Smoke fears force EgyptAir plane to land in Canada
OTTAWA: An Egyptian airliner flying from Cairo to New York with 313 passengers and 19-member crew made an unscheduled stop in eastern Canada on Monday when smoke was detected in…
Polavara to raise $41 million in rights issue
CAIRO: Textile firm Arab Polavara plans to raise LE 234 million ($41 million) through a rights issue that will double its existing shares, the stock exchange said on Tuesday. The…
Tottenham signs Egyptian Mido
LONDON: Tottenham agreed to re-sign Ahmed Mido from AS Roma on Tuesday. This is almost two months after the Egypt striker left the London club.Mido will sign with Spurs if…
Celebrity event
ŠΘ###The event was held at the Semiramis InterContinental in Cairo, here, Former Miss Lebanon Katia Kaady and Egyptian singer Essam Karika##Hady Hatem and Rana El Dighidy
Building bridges of understanding
Organization works to teach people how to present IslamCAIRO: To prepare its recently hired American employees for their new life in Cairo, the American Embassy in Egypt, in coordination with…
Eight killed in building collapses
CAIRO: Eight people were killed when two buildings collapsed within hours of each other in Egypt, and rescuers were searching for any others who could be trapped in the rubble,…
Another rail accident. Now what?
Look, there's good news and there's bad news.The good news is that if you're Egyptian, you're more likely to drop dead of a heart attack than be killed in a…
Immortalizing a folkloric epic
Al-Abnoudi reflects on his travels to record Al-Sirah Al-HilaliyahCAIRO: In an apartment whose décor reflects a passion for everything folkloric lives Abdul-Rahman Al-Abnoudi, one of Egypt's famous 1960s generation poets,…
Mohieddin: State companies debts to banks will be settled by the end of fiscal year 2006-07
Debts owed by Egyptian state-owned companies to local banks will be completely settled by the end of the 2006-07 fiscal year following the successful settlement of a LE 10 billion…
