US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Cairo for talks with President Hosni Mubarak aimed at pushing forward with Mideast peace talks and dispelling Arab fears over Washington's perceived change of stance on Israeli settlement growth.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday that he will call this week for elections to be held on January 24, 2010, a move apparently designed to pressure Hamas into signing the unity deal mediated by Egypt.
After Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, he said that Obama had made it clear, during his visit to Cairo in June, that the US was not opposed to Islam.
Egypt is not due for a presidential election until 2011, but supporters of Gamal Mubarak, the son and likely heir of President Hosni Mubarak, have already rallied online to press his case. Also in this edition: the plight of Iraq's homosexuals.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has put the onus on Israel to break a deadlock with Arab nations in talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of a summit with President Barack Obama, his first at the White House in five years.
US President Barack Obama will hope to secure Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's help to revive a stalling Middle East peace push as the long-time US ally pays his first visit to the White House in five years.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is expected to discuss the Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear programme as he meets key US government officials ahead of his first White House talks with President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Gaza-based militants more than three years ago, is in good health and could soon be free, according to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has postponed a White House meeting with US President Barack Obama set for Tuesday on reviving the stalled Middle East peace process in the wake of the death of his 12-year-old grandson.
