Young people were the latest to fall victim to the bird flu in Egypt, which announced today that a 16-year-old girl had died of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus and an eight-year-old boy had tested positive.

A 16-year-old girl died today of bird flu, the third human death from the virus since it appeared in Egypt last month, officials said.

Egyptian police have detained at least 15 men in and around Sharm El Sheikh in connection with the weekend terrorist attacks on the Sinai Peninsula resort, security officials said today.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is expected to announce the holding of an Arab leaders summit next week in Sharm el-Sheikh, the target of Egypt’s deadliest ever terror attack, according to a copy of a speech Mubarak is due to deliver today.

Ten people died and eight others were injured when a minibus swerved to avoid a child and went into a canal in northern Egypt today.