| Egyptian authorities say they have arrested an | | | | officials say the Egyptian engineer and the foreign |
| engineer from the country's nuclear energy | | | | men had several meetings in Hong Kong. |
| agency on charges of spying for Israel. | | | | In a separate case, Egypt detained in January an |
| The Egyptian government Tuesday announced | | | | Egyptian man with Canadian citizenship on charges |
| that the engineer was arrested on February 18 | | | | of spying for Israel. |
| for taking important documents from the Atomic | | | | Last year, Egypt announced plans to develop a |
| Energy Agency. Authorities accuse the Egyptian | | | | nuclear energy program more than 20 years |
| worker of selling the documents to Israeli | | | | after abandoning previous plans. |
| intelligence contacts for thousands of dollars. | | | | Some information for this report was provided by |
| Egypt says an Irish man and a Japanese man are | | | | AFP, AP and Reuters. |
| also wanted in connection with the case. Security | | | | |