Streets of Egypt rife with accidents, murder and theft
CAIRO: According to local papers, during the past week crime has been rampant on the streets of Egypt. Various cases of murder filled the papers this week. Al-Gomhoreya national newspaper…
Ministry of Finance to construct 50 schools under PPP arrangement
NoozzCAIRO: The Minister of Finance has announced that the government will launch Egypt s first tender for construction of 50 schools under the Public-Private-Partnership arrangement (PPP contracts) before the end…
Award acknowledges tourism recovery in wake of disasters
Opinions differ regarding the prospects of Egypt winning such an awardCAIRO: The New Frontiers Award will become a permanent feature of the annual Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. The award…
AUC awards top students full scholarship
CAIRO: The American University in Cairo has admitted 54 new scholarship recipients as part of their Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) program, the university announced in a statement.The Students,…
Hepatitis B a threat warn prominent physicians, but Egypt can overcome
CAIRO: In the late 1990s, Egypt became infamous in the world of public health as one of the most hepatitis C-infected countries in the world. This unhappy distinction was gained…
Thirteen killed in latest transportation catastrophe
ASSIUT: A four-vehicle collision in southern Egypt Saturday killed 13 Egyptians and injured 10 others, police said.A truck and a minibus crashed on a single-lane highway, a police official said…
9/11: Savage birth of a new world order
Once upon a time a disgruntled millionaire troglodyte plotted with his ideological cohorts in his Afghan mountain fastness to teach the superpower a lesson. As a result, 19 volunteers, including…
Wars of civilization
The Egyptian Museum came up with a wonderful idea some years ago. They launched a summer art class for children on the museum's premises. The children would be taken on…
Series celebrates great film director
Ingmar Bergman film tribute opens at AUC I shall remember this moment: the silence, the twilight, the bowl of strawberries, the bowl of milk. Your faces in the evening light,…
Business competition first step in creating an innovative culture, EBF chairman says
CAIRO: Amr El-Abd, the young chairman of the Alexandria-based Entrepreneurs Business Forum, has big plans. Only a year old, EBF is organizing an ambitious nation-wide business plan competition which wraps…
