Rice bolsters Arab states to counter Iran
CAIRO: Both US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were in Sharm El Sheikh Tuesday in a meeting between GCC countries, Egypt and Jordan to…
France and Egypt support foreign efforts in Lebanon
CAIRO: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit agreed that the Lebanese conflict must be solved with help from other countries in their meeting in Cairo…
Bedouin tensions rise over death of 15-year-old boy
CAIRO: A 15- year-old boy died yesterday morning following clashes between police and 2,000 Bedouin protesters demonstrating on the road between Rafah and Al-Arish in the Maassura area on Monday.Tagammu…
Amadeus launches latest version of e-Travel Management
DUBAI: Amadeus, a provider of technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, launched the latest version of Amadeus e-Travel Management, according to a statement released to the…
PESCo organizes emergency oil response exercise
CAIRO: A key challenge in protecting Egypt's marine environment from oil spills is developing and sustaining a "credible oil spill response system. To meet this challenge, PESCo - in association…
Pay now, and wait for future reform, Egyptian National Railways promises passengers
CAIRO: Egyptian National Railways (ENR) has enforced a 15 percent increase in ticket prices for air-conditioned first- and second-class train passengers to develop the railways amid public discontent over the…
Western Desert to become center for oil export
CAIRO: The Ministry of Petroleum announced plans to transform the Western Desert into a major crude oil export hub, increasing production of Al-Hamra terminal to 225,000 barrels per day during…
"Simpsons Movie" earns plenty of laughs on big screen
The Simpsons Movie is everything a fan of the 18-year-old animated Fox television series could ask for.But then, Homer Simpson opens the movie by calling everyone in the audience giant…
Ozomatli band liven up Cairo
On Monday night, the beautiful Mahka open theater at Salah Eddin Citadel in Cairo was all lit up and bursting with the lively energy of visiting American band Ozomatli.The group…
Uniting Asia
North Korea's nuclear ambitions seem to have died down, at least for now. The Six-Party Talks have, at long last, succeeded - thanks, apparently, to China's solid opposition to the…