Arab nations need to tackle poverty lines, finds UN report
CAIRO: Arab countries are on track towards fulfilling one of the primary Millennium Development Goals — reducing extreme poverty and hunger — and have already halved the number of people…
Tennis program aims to keep players in the game
CAIRO: The Palm Aroussy Tennis Academy held its third National Junior Tennis Tournament over the weekend at the Palm Hills Club as well as the Play and Stay Festival as…
PA candidates file 20 complaints against ‘unconstitutional’ parliament
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Former parliamentary candidates including members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Wafd Party filed 20 complaints to the Administrative Court against the results of the People’s Assembly (PA)…
Asian automakers accelerate competition in Egypt
CAIRO: Major Asian automakers, including Toyota, Mitsubishi as well as Hyundai and Kia, are increasingly staking their claims over Egypt’s auto market. “Competition is getting stronger,” Kamal Khedr, an analyst…
Egypt gas deal overshadows Israel Tamar project
TEL AVIV: Subsidiaries of conglomerate Israel Corp are to buy Egyptian natural gas in a 20-year deal worth between $5 billion and $10 billion that adds to uncertainty over the…
Leading figures urge freedom for Iranian stoning woman
LONDON: More than 80 leading figures signed a letter Monday urging Iran to free Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning in a case that has attracted…
Iraq attacks target Shias, Sahwa
BAGHDAD: A bomb and suicide attack in Iraq killed six people on Monday, including four Shias and the wife and daughter of an anti-Qaeda fighter, police said. The four Shias…
Rice production withers as Egypt diverts vital water supply
KAFR EL-SHEIKH: In Kafr El-Sheikh, rice farmers once looked forward to harvest time, but work has dried up in the large Nile Delta town since water shortages prompted heavy restrictions…
EFG Hermes eyes infrastructure investment
EFG Hermes, a regional investment bank, is co-sponsoring the PPP Investment Summit Egypt, which opened this week. The summit, presented by Egypt's Ministry of Finance, focuses on new public-private partnership…
Iranian president fires FM Mottaki, says IRNA
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and temporarily replaced him with atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. It…
