Arab states seek to push Mideast peace plan
Associated PressCAIRO: Arab foreign ministers met Wednesday to promote a plan to revive the deadlocked Middle East peace process amid wide Arab fears the recent war inLebanon helped boost the…
Egypt arrests 95 over suspected militant links
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested close to 95 people suspected of links to Islamic militancy in sweeps north of the capital, security sources said on Tuesday. The sources said…
Technical retail trade pushes Egypt stocks lower
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks fell on Wednesday after retail investors sold on technicals, but bigger stocks were supported by foreigners and institutions trading on fundamentals, traders said. There s no fundamental…
Record Rice Yields for Egypt
WASHINGTON/ROME/KRASNODAR: Egypt has achieved record rice yields with varieties that included hybrids developed locally under an FAO-led project. The world s highest national average rice yield in 2005 was 3.8…
Lucent Technologies and TeleTech to Deploy CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Trial Network to Offer High-Speed Wireless Data Connectivity to Egypt s SchoolsCAIRO: Egyptian Ministers of Communications and IT and Education Attended the Kickoff of the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Technology and WiFi…
Mobinil agrees to suspend EDGE
NTRA says company never obtained permission to offer technologyCAIRO: Mobinil has agreed to suspend using Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology until its dispute with the National Telecommunication Regulatory…
Ten more killed in Egypt road accidents
One in the north also claims life of Former Arab League officialCAIRO: Ten people were killed Wednesday, including a British tourist, and 43 others wounded in two separate bus accidents…
Mosque imam faces charges over fatwa termed anti-Semitic
CAIRO: Mosque Imam Safwat Hijazi is facing a legal investigation by Egyptian authorities for a fatwa that he issued earlier allowing the killing of Israeli military officials and soldiers visiting…
Bird flu re-emerges in Egyptian poultry after lull
Reuters CAIRO: Egypt has detected four new cases of bird flu in poultry, the first infections found in two months of a disease that has killed six people in the…
Up to five dead in yet another train crash
CAIRO: An Egyptian passenger train and a freight train collided head-on on Monday, killing up to five people and injuring 28 others in the second fatal rail crash in Egypt…
