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Egypt Bedouin kidnap Israeli, Belgian tourists: police

March 22, 2013 08:03
Armed Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai abducted two tourists, an Israeli man and a Belgian woman, on Friday as they were travelling between two beach resorts, police officials said. The gunmen intercepted the tourists' car and forced them into their truck, the officials said. The tourists had been travelling between the southern resort of Taba, on the border with Israel, and Dahab.

Protester killed in fresh Cairo clashes: medics

March 9, 2013 12:01
A protester was shot dead on Saturday in fresh clashes with the police in central Cairo, an AFP reporter and medics said. An AFP correspondent saw the protester being brought to a mosque in Tahrir Square with gunshot wounds, with medics confirming he was dead. The head of Egypt's emergency services, Mohammed Sultan, said separately that a protester "suffocated" after inhaling tear gas, and "died in the ambulance on his way to hospital." It was unclear if it was the same victim.

Egypt football sentence sparks unrest in Cairo, Port Said

March 9, 2013 10:46
A court verdict over deadly football violence sparked fresh unrest in Egypt on Saturday, with several buildings torched in the capital, as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi faces growing civil unrest. A Port Said court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, confirmed death sentences for 21 defendants and handed down life sentences to five people, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated.

Suez Canal unaffected by Port Said unrest - official

March 9, 2013 09:00
CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) - Unrest in the Egyptian city of Port Said has not affected traffic in the Suez Canal, a spokesman for the strategic waterway said on Saturday according to state news agency MENA. "The canal is far away of any political situation the country is facing and is safe and open to all ships passing through it," Suez Canal spokesman Tarek Hassanein told MENA. "Attempts by some citizens to stop car ferries from crossing ... in the city of Port Said did not affect navigation in the canal," he added.

UPDATE 1-Protesters untie speedboats on Suez Canal, block ferries

March 9, 2013 07:30
(Adds details) PORT SAID, Egypt, March 9 (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters in Port Said untied moored speedboats used to supply shipping on the Suez Canal on Saturday, apparently hoping the boats would drift into the waterway and disrupt passing vessels, witnesses said. About 2,000 protesters also blocked car ferries from crossing the canal, following a court's confirmation of death sentences on 21 local soccer fans.

UPDATE 7-Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

March 9, 2013 04:45
* First major attempt to disrupt canal traffic fails * Fans torch police club, soccer headquarters in Cairo * Islamist government struggling to keep law and order * Islamist groups offer popular committees as backup * Police on alert for jihadist attacks in Sinai (Adds warning of Islamists) By Yousri Mohamed and Marwa Awad

UPDATE 1-One protester killed in clashes in Egypt's Port Said

March 7, 2013 18:15
* Anger stems from football riot case * Police go on strike across Egypt (Recasts with protester death) By Yusri Mohamed PORT SAID, March 7 (Reuters) - One protester was shot dead on Thursday on a fifth day of clashes between police and demonstrators in the Egyptian city of Port Said, as the country struggles with deepening security problems during its turbulent transition to democracy.

Egyptian youths hurl stones at police in Port Said protest

March 7, 2013 13:45
* Fifth day of clashes * Anger stems from football riot case * Police go on strike across Egypt By Yusri Mohamed PORT SAID, March 7 (Reuters) - Protesters wearing surgical masks, scarves and hoods clashed with police wielding tear gas as violence in the Egyptian city of Port Said entered its fifth day.

Policeman killed in Egypt clashes as prisoners moved

March 3, 2013 17:30
A policeman was killed Sunday and an army officer was wounded in Egypt's city of Port Said, the army said, after the authorities decided to move prisoners awaiting a verdict over alleged involvement in a deadly football riot. The military said the policeman died and the military officer was hit in the leg when they were struck by gunshots fired by unknown assailants outside the headquarters of the Port Said governorate in northeast Egypt. A health ministry bulletin earlier said 253 people were injured in the clashes.

18 Dead in Egypt after balloon catches fire

February 26, 2013 13:46
Cairo, Feb 26 (EFE).- At least 18 people died Tuesday and another three were injured when a balloon packed with tourists caught fire in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt's health ministry told Efe. The head of the ministry's office in Luxor, Mohammed Rabia, said the fatalities included one Egyptian and 17 foreigners including tourists from Britain, France, China and Japan. Rabia said there were no Spaniards or Latin Americans among the victims.
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