German investigators to look for Nazi's body
BERLIN: German investigators say they want to search in Egypt for definitive proof that top Nazi war crimes fugitive Aribert Heim died there years ago after eluding capture for decades.New…
Brotherhood lawyers ask Egypt's Attorney General to take Israeli officials to court for war crimes
CAIRO: A group of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members filed a request to Egypt's Attorney General to have 26 Israeli political and military figures put on trial for "intentionally conducting massacres…
MP says gov't responsible for medical waste recycling
CAIRO: MP Farid Ismail requested the questioning of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif for allowing the licensing of factories that recycle medical waste that includes contaminated chemical substances detrimental to public…
Activists begin "March to Gaza"
CAIRO: Fourteen activists from Egypt, the US, the UK, Spain, Poland and France marched "to Gaza on Friday in solidarity with Palestinians.Beginning in Shobra, North Cairo, the activists marched to…
El-Boushi's bank accounts empty, say reports
CAIRO: Investigations carried out by the Ministry of Interior revealed that Egyptian tycoon Nabil Mahmoud El-Boushi had no money in his bank accounts. Reports also say he used Egyptian investors'…
Sports Talk: Hand grenade
Egypt could finish no higher than 14th in the 24-team World Handball Championship recently held in Croatia. The result is slightly better than 17th two years ago, 15th in 2003,…
Hollywood thriller on shady bankers opens Berlin film fest
BERLIN: The 59th Berlin Film Festival opened Thursday with the topical thriller The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts as crusaders against a corrupt banking conglomerate.The world premiere at…
Egypt stock index ends session at four-year low
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark stock index, the CASE 30, dropped to a four-year low on Thursday as panicky retail investors reacted to the fall of new resistance levels, brokers said.…
