Pharmaceutical Giant Inaugurates First Plant in Middle East
AstraZeneca CEO believes Egypt has made great strides in industryA $32-million factory was officially opened Monday in 6th of October city by international pharmaceutical behemoth AstraZeneca, the first plant built…
Egypt does not oppose Arab nuclear ambitions
Egypt does not oppose the peaceful applications of nuclear power in the manner Arab Gulf countries recently declared they want to pursue, an Egyptian diplomatic source told The Daily Star…
Hamas gunmen try to force their way into Gaza from Egypt
GAZA CITY: Dozens of armed gunmen loyal to Hamas stormed Gaza s Rafah border crossing with Egypt Thursday, after Israel ordered it closed to prevent Prime Minister Ismail Haniya from…
Israel's Olmert 'instructs' Italian PM on how to address press on Palestine issue
ReutersIsraeli pundits make much of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s powers of persuasion, but this was one bit of proof that he might well have wanted to do without. An…
Brotherhood senior figure no longer under house arrest
CAIRO: A day after his release from prison on Saturday, Essam El-Erian, one of the most prominent leaders of the banned-but-tolerated Muslim Brotherhood opposition group was placed under house arrest.But…
Muslim Brotherhood join regional outcry condemning Israeli nuke program
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Iran and Arab states on Wednesday seized on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s statement implying that Israel has nuclear weapons, calling it proof of a regional threat and…
Fame, fortune and a social conscience
If you were passing by the American University in Cairo yesterday afternoon, you might have been forgiven for thinking there was rock concert held at its gates. The air trembled…
Egypt releases details on American held on suspicion terror links
Egyptian authorities are holding an American on suspicion of having terror ties, and a security official says the man is from Ohio.The American was arrested late last month along with…
Egypt seeks gradual implementation of EU-demanded reforms
MFTI: 2010 target for free trade with EU unlikely to be met but vision will prevail. CAIRO: Government and business leaders met with the European Commission s Enterprise Policy Unit…
Art in a sea of sand
Creative caravan journeys through the Western DesertBy Joseph Badtke-BerkowThe stone faces in the limestone cliffs that rise from the sands of the Western Desert like giant decorated facades of an…
