Cairo - An archeological mission of the Egyptian Higher Council of Antiquities (EHCA) on Sunday announced the discovery of two rock-cut tombs that date back to Egypt's 5th Dynasty (2323-2356 BC).

The tombs were found at the el-Deir bridge area in the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo, the site where the rulers of Egypt's Old Kingdom were buried, and some 400 metres south of the step pyramid of King Djoser.

EHCA Secretary General Zahi Hawas said one of the tombs belonged to Iya-Maat, who supervised the construction mission of King Unas, the last ruler of the 5th Dynasty.

Cairo - Internet users in Egypt experienced a considerable improvement in internet services on Sunday two days after nearly 80 per cent of the country's internet network went down when several submarine cables in the Mediterranean Sea linking Europe and the Middle East were cut.

The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said in an earlier statement that by Sunday nearly 85 per cent of internet services are recovered as internet traffic has been shifted from the damaged Mediterranean cables to alternative service providers.

The statement also explained that "in an unprecedented incident" six undersea cables were damaged, including three cables linking Italy to the Middle East, one to North Africa and two to Malta.

Cairo - An Egyptian girl died of bird flu on Monday, bringing the number of deaths from

Cairo - Egyptian border guards arrested 114 African migrants from different nationalities who were on their way to cross to Israel through the northern Sinai city of al-Arish, 380 KM north east of Cairo, a security source said on Monday.

The source said that security patrols caught the hopeful migrants hiding inside a truck on as-Salaam bridge, across the Suez Canal, which joins al-Ismailya governorate and the Sinai peninsula.

The driver was arrested for human trafficking.

Cairo - Fifty-one people were killed and six injured Sunday when their bus overturned and plunged into the al-Ibrahimeya canal in Upper Egypt, police said.

Cairo - Forty-eight people were killed and ten were injured, many critically, Sunday when their bus overturned and plunged into the al-Ibrahimeya canal in Upper Egypt, police said.