Court releases 16 Muslim Brotherhood members

Associated PressCAIRO: Egypt s Criminal Court on Monday ordered the release of the banned Muslim Brotherhood s No. 3 leader and 15 others after 45 days in detention, the Islamist…

Daily News Egypt

Al-Ahram claims Iran behind Egyptian ambassador's murder

CAIRO: Egypt's biggest-circulation daily Al Ahram claimed in a front page article published Sunday that former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq Ihab Al-Sherif was killed by Iranian intelligence in 2005.The front…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Was the White House infiltrated by Iranian agents?

US is aiming to destroy what it first builtIn early January, US forces in Iraq began to arrest Iranian men and charge them with inciting sectarian warfare in the already…

Firas Al-Atraqchi

Urgent political action needed to stem Darfur crisis, concern worldwide

NAIROBI: The humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur will deteriorate this year unless key political decisions involving the government, the Darfurian rebel groups and the international community…

Daily News Egypt

FTA not on agenda, US-Egypt trade volume up by 30 pct

CAIRO: The time is not right for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the US because economic considerations are not yet ripe, Minister of Trade and Industry…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Banks compete over loans to finance Vodafone's 3G license

CAIRO: State-owned Banque Misr has launched sober negotiations with Vodafone Egypt on a LE 2 billion loan ($350 million) to finance the company s license for 3G services obtained last…

Noozz

Minimum capital requirement for LLCs reduced to LE 1,000

IFC official: positive potential of decision outweighs negativeCAIRO: Minister of Investment (MOI) Mahmoud Moheiddin issued a decree Saturday lowering the minimum capital requirement for limited liability companies (LLC) from LE…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Egypt ranks low in annual Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom report despite reforms

Economy scores behind Yemen and Oman regionallyCAIRO: Egypt advanced one position to No. 127 out of 161 countries on the Heritage Foundation's annual Economic Freedom Report. An overall score of…

Ahmed A. Namatalla