Khalil also served as the Egyptian foreign minister from 1979 until 1980.

Egyptian ministers were the outward form, yet British officials held the actual power.

He was born in Alexandria and has been a special advisor to the Egyptian prime minister for science and technology.

Egyptian ministers have since claimed that Scaf knew nothing about the raids and said no military or police forces participated in them.

As the Egyptian foreign minister said, there is a war between bin Laden and the whole world.

"Yes, I believe they are listening," the Egyptian foreign minister said as he shuttled between meetings.

On the other hand, the Egyptian foreign minister, dismissing her comments, said Egypt's planned elections were already going to be free and fair.

Mokhtar Khattab is the former Egyptian minister of public enterprise (1999-2004).

A suicide bomber failed in his attempt to kill the Egyptian interior minister in 1993.

(The Egyptian foreign minister held his brow, as if in grief.)