Egypt parliament to consider cutting off US aid
Egypt's parliament has moved toward a vote to order an end to more than $1 billion in US aid, a reflection of tensions with Washington over the case of Americans charged with illegal activity by their pro-democracy groups.
The US was angry enough over the charges against the American workers that it threatened to cut off aid to Egypt. The measure in the Islamist-dominated Egyptian parliament, probably just symbolic, showed that there is considerable anger in Cairo over charges that US pressure led to interference in the judicial process. (AP)
