Boeing, EgyptAir exercise options for six additional 737-800s
CAIRO: Boeing and EgyptAir on Sunday marked delivery of the airline's first Next-Generation 737-800 by announcing the Cairo-based carrier's exercise of options for six additional 737-800s. The total order for…
Telecom Egypt acquires 23.5 percent of Vodafone Egypt
TE share in VFE up to 49 percent; VFE welcomes acquisitionCAIRO: Telecom Egypt (TE) officials said Sunday the company has succeeded in purchasing 56.3 million shares of Vodafone Egypt (VFE)…
New video shows Sept. 11 hijackers laughing and smiling more than 18 months before attacks
LONDON: More than 18 months before they carried out the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, a new videotape shows two of the Sept. 11 hijackers laughing and smiling for…
Iraqi parliament renews state of emergency amid sectarian violence around country
BAGHDAD: Parliament extended Iraq s state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from shops in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Dozens of…
Gaza remains tense after day of violence
GAZA CITY: Hamas militiamen withdrew from the streets of the Gaza Strip on Monday and returned to their normal posts after the worst day of internal violence since Hamas took…
Iran says no suspension offer in EU talks, slams U.S. sanctions
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denied it had made any offer to suspend uranium enrichment in talks between EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and its top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.…
Egyptian professor in hot water for comparing Quran to supermarket
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: An Egyptian professor has stirred up a hornet s nest among his fellow Muslims by comparing the Quran with a supermarket where you can find whatever you are…
TV magnates
Post-iftar eyes are trained on TN Communications programmingCAIRO: If you are one of those people who eat a great amount of food around 5:40 every evening, you probably find it…
Kiss and kill
"What could America do to help push democratization forward in Egypt? an American friend connected to U.S. policy-making circles asked me recently. My usual answer to that particularly persistent question…
