Egypt Trying to Copyright Monuments
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.
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SOWETO, South Africa  - South Africa is scouring the globe to recover lost works by black artists that depict the turbulent apartheid era in a drive to educate young people about the struggle against white rule.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Lawyers filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a blogger who was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
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By JOHN THORNE RABAT, Morocco - Internet users in Morocco unable to access the video-sharing Web site YouTube since last week expressed fears Tuesday that the government has stepped up its campaign to restrict independent media.
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter, ESQ.) - A rock archive Web site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two major record labels into the battle.
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Egypt wants jobs. Israel wants a meaningful peace. And the nations plan to sign an agreement that they hope will fulfill both their goals.
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Musician intends to win back control of his copyright on the Web.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas -- and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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The Egyptian government intends to earn $10 million in each U.S. city visited by a new touring exhibition of King Tut artifacts.
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CAIRO -- A contemptuous editor hemmed in by only his suspenders, Ibrahim Issa has been sued more than once for "humiliating the president." It's a distinction he rather likes, given that in the last two years he has written 84 unflattering columns about Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
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European Union criticism of Egypt's human rights record has forced government officials on the defensive over allegations of torture, the decades-old emergency law and the status of minorities.
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Egypt is the first country to undertake a nationwide campaign to eliminate "elephantiasis," a disease named for inflaming the arms and legs so the folds of flesh resemble those of an elephant. This year it is distributing the final dosages of medication in a five-year program to halt its transmission.
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Gamal Mubarak says Egypt must promote its Mid-East vision to ward off foreign plans to "erase Arab identity".
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An Egyptian court has ruled that universities can't bar Islamic face-coverings. But that's unlikely to stop the headdress attracting unwelcome attention on the streets of Cairo.
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A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect they have found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urged Egypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test their theory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old structure.
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Egypt's authorities propose unifying prayer calls in Cairo by broadcasting a single voice via a wireless network.
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RAMALLAH (dpa) - The Palestinian Authority is considering creating a museum commemorating Yasser Arafat who died last week in a Paris hospital, the Israeli Itim news agency reported Tuesday.