Cairo - Saeed Abdel-Samei's children were terrified. Outside, a mob of villagers were pelting the house with Molotov cocktails and rocks and shouting abuse at the family inside.
Abdel-Samei is one of several Baha'is living in the Upper Egyptian village of Shoraneya who were attacked recently by angry locals.
The 55-year-old father said that after the attack he had to flee to Cairo with his family, where they are staying with relatives.
Cairo - Egyptian politicians on Thursday unleashed a volley of criticism against newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for his statements on Egypt and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
In an official statement sent to reporters earlier on Thursday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry called Lieberman's rejection of the Annapolis peace process on Wednesday "the first setback for efforts toward peace" under the new Israeli government.
Gaza/Cairo - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Thursday suspended talks in Cairo without an agreement on a "national unity" government, representatives from the factions said.
Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, for the third time failed to agree on the political platform for the interim government, control of Palestinian security forces, or the conduct of elections to replace the interim government.
Cairo - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday called the new Israeli foreign minister's rejection of the Annapolis process "the first setback for efforts toward peace" under the new Israeli government.
Addressing Israeli diplomats for the first time as foreign minister on Wednesday, Avigdor Lieberman said the Annapolis process had "no validity whatsoever."
Cairo - In Egypt, even opposition leaders rarely step down from their positions voluntarily.
When rival factions from Ayman Nour's Ghad Party clashed in November, they nearly burnt to the ground the party's offices in a landmark downtown Cairo building.
In April 2006, the deposed leader of the Wafd Party occupied the party's headquarters with a band of armed henchmen. When rivals arrived and tried to eject him, violent clashes ensued and a fire broke out. Twenty-three people were injured.
Gaza City/Cairo - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally took office at the helm of a government dominated by hardline parties on Wednesday, delegates from 13 Palestinian factions resumed talks on forming a "national unity" government in Cairo.
In this, the third round of Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks, negotiators will try to hash out the political platform of the national unity government, lay out preparations for presidential and legislative elections and determine the composition and control of Palestinian security forces, representatives from Fatah and Hamas said.
Cairo - Saeed Abdel-Samei's children were terrified. Outside, a mob of villagers were pelting the house with Molotov cocktails and rocks and shouting abuse at the family inside.
Cairo - Egyptian politicians on Thursday unleashed a volley of criticism against newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for his statements on Egypt and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Gaza/Cairo - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Thursday suspended talks in Cairo without an agreement on a "national unity" government, representatives from the factions said.
Cairo - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday called the new Israeli foreign minister's rejection of the Annapolis process "the first setback for efforts toward peace" under the new Israeli government.
Cairo - In Egypt, even opposition leaders rarely step down from their positions voluntarily.
Gaza City/Cairo - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally took office at the helm of a government dominated by hardline parties on Wednesday, delegates from 13 Palestinian factions resumed talks on forming a "national unity" government in Cairo.
