Egypt stock benchmark jumps to highest in 15 months
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark Hermes stock index jumped to its highest close in more than 15 months on Sunday as surging markets in the United Arab Emirates boosted confidence among…
Burkina Faso delays production of genetically modified cotton
OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso has postponed until 2009 the start of genetically modified cotton production, a controversial process that the country s authorities say is necessary to compete. We cannot produce…
Egyptian businessmen to visit Serbia, step up cooperation, ambassador says
CAIRO: A delegation of businessmen, headed by Ali Moussa, head of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, will soon head to Serbia, said Serbian Ambassador in Cairo Dejan Vasiljevic."Mr Moussa is…
Palestinian deputy premier in Cairo for ceasefire talks
CAIRO: Egypt hosted representatives of Fatah Sunday and will also receive members of Hamas and other groups later in yet another attempt to establish a lasting ceasefire between warring Palestinian…
Former President Anwar El Sadat's nephews cause ruckus at PA
CAIRO: The two brothers, Talaat El Sadat and Anwar El Sadat, independent members of the People's Assembly and nephews of former President Anwar El Sadat are facing problems that threaten…
Muslim Brotherhood MP demands reopening of labor rights NGO
CAIRO: One month after the government closed the Helwan headquarters of the Center for Trade Union and Worker Services, Egypt's largest independent labor rights group, a parliamentarian from the Muslim…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: The Arab Street, where the customer is king
Guide books and a newspaper's postcards from abroad love the "man on the street story. A favorite is the Arab Street, a snapshot of life somewhere in the Middle East…
The World Bank after Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz - former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, one of the most influential neoconservatives of President George W. Bush's administration and a key architect of the Iraq war -…
