Report: Egypt detains suspected Israeli spy

Egypt has arrested an Israeli man on suspicion of spying and of trying to recruit Egyptian youths to act against the authorities after President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, sources and the state news agency said on Sunday.

State officials claimed the information was unreliable. "Such reports surface once every month or two. It's baseless and also sad that such a hostile and negative image of Israel is being maintained," a state official told Ynet. (Reuters, Ronen Medzini and Elior Levy)