Nazif and Rachid in Turkey to promote trade relations
CAIRO: In anticipation of final Turkish parliament ratification of the Egyptian-Turkish Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed December 2005, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Trade and Industry (MFTI) Rachid…
Egyptian police find more weapons in Sinai
Israeli innuendo and concern for Sinai security fuel stepped up efforts to secure areaISMAILIA: Two days after an Israeli minister accused Cairo of not providing enough security along the border…
Analysis: Egyptian diplomacy scores breakthrough in Darfur
Western governments ignoring Cairo's successful mediation effortsCAIRO: Furious diplomatic shuttling between European capitals and Cairo has paid off for a six-month mediation effort by some of this country's top civil…
Can you calculate arithmetic into the trillions?
Meet Moody, the seven year old who canCAIRO: All parents are proud of their kids and it is not uncommon to find them comparing notes, boasting which of their children…
Egypt's street children worst hit by violence, experts say
CAIRO: A culture where the rights of children, especially those living rough and homeless, are intrinsically protected has yet to emerge in Egypt, according to child experts and testimonies of…
Ecuadorian culture bursts onto the Egyptian art scene
Cairo Opera House exhibit boasts talents of six paintersCAIRO: Thanks to the efforts of Ecuadorian ambassador Miguel Carbo Benites and Dr Abdel Moneim Kamal, chairman of the Board of National…
Robert Gates' options at the Pentagon
In August 2004, Robert Gates was asked to make his predictions on Iraq's future. His answer was: "We have the old line in the intelligence business that everything we want…
Losing Milton Friedman, a revolutionary muse of liberty
Great social thinkers are almost always start out as polarizing figures, admired by some and scorned by others, until their radical challenge to how we understand the world finally prevails.…
