Human rights groups ask Egypt to fulfill promise to UN Council, end rights abuses
CAIRO: Egypt landed a high-profile seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council last week after dueling media campaigns that pitted the regime's promises to defend human rights against the…
19 Brotherhood candidates register for Shoura Council elections as crackdown continues
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) successfully managed to register 19 candidates for the upcoming elections at the Shoura Council (SC), the Upper House of Parliament.This is the first time in…
Teachers' law approved by the PA education committee
CAIRO: The new teachers' law was approved Wednesday by the education committee at the People s Assembly (PA) and was passed on to the assembly's general committee for a vote.If…
Ismaili, Enppi advance to Egyptian Cup quarter-finals
Ismaili and ENPPI grabbed two away wins in the Egyptian Cup round of 16, to book their places in the quarter-finals and complete the last 8.Ismaili came from a goal…
"Kazakh" reporter Borat pens book of travel advice
Fictional Kazakh television reporter Borat Sagdiyev, who made movie audiences around the world laugh and cringe as he toured the United States, is going into print with a book of…
Orascom Telecom says to buy back shares
CAIRO: Egypt s Orascom Telecom plans to buy 37.7 million of its own shares in the coming month, the company said in statement on the Egyptian bourse Web site on…
Etisalat Misr signs an interconnection agreement with Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt
Within context of the NTRA regulation to the market and its support to the principles of transparency and non-discrimination between competing companies, Etisalat Misr; the most recent mobile operator in…
Kazakh delegation to visit Egypt to mull running direct airline
CAIRO: A delegation from the Kazakh Ministry of Transportation and the Civil Aviation Authority will visit Egypt next week to mull possibilities of running direct flights between Cairo and Astana,…
Peru and Egypt vow to cooperate to curb drug trafficking
Peruvian vice minister talks to The Daily Star Egypt about trade and regional affairsCAIRO: The Peruvian Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel, visited Cairo May 27-29 as part…
Egypt welcomes resumption of ties with Iran, Iranian FM says
TEHRAN: Iran s foreign minister on Monday said Egypt has welcomed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s offer to re-establish full diplomatic relations.Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said he received a message recently…
