Brotherhood trial adjourned pending inquest into missing evidence
CAIRO: A number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) lawyers and human rights activists were prevented from attending the military tribunal of 40 Brotherhood members on Tuesday, lawyers told Daily News Egypt.…
Mixed reactions to new energy pricing strategy
CAIRO: Key industry players and analysts had mixed reactions to the Ministry of Trade's plans to reduce energy subsidies by gradually increasing the price of natural gas and electricity over…
US Embassy denies negotiations to reduce Israeli component in QIZ
CAIRO: The United States embassy in Cairo said yesterday that it was not involved in any negotiations with Egypt and Israel to reduce the Israeli component in the Qualified Industrial…
Amendments announced to combat tax evasion
CAIRO: The Ministry of Finance is currently looking into amending tax laws, whereby real estate and sales tax get collected as value-added tax starting sometime this year."Currently, the real estate…
THE REEL ESTATE: Tears of a clown
El Bilyatsho (The Clown) is one hilarious film. It closely abides by the rules of over-the-top comedy by deviating from logic, reality and any kind of saddling morals. There's one…
Who's Jerusalem? A tour of the Old City
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: There is certainly more than one way to see Jerusalem, which, since 1967, is either a reunited city or one half under occupation. On a recent visit to Jerusalem,…
Ending the tragedy of Darfur
The critical conditions that continue to prevail in Darfur are causing immense suffering to its people. Both sides of the conflict - the government of Sudan and its allied forces,…
Mideast peace conference under Iraq war shadow
It appears that the Bush administration s proposed Mid-East peace conference may not be held before November 2007 - a relatively long time from now considering the volatility of the…
Legitimate, illegitimate acts of violence
Why is Islam such a violent religion? Does the Quran condone acts of terrorism? Why haven t Muslims denounced the 9/11 attacks and suicide bombing? Whether in the media or…
New Islamic channel launches on NileSat
CAIRO: The newly launched Islamic channel, Al-Hekmah, started broadcasting its programs on NileSat on July 16 after being broadcasted on NourSat since its launch in February.The satellite channel wants to…