Mahmoud Said is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Female Copts spark Muslim student furor
CAIRO -- Sectarian resentment was reignited this week when a Coptic student scrawled an "X" across Koranic verses in a female dormitory at an Egyptian university, just as tensions were beginning to subside after another Coptic student in the same dorm last month drew caricatures of Prophet Muhammad.
Poisoned town wants Saddam's chemical suppliers to pay
An X-ray of Kamil Abdel Qader's lungs show a lower third that is entirely scarred - lasting damage from the poisonous gas that rained down on his Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988.
Anger boils over Egypt ferry tragedy
A mob of Egyptians ransacked on Monday the offices of the owners of a ferry that sank in the Red Sea as anger over the fate of relatives missing after one of the worst maritime disasters in living memory boiled over into violence.
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A regularly updated summary of news related to Egypt.
Iraq constitution appears headed for approval
Iraq's new constitution seemed likely to be adopted following Saturday's historic vote, even though election officials on Monday warned that it was too early to give definite results.
Search widens for Sharm bombers as police arrest dozens
Egyptian investigators are looking for clues and connections between the July 22 overnight bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh and an earlier wave of deadly attacks on Sinai resorts. Meanwhile, an expanding police dragnet has resulted
Regional Roundups
News in brief from around the region US lauds Abbas' 'iron fist' threat
Fifteen killed, scores wounded in Shia mosque car bombing
A car bomb ripped through Shia worshipers pouring out of a mosque on Friday after prayers for the Eid Al Adha holiday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40, witnesses and medical sources said.
Schools demand ‘donations’ for placements
A promise by Egypt’s education minister, Ahmed Gamal Eddin, to overhaul the country’s school system has prompted parents’ groups to call for an end to a key issue of concern: the corruption that they say riddles Egypt’s schools.
Islamist dies in police custody
A member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood died on Wednesday while in police custody, according to a spokesman for the group, Abdel Moneim Mahmoud. “Engineer Akram Zoheiry...
