Cairo - Egypt sent more security forces to its Rafah crossing border on Thursday, after a senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement threatened to storm the border if Israel's blockade of the

Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt  - Tension prevailed in Egypt's textile town of Mahalla al-Kubra after two days of clashes between protestors and police in which a boy died of wounds and at least 200 peopl

Cairo  - Voting for Egyptian local councils got underway Tuesday with only 1,000 of the councils' 52,000 seats being contested between opposition parties and the ruling National Democratic Party (N

Cairo - At least 100 people were injured and 200 arrested in clashes between textile workers and anti-riot police Sunday in the northern Egyptian town of Mahalla, while 200 opposition activists wer

Cairo - Thousands of security forces were deployed around Egypt Sunday for fear of an outbreak of unrest after opposition activists launched a week-long cyber-campaign calling for civil disobedience and strikes in protest of rising food prices and poor wages.

Egyptian opposition activists have launched a civil disobedience campaign they termed "Stay Home" using information technologies, such as the internet networking site FaceBook, blogs, mobile phones and emails.

Egyptians have been urged to take part in a general strike and protests on Sunday to demand wage increases and a curb to food price rises.