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Egypt's president says no more privatization

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says that there will be no further privatization of state-owned companies. Egypt's economy is hard hit by the more than two years of turmoil since the ouster of longtime president Hosni Mubarak in a mass uprising in 2011. Losses to the vital

Egypt opposition files court case to reveal budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 27th

By MARIAM RIZK and AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Several Egyptian opposition parties and civil society groups filed a lawsuit on Saturday to try to force the government to disclose the upcoming fiscal year's planned budget for the country where the economy has waned amid continued

Limping al-Qaida offshoot rearms with Twitter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By ELAINE GANLEYAssociated Press Battered by a French-led military campaign in Mali, al-Qaida's North African arm is trying something new to stay relevant: Twitter. The PR campaign by the terror network seeks to tap into social grievances and champion mainstream causes such as unemployment, all

Boston bombing could prompt US, Russia cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DESMOND BUTLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the attack. Ties between

Egypt's Morsi to reshuffle Cabinet amid turmoil

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi defended his handling of some of the nation's most pressing problems in a nearly two-hour television interview on Saturday, and pledged to appoint new Cabinet ministers in a move that could ease the country's

Correction: Egypt-Economy story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

CAIRO (AP) - In an April 16 story about Egypt's economy and request for an IMF loan, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of an economic expert. The correct spelling is Halime, not Haline. A corrected version of the story is below: IMF leaves Egypt after hearing from opposition IMF

Egypt's legislature approves election law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated legislature approved a revised version of the law organizing the country's parliamentary elections on Thursday, after a court ruled an earlier version was invalid and delayed the vote. The parliamentary elections had

Egypt suspends tourist flights with Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt has suspended tourist flights from Iran following an outcry from hard-line Sunni Muslims angered about visitors from the mostly Shiite country, only a week after direct flights between the two countries resumed for the first time in more than three decades. In comments carried by

Hackers target Israeli websites

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 7th

By IAN DEITCHAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A weekend cyberattack campaign targeting Israeli government websites failed to cause serious disruption, officials said Sunday. The attacks followed warnings in the name of the group Anonymous that it was launching a massive hacking assault to protest

Egyptian court drops lawsuit to ban comedy show

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - A Cairo court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly insulting the president and containing excessive sexual innuendo. Judge Hassouna Tawfiq said the