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Government to Raise Food Commodities Prior to Ramadan

By  Nasser el-Kashif and Hamdi Gomaa   

The government, represented in the holding company for food industries, has decided to increase prices of food commodities prior to the month of Ramadan. The increases, which started on August 18, have included prices of free packed or non packed sugar, meat, fish, poultry and legume.
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Egypt urges end to Israel threats

Egypt has urged Israel to stop making threats against Lebanon, its foreign minister said on a visit to Beirut.

Ahmed Abul Gheit has been holding talks with Lebanese leaders about the rising tensions with Israel.

Israel’s prime minister warned last week that his country would hit all of Lebanon harder than in the 2006 war if Hezbollah guerrillas attacked again.
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INDIA: DEATHS MOUNT AS VIOLENCE SPREADS IN ORISSA

Rampaging Hindu extremists kill four more Christians today.

NEW DELHI, August 26 (Compass Direct News) - At least 18 people are confirmed dead in 92 incidents of violence against Christians since suspected Maoists murdered Hindu leader Swamiji Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others on Saturday (Aug. 23) in Orissa state.
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British Medical Journal (BMJ) news story on the proposed organ transplant law in Egypt.

Dear Mr Meunier,
my name is Tiago Villanueva, and I GP registrar and medical journalist
based in Portugal . I am currently writing a news story for next
week’s edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) regarding the
controversial proposed organ transplant law in Egypt.

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Terror suspects linked to threat against Brown

The Guardian

Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences have been linked to an investigation into threats to kill Gordon Brown, it emerged last night.

The suspects were detained on August 14 in a joint operation between Lancashire Police and the Greater Manchester police counter-terrorism unit.
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Morkos: 1,000 Churches Not Enough for 12 Million Christians

 leading figure of the Orthodox Church said there are about 1,000 churches in Egypt, which is not enough for the 12 million Copts currently living in the country.”The Church trusts President Mubarak’s wisdom,” said Shubra el-Kheima Bishop Anba Morkos, who described that wisdom as the best guarantee for Copts.
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Christians in danger in Assiut

To Whom It May Concern:

Group of Muslims attacked their Christians neighbors, took over their houses, lands, and kicked some of them out. The area is by Awana village, Sahel Saleem, Assiut governorate. Large group of houses located on both sides of a water stream. Each person owns the land behind his house. Each piece of land is between 2 to 5 acres. The Muslim group threaten to kill their Christian neighbors if they don’t leave their houses. They took some of cows and sheep. Some of people locked their doors, but they can’t water their animals nor they can get their needs and some left their homes because they are being afraid to be killed. Even old sick women were kicked away.
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Coptic Culture

Ancient Egyptian Literature, Part III

by Ed Rizkalla

                                    “Shere ne Maria: ti Theotokos”

                                    “Shere ne Maria: ethmav en Isos Pi ekhristos”

                                    “Shere ne Maria: ethmav en Eios Theos”
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EGYPT: ANOTHER CONVERT TRIES TO CHANGE RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION

Only second case of Muslim-born Egyptian endeavoring to officially alter affiliation.

ISTANBUL, August 7 (Compass Direct News) - One year after the first attempt by an Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to change his religious identity, another convert this week became the second to make such a controversial legal request.
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Son of Hamas Leader Turns Back on Islam and Embraces Christianity

Written by Fox News   

By Jonathan Hunt

Mosab Hassan Yousef is an extraordinary young man with an extraordinary story. He was born the son of one of the most influential leaders of the militant Hamas organization in the West Bank and grew up in a strict Islamic family. • Click here to view video ‘Renouncing Islam.’

• Click here to view video of Mosab Hassan Yousef speaking out.

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Shura Fire: Initial Estimates Put Losses at LE 150 Million; El-Maghrabi to Submit Restoration Plan to Nazif

By  Ashraf el-Gaar   

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will receive tomorrow a detailed report from Minister of Housing Engr. Ahmed el-Maghrabi on the executive plan for restoring, renovating and upgrading the Shura Council building, as well as constructing an attached building on an area of 1200 meters in the Council’s grounds.
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Washington Post Reposts Saad Eddin’s Article; Considers Court Sentence a Tightening Grip of Tyranny

By  Fathia el-Dakhakhni   

The Washington Post has reposted yesterday the article of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim that it had published a year ago under the title: ‘Egypt’s unchecked repression’.
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Egypt’s new traffic law brings business and fear

New traffic law tries to apply foreign rules without considering needs, challenges peculiar to Egypt.
CAIRO - A new traffic law aimed at easing chronic congestion in Egypt has scared off some drivers who fear heavy fines, driven others to expect to pay higher bribes, and even sparked a business boom.
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Al-Qaeda claims Algeria bombs

A message purported to be from al-Qaeda’s North African wing said it carried out bombs that killed about 60 people in Algeria this week.

The statement, which was sent on an audio tape to the Arab satellite network al-Jazeera, could not be independently verified.
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Church Considers Holding Ramadan Banquet in America; Denies Pope Has Thyroid Cancer

By  Amr Bayoumi   

Close resources to Pope Shenouda III said the church is considering holding the Ramadan banquet sponsored annually by Pope Shenouda at Cleveland Hospital in the U.S. The banquet would be attended by members of the Egyptian embassy and Egypt’s UN delegate.
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Abu Fana Committee Winds up Activities without Disagreement

By  Said Nafie   

Winding up activities yesterday, the committee that was formed to settle the crisis over separating boundaries between Abu Fana Monastery and Bedouins of Qasr Hor has set seven demands to be carried out during the next period.
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Egyptian Law Ends Christian/Muslim Organ Donation

Written by Martin Barillas   

The Egyptian Medical Association, through its spokesman on August 18, denied that a bill in the Egyptian parliament would discriminate between Christians and Muslims by prohibiting organ transplants between members of the two faiths. The Association supports the controversial measure. “This is all to protect poor Muslims from rich Christians who buy their organs and vice versa,” explained Hamdi Al Sayed — the director of the Medical Association. Under the bill, physicians who violate the proposed law would face retribution.
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Egypt launches probe into Senate blaze

Egypt assessing damage to 19th century building after emergency services spent nine hours to put out fire.
CAIRO - Egypt was set Wednesday to launch a probe after an all-night effort to put out a blaze that tore through the Senate building in the heart of Cairo and left 13 people requiring medical help.
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Amnesty urges Egypt to probe border killings

Egypt urged to launch investigation into police killings of migrants illegally crossing into Israel.
CAIRO - Amnesty International urged the Egyptian government on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the killing by police of people illegally crossing the border into Israel.
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Britain: model pupil leads double-life

Promising student by day, mujahid out to “wipe out infidels” by night

Britain’s youngest terrorist - a teenager from West Yorkshire - was behind bars today after a guide to death and explosives was found in the schoolboy’s home.

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