How Egypt is making the art grow fonder
The local art scene is getting bigger and attracting a international inputThis year has seen a flowering of the local art scene boasting diversity and fresh names as well as…
Chinese-Egyptian company to produce oil drills
Factory to produce 20 drills per year by 2012CAIRO: A consortium of three Egyptian companies and China's HH Corporation will begin the production of three oil drills in 2007 for…
Omar Effendi is owed more than LE 300 million according to government report
CAIRO: A Central Accounting and Auditing Agency report released Monday shows the recently privatized Omar Effendi chain is owed more than LE 300 million by retail clients, public companies and…
Human Rights groups call for prosecution of policemen who allegedly abused driver
CAIRO: Egyptian human rights organizations called for the prosecution of a group of police officers who allegedly videotaped the sexual abuse of a microbus driver and circulated the video among…
2006, year of crackdowns on blogging
CAIRO: Blogger arrested for spreading malicious rumors , "Rights groups say government is limiting Internet freedom , and Activists argue deteriorating state of civil society in Arab nations . Headlines…
Arabs fear renewed nuclear arms race in the Middle East
Abul Gheit responds to Iranian statements but also criticizes Western nations over Israel s nuke programCAIRO: With Iran looking to develop nuclear technology, Israel almost admitting it possesses nuclear weapons,…
Saddam execution reopens Iraq discussions in Cairo
Some call Bush a terroristCAIRO: The decision of an Iraqi court to uphold the death sentence given to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein opened the door to many discussions about…
Females finally approved to be judges
CAIRO: Women in Egypt have pursued professions as doctors, parliamentarians, and ministers, but until recently, they could not fill any senior judicial posts.That is all about to change.The Higher Judicial…
Egypt denies Israel report of arms shipment to Fatah
CAIRO: A senior Egyptian diplomatic source denied an Israeli newspaper report that his country had recently shipped arms to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Fatah party.The paper said…
Red Sea ports reopen after weather improves
CAIRO: Egypt reopened on Thursday three ports on the Red Sea which had closed because of bad weather, an official from the Red Sea Port Authority said. At 6 am…
