Egypt’s announcement that it is to sell off 80 percent of its third largest public sector bank, Banque du Caire, has revived old fears that privatisation is heralding the return of colonialism.

A 25-year-old Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official said on Sunday.

Darfur refugee Adam Abdel Karim, 31, became the latest casualty from the rising tide of those seeking to enter Israel illegally after being shot by increasingly vigilant Egyptian border guards.

PLD vrea referendum pe tema votului uninominal. DeclaraÅ£ia a fost făcută de Theodor Stolojan în cadrul DelegaÅ£iei Permanente a partidului de la Hunedoara. PSD nu se împotriveÅŸte unui astfel de demers însă, un referendum pentru votul uninominal simultan cu alegerile europarlamentare din toamnă ar fi neconstituÅ£ional, crede Mircea Geoană. Nici …

Consilierii PC vor înainta conducerii partidului o propunere pentru a demara procedura de suspendare din funcţie a primarului general al Capitalei, Adriean Videanu, conservatorii reproşându-i acestuia lipsa unei strategii pentru combaterea efectelor caniculei.

Former Iraqi deputy premier Tareq Aziz had medical tests after collapsing at a US prison camp but was given a clean bill of health and has been returned to custody, the US military said Saturday.

Turkey warned Saturday that it could send troops into northern Iraq after Sunday’s general elections if talks with Iraqi and US officials fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish rebels based there.

The Lebanese army intensified its shelling Saturday of Islamists fiercely defending their last patch of a Palestinian refugee camp as the death toll on both sides mounts.

Turkish leaders wrapped up their campaigns Saturday in early legislative elections with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tipped to retain power after a political crisis that polarised the country.

The leaders of two important Darfur rebel factions have set difficult conditions for attending a UN-African Union meeting in August in Tanzania to plan for future peace talks.