Turkish mills retreat as Ezz lowers steel prices, say reports
CAIRO: In a move that is likely to further bolster Ezz Steel's preeminence in the Egyptian steel industry, a number of Turkish steel mills are slated to withdraw from the…
Egypt, US cooperate on non-bank financial services
CAIRO: Egypt and the US are looking to enhance cooperation in non-bank financial services, representatives of both governments said this week.Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin and US Ambassador Margaret Scobey…
Animated film tells of Gaza woman's cancer battle
Her back to the camera, a Gaza woman ashamedly unbuttons her dress before a female Israeli soldier, revealing that her breasts were removed in a failed attempt to halt cancer.In…
US lawmaker blasts 'child molester' Jackson
Music superstar Michael Jackson was a pervert and a child molester and the media has disgraced itself with the day-in, day-out coverage of his death, a US lawmaker has charged.In…
Lost in the 'Replacement's' maze
It's always a pleasure to see Ahmed Ezz on the big screen; put his name on a poster and I'll buy a ticket to the theater. Not only for his…
Sacred promises
JOHANNESBURG: A promise to the poor is particularly sacred. It is an act of grace and great leadership when all efforts are made to keep these pacts, and that is…
Breaking the climate deadlock
LONDON: On July 9, the leaders of the world's largest economies will meet in L'Aquila, Italy, at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) to discuss progress towards a new global climate…
Europe must address Islamophobic threat
The murder of Marwa Al-Sherbini, a veiled (and pregnant) Egyptian woman, as she prepared to give evidence in a German courtroom against a man who publicly slandered her, has incensed…
Egyptians cry racism in woman's slaying in Germany
CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptian mourners marched behind the coffin of the "martyr of the head scarf on Monday - a pregnant Muslim woman who was stabbed to death in a…