Egypt: Mideast talks to resume The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt"s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. At the relaunching of the talks in Washington on Thursday, US mediator George Mitchell said the coming round ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-09-06)
Egypt: ElBaradei addresses daughter"s swimsuit saga Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Nobel Laureate, who returned to Egypt early year to ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-09-04)
Egypt: ElBaradei addresses daughter"s swimsuit saga Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Nobel Laureate, who returned to Egypt early year to ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-09-04)
Algeria: Two killed in Algerian suicide attack Two soldiers were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives by a military convoy near the capital Algiers, Algerian newspapers reported Thursday. At least 26 soldiers were injured in Wednesday"s attack, which took place near Boumerdes, some 50 kilometres east of ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-09-03)
Algeria: Algerian forces kill 10 rebels - reports Algerian security forces have killed 10 Islamic rebels in an eastern area known to be a stronghold of al-Qaeda"s North African wing, newspapers reported. Seven rebels were killed in Kabylie region, near the village of Beni Yenni about 100km east of Algiers, and a large quantity of weapons was ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-08-29)
Algeria: Algerian forces kill 10 rebels - reports Algerian security forces have killed 10 Islamic rebels in an eastern area known to be a stronghold of al-Qaeda"s North African wing, newspapers reported. Seven rebels were killed in Kabylie region, near the village of Beni Yenni about 100km east of Algiers, and a large quantity of weapons was ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-08-29)
Egypt: Egypt destroys 12 smuggling tunnels to Gaza Egypt destroyed 12 smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip, security sources said on Saturday. The sources said the soldiers involved in blowing up the tunnels maintained contact with officials on the Gazan side of the border, to ensure that no people were underground during the process. The tunnels ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-08-28)
Egypt: Cops find weapons bound for Gaza An Egyptian security official says police in the Sinai desert have discovered two large caches of weapons that were to be smuggled to Gaza. The find included anti-aircraft weaponry, the official said, but he did not know what type. Egypt has tried to stop smuggling through tunnels under ... Read Africa News story at IndependentOnline (2010-08-28)