashes in front of the US embassy in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry said.

Cairo, Sep 13 (IANS) At least 30 people were injured in clashes in front of the US embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the state TV reported Thursday, quoting the Eygyt's health ministry.

Cairo, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) Spain's foreign minister announced here Monday the creation of a Spanish-Egyptian consortium to foster bilateral investment and business activity.

Cairo, Sep 9 (IANS) A total of 32 "criminal elements" were killed in Egypt's "lawless" Sinai peninsula in a military operation held in coordination with Israel, Xinhua reported.

Cairo, Sep 6 (IANS) With over a quarter of a billion dollars earmarked for greenfield projects and capacity expansion over the next couple of years, home-grown flexible packaging major Uflex is targeting to double revenues to over $2 billion by 2015.

Cairo, Aug 26 (IANS) A Cairo criminal court sentenced a police officer to five years in jail and 74 others to one-year suspended sentence over attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy here last year, state media reported Sunday.

Cairo, Aug 23 (IANS) Egypt sought a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during a meeting held between President Mohamed Morsi and Christine Lagarde, the IMF chief, Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

Cairo, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Monday said the dismissal of the country's powerful defence minister and a top military general has been done in the country's interest.

Cairo, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has deposed the country's defence minister and a top military officer, pushing them into "retirement" but naming them as presidential advisors.

Cairo, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt remains a stable and safe destination for tourists despite the revolution in 2011 that ousted Hosni Mubarak, President Mohamed Morsi said Monday.

Cairo, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti)Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has appointed Hesham Qandil, a former water resources minister, as prime minister of the country and asked him to form the new government, reported Egyptian TV Tuesday.

Cairo, July 17 (IANS) The Arab League (AL) Tuesday decided to set up an independent committee to probe the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Cairo, July 16 (IANS) Egypt will not stop transporting Iranian oil through the Suez Canal and internal pipelines despite the EU embargo on Tehran's oil exports, RIA Novosti reported.

Cairo, July 15 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday held talks with the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.

Cairo, July 15 (IANS) Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held bilateral talks with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Xinhua reported.