Egyptian officials say a speeding train has collided with a school bus, killing at least 49 people. Almost all of them were young children. Officials say the accident occurred Saturday about 300 kilometers south of Cairo near the village of Manfalut in Egypt’s southern Assiut province. The bus was filled with more than 60 children […]
Train, Bus Collision in Egypt Kills Scores of School Children
Posted November 17th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
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Train, Bus Collision in Egypt Kills Scores of School Children
Posted November 17th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian officials say a train has collided with a school bus, killing scores of young children. Officials say the accident occurred Saturday about 300 kilometers south of Cairo near the village of Manfalut in Egypt’s southern Assiut province. The bus was filled with about 60 children between the ages of four and six when it […]
Train, Bus Collision in Egypt Kills 40 School Children
Posted November 17th, 2012 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian officials say a train has collided with a school bus, killing some 40 young children. Officials say the accident occurred Saturday about 300 kilometers south of Cairo near the village of Manfalut in Egypt’s southern Assiut province. The bus was filled with about 50 children between the ages of four and six when it […]
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is 60 years old, succeeds Pope Shenouda the Third who died in March at the […]
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is 60 years old, succeeds Pope Shenouda the Third who died in March at the […]
Supporters and Opponents of Egypt’s President Clash
Posted October 12th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi scuffled with opponents in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in the worst violence since Egypt’s new Islamist leader took office this year. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement and a coalition of secular leaning groups were holding separate rallies when people from each side began throwing stones at one another. The […]
Egypt’s Morsi Removes Prosecutor General
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s president has removed his prosecutor general from office after a court acquitted loyalists of ousted President Hosni Mubarak of organizing a brutal attack on protesters last year. Egyptian state television announced Thursday that President Mohammed Morsi removed General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud and named him as the country’s ambassador to the Vatican. The announcement follows […]
Partial Draft of Egypt Consitution Limits Powers of President
Posted October 10th, 2012 at 10:35 pm (UTC-5)
An Egyptian panel writing a national constitution has released a partial draft that includes new limits on the authority of the head of state but leaves out key sections that are the source of ongoing disputes among panel members. The partial draft published Wednesday by Egypt’s 100-member Constituent Assembly calls for a division of powers […]
Egypt’s Morsi Issues General Pardon for Revolutionary Activists
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has issued a decree granting a pardon to Egyptians who were detained or convicted for acts linked to the 2011 revolution that ousted his longtime predecessor, Hosni Mubarak. In the decree posted on his Facebook page late Monday, Mr. Morsi said the pardon covers crimes “committed with the aim of supporting […]
Rights Group Urges Egyptian Police, Military Accountability
Posted October 2nd, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Rights group Amnesty International is urging Egypt to hold police and military members responsible for abuses against protesters and to reform those institutions to prevent future violations. Executive director of Amnesty International in the U.S., Suzanne Nossel, told VOA Tuesday that the London-based group documented in two reports abuses by the military under Egypt’s former […]
