An Egyptian teacher was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for beating a student to death, a criminal court source said.

Israel is not prepared to accept a situation of continuous rocket fire on its citizens, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday, hinting that Israel is gearing up to strike at Palestinian militant

At least five tourists were killed Monday night in a bus accident in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea resort of Dahab, security sources said.

Egypt has recalled its diplomatic envoy from Tehran after a protest was held in front of its interest section, Fars news agency reported Wednesday.

Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese man on Monday south of Rafah near the Egyptian-Israeli border, security sources said.

The man, Mohamed Seddik, was trying to enter Israel illegally to seek work, the sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa.

Many African migrants in Egypt try to seek asylum or work in Israel.

The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) begins its fifth annual conference on Saturday morning with a total of 2,700 delegates participating.

Crowds of private investors in Egypt's stock market, rallying angrily outside the bourse in downtown Cairo, demanding a halt in trading or at least the resignation of the exchange's head, have become a common sight in recent weeks.

Egyptian authorities made an exception late Thursday and opened the Rafah crossing to allow Palestinian patients coming from Egyptian hospitals to cross the border into the Gaza strip, according to sources.

A source at the crossing told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that "32 Palestinian patients and their attendants crossed the Rafah border Thursday evening."