Egypt's Alexandria seeks second revival
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt  - Alexandria, the Egyptian coastal city where Cleopatra had love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, is trying to regain some of its old glory as a tourism destination for European and Arab elites.
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The second round of talks aimed at finding a solution to the Darfur crisis in western Sudan resumed in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Monday.
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There are few times one can say Alexandria is behind the curve relative to Bland County, but this is one of them.  The Northern Virginia city is poised to create a wireless network for citizens and visitors.
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The  crossing between Gaza and Egypt is reopened for two days, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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A famous 3,000-year-old bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is moving to a new home as part of a project to restore Berlin's museums, tourism officials said Tuesday.
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The traffic in Cairo, and the army of police officers who try to manage it, tell much about modern Egypt.
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CAIRO -- Two outer walls are cracked and crumbling, the bathroom walls have fallen down in a heap of brick, the steps to the second floor wiggle like loose teeth. Groundwater seeps into a little courtyard to form an unwanted wading pool. The whole two-story structure sags in the middle, as if suspended from a rope attached to the buildings next door.
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With new upscale restaurants, bars, and theater, the West Bank city is undergoing a cultural revival.
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Egypt ian President Hosni Mubarak met on Monday with visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, for talks on reviving the Mideast peace process.Comment
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A block of flats collapses in Egypt's second city Alexandria killing at least five people, the authorities say.
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In the boldest sign of a thaw following the death of Yasser Arafat, Egypt will collaborate with Israel in new industrial zones and may soon return its ambassador to Israel.
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CAIRO -- It's sandstorm season in Cairo, when the desert wind known as the Khamaseen seems determined to reclaim the city.
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ROME: Egyptian President yesterday renewed international drive in the fight against terrorism just days after his country was hammered by terrorist bombs in the Sinai.
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Egypt offered Monday to mediate between  Israel and Syria on a possible resumption of peace talks  without preconditions, after a gap of more than four years.
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Egypt is generating new hope for Mideast peace after four bleak years, transforming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from pariah to peacemaker and seeking to draw Arab leaders and a wary public into its efforts.
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The death toll from the collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria rose to 14 on Tuesday after authorities dug more bodies out of the ruins, state news agency MENA said.
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two