Cairo - Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs on Wednesday in a precaution against swine flu, although no cases have yet been reported in the country.
"It has been decided to slaughter all pigs in the country immediately," Minister of Health Hatem al-Gabali said Wednesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, the Egyptian parliament voted to slaughter the country's entire pig livestock of around 250,000 animals in a precautionary measure.
Cairo - In an apparent reference to Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on Wednesday accused foreign powers of seeking to sabotage Egypt, and warned that he will not tolerate any outside interference in the country.
"Foreign powers seek to sabotage Egypt through Islamic movements," Mubarak told a cheering crowd gathered for his his annual speech marking Labour Day on Wednesday.
Cairo - Swine flu is "more serious than the hydrogen bomb," the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, said in a symposium on the health scare on Wednesday. No cases of swine flu have yet been reported in Egypt, although the Cairo parliament on Tuesday voted to slaughter the country's entire pig livestock of around 250,000 animals in a precautionary measure.
Cairo - An international human rights group on Tuesday accused a member of the United Arab Emirates' royal family of brutally torturing an Afghan man and called for his prosecution. The New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Sheikh Issa bin-Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of the Emirati royal family, of beating, electrocuting, and driving over an Afghan grain dealer.
Gaza City/Cairo - Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continued their fourth round of reconciliation talks in Cairo on Tuesday. Participants described the atmosphere as talks resumed on Monday as "very positive," according to local press reports, and said they had agreed to resolve all outstanding issues in a single "package deal," then consider a Cairo proposal for implementing the agreement.
Luxembourg - The European Union and Egypt hope to forge a stronger relationship within a year, diplomats said Monday after the EU approved Egypt's request for an enhanced partnership. "Enhancing the relations means you work with the EU and you put the relations on a higher level, the maximum you can attain without acquiring membership," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit told journalists after talks with EU counterparts in Luxembourg.
Cairo - Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs on Wednesday in a precaution against swine flu, although no cases have yet been reported in the country.
Cairo - In an apparent reference to Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on Wednesday accused foreign powers of seeking to sabotage Egypt, and warned that he will not tolerate any outside interference in the country.
Cairo - Swine flu is "more serious than the hydrogen bomb," the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, said in a symposium on the health scare on Wednesday. No cases of swine flu have yet been reported in Egypt, although the Cairo parliament on Tuesday voted to slaughter the country's entire pig livestock of around 250,000 animals in a precautionary measure. 
Cairo - An international human rights group on Tuesday accused a member of the United Arab Emirates' royal family of brutally torturing an Afghan man and called for his prosecution. The New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Sheikh Issa bin-Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of the Emirati royal family, of beating, electrocuting, and driving over an Afghan grain dealer.
Gaza City/Cairo - Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continued their fourth round of reconciliation talks in Cairo on Tuesday. Participants described the atmosphere as talks resumed on Monday as "very positive," according to local press reports, and said they had agreed to resolve all outstanding issues in a single "package deal," then consider a Cairo proposal for implementing the agreement.
Luxembourg - The European Union and Egypt hope to forge a stronger relationship within a year, diplomats said Monday after the EU approved Egypt's request for an enhanced partnership. "Enhancing the relations means you work with the EU and you put the relations on a higher level, the maximum you can attain without acquiring membership," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit told journalists after talks with EU counterparts in Luxembourg.
