CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s antiquities chief says if persuasion doesn’t work, he will fight for an ancient bust of Nefertiti that a Berlin museum maintains is too fragile to ever travel.

CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian police have arrested 59 people, all Muslims, after clashes broke out in a village as Muslims opposed the extension of a local church, security sources said on Saturday.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has announced the first round of elections for the country’s upper house of parliament will be held on June 11.