Trade Holding Co. finalizes Omar Effendi negotiations with Anwal
Pending general assembly approval: early retirement for 1,200, elimination of up to 24 branchesCAIRO: A negotiation committee appointed by the Trade Holding Company (THC) to finalize the sale of Omar…
CRIME SCENE
Murders top crime pages throughout the weekCAIRO: Crime pages in local newspapers this week read like a thriller. While other crimes took place, murders overshadowed most other news.A carpenter killed…
For top quality go for a "Nasrallah" date, but you may want to avoid the "Olmert"
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial…
Islamophobia and racism discussed at the UN Human Rights Council
Report cites international incidents confirming existence of Islamophobia and its alarming implicationsCAIRO: Many dismiss Islamophobia as the product of a conspiracy theory blown out of proportion or simply as unreal.…
The Landscape of Civilization
Chinese artist uses calligraphy to convey his messageCAIRO: Documenting the development of civilizations can be achieved in various ways, but Chinese artist Qin Feng has chosen to accomplish this end…
Guardians of the source of the Blue Nile
Mireia Cano's photographs capture daily life on the Ethiopian riverbankCAIRO: When the Fables of the Nile expedition set out to follow the Blue Nile from its source in Ethiopia through…
Cairo International Airport goes high tech
CAIRO: Thanks to a newly approved, $22 million contract, Cairo International Airport's embryonic Terminal 3 will be among the most technologically advanced in the world.Some of the planned high-tech gadgets,…
Egypt's top Muslim leader demands clearer papal apology
Associated PressCAIRO: The grand sheikh of Al-Azhar Mosque, the Sunni Arab world s most powerful institution, demanded on Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI apologize more clearly for insulting Islam. The…
History and future agenda of political party system discussed at high-level seminar
CAIRO: Concurrently as the National Democratic Party held its annual conference, One World Foundation for Development and Civil Society Care hosted a seminar on the history and future of the…