Lebanon's Cairo ambassador to attend Libya summit
BEIRUT: Lebanon s ambassador to Egypt will attend the Arab summit in Libya after President Michel Sleiman decided not to go amid a spat over the suspected disappearance there of…
Arab leaders bid to 'rescue' Jerusalem amid Israeli defiance
SIRTE: Arab leaders gather for an annual summit in Libya at the weekend determined to "rescue Jerusalem as Israel defies international calls for a settlement freeze in the Holy City.The…
Mubarak to be released 'in coming days,' says German clinic
BERLIN: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who underwent surgery in a German hospital this month, is likely to be released "in the coming days, the clinic said Wednesday."I cannot give you…
Stream gives steam to Egypt's outsourcing ambitions
CAIRO: Egypt wants to double revenues from its budding outsourcing industry by 2013 to $2 billion from an expected $1 billion in 2010, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek…
Egypt's budget deficit at 8.5 pct as Ghali pushes for new pension law
CAIRO: Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali said Egypt's budget deficit for fiscal year 2009/10 will come in at 8.5 percent of GDP, predicting that the figure will fall to…
Egypt still hopes to meet $10 billion FDI target
CAIRO: Egypt still hopes to attract $10 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in this fiscal year despite a weak first half, Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin said on Tuesday. Egypt's…
Asian art sales are eastern delight in NY
From a record-breaking classical Chinese painting to strong prices for edgy modern fare from India, Asia Week art auctions got off to a strong start Tuesday in New York.Shrugging off…
Oxmo Puccino: Cactus de Sibérie
He sheds a large tear, his eyes blaming you for his unfounded misery. Yet this image that looks to you from a poster more suited to advertise cheesy R&B is…
'Pomegranates and Myrrh' premieres in Egypt
In his exposition of globalization, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree, journalist Tom Friedman describes two forces driving human activity; "the drive for sustenance, prosperity and modernity versus "everything that…