Seoul  - North Korea's urgent need to trigger economic growth and an Egyptian telecommunications firm's desire to establish a new outpost were key factors in opening restricted mobile telecom service in the secretive communist nation, analysts said Tuesday.

The Cairo-based Orascom Telecom Holding SAE signed a 25-year contract with the North Korean government in Pyongyang Monday, setting the stage for the establishment of a limited mobile service.

In a country where most of the population of 23 million are denied online and mobile access, the deal was remarkable.

Alexandria, Egypt  - Just mention Alexandria and the name city rekindles the Pharoh era when the city was the location of a lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Library of Alexandria was the biggest at that time, but what of modern Alexandria? Is there more to this city than its famous name?

Authorities in Egypt's second largest city believe so and are planning to capitalise on its magnificent past.

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.

Cairo - Forty-five people were killed and ten were injured, many critically, Sunday when their bus overturned and plunged into a stream at al-Ibrahimeya in Upper Egypt, police said.