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Egypt police clash with anti-Morsi protesters in Cairo

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 16:00
Egyptian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition demonstrators hurling rocks and firebombs near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday evening, official news agency MENA reported, although no casualties were reported. The protesters, including members of the Black Bloc group, began demonstrating outside the offices of the prosecutor general and set fire to the entrance to the building, before heading to Tahrir Square and blocking traffic on the Qasr al-Nil bridge.

Cairo airport to partly close as economic crisis bites

April 1, 2013 09:00
Cairo's international airport will be partly closed at night due to fewer incoming flights and to save energy, reports said on Monday, highlighting the economic crisis sweeping Egypt. Two runways will be closed for four hours starting from 1.30 am (2330 GMT) "in order to save energy", said civil aviation minister Wael al-Maadawi in statements carried by the press. Only one runway, at Terminal 3 -- which serves as a regional hub -- will remain open 24 hours a day. Maadawi said airport revenues were not enough to cover the costs of keeping the runways open.

Egypt reopens Alexandria airport after runway protest

March 31, 2013 11:00
CAIRO (Reuters) - Alexandria's airport reopened late on Sunday afternoon, state media said, after Egyptian police officers ended their runway sit-in over higher pay which closed the country's second biggest airport for over six hours. The officers, responsible for passport control and security at El-Borj airport on the Mediterranean coast, called off their protest after a meeting a senior aviation official to discuss some of their demands, state news agency MENA said.

Egypt braces ahead of verdicts on football riot

March 9, 2013 04:15
A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest. In late January the court sentenced 21 defendants -- out of the total 73 people accused in the case -- to death, sparking riots in Port Said, home to most of the defendants and where the 2011 stadium violence took place. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, was also due to confirm the death sentences for the first 21 defendants it issued on January 26.

Egypt to invite IMF team Thursday for loan talks-minister

February 28, 2013 05:30
CAIRO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Egypt will send an invitation to an IMF technical team on Thursday for negotiations on a $4.8 billion loan deal, the state newspaper al-Ahram quoted planning minister Ashraf al-Araby as saying. Al-Araby said he expected the team to arrive within 10 days, the newspaper reported on its website. Egypt and the IMF agreed the loan deal in principle in November but Cairo requested a delay the following month due to violent street protests.

Egypt says expects IMF committee in 2-3 weeks

January 8, 2013 09:52
CAIRO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Egypt expects a visit from an International Monetary Fund technical committee in two to three weeks, the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday, after a visit to Cairo by a senior IMF official. "Negotiations with the IMF team will resume from where they stopped," Yasser Ali, spokesman for President Mohamed Mursi, said. Asked when the committee would visit, he said to expect it in "two to three weeks".
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