MPs call for expulsion of Israel ambassador
CAIRO: Egyptian MPs called Monday for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and his Egyptian counterpart to be recalled from Tel Aviv in protest at Israel s offensive in the…
Mobile shares jump on reports of high bid
CAIRO: Shares in existing Egyptian mobile phone operators jumped sharply on Tuesday on reports of higher bids than expected for the country s third mobile license. Mobinil shares surged 31…
Interbank rates rise to 8.25 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound rose to 8.25 percent on Tuesday from 8.11 percent on Monday at the start of a new two-week period for calculating…
Italian role investigated in CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric
Reuters ROME: A magistrate is investigating whether Italian officials helped CIA agents abduct a terrorism suspect who says he was flown from Milan to Egypt and tortured, Interior Minister Giuliano…
A summery celebration
ŠΘ###Tahani Halawa and Susan Hassan##The bride and groom danced all night with friends and family and many of Egypt's leading businesspeople and socialites attended the wedding
Convening to study hepatitis
International symposium meets in Paris to share findingsPARIS: For over a decade, the world's medical experts on hepatitis have come together to discuss, share and present the causes, effects and…
Press Round-up: Cathedral inaugurated, press law rejected
Orthodox Christians open first cathedral, while journalists sit in at the Press SyndicateCAIRO: Egypt has officially inaugurated the first cathedral church for Egyptian Orthodox Christians under the authority of Bishop…
Egypt's "poet of the people" is no fan of the government
Associated PressCAIRO: To hear Ahmed Fouad Negm talk, nothing riles Egypt s most popular poet more than President Hosni Mubarak. Compared with Mubarak, Gamal Abdel-Nasser was a prophet and Anwar…
Analysis: Egypt's mediation crucial in stopping Israel's retribution
CAIRO: Nearly 1 million people are currently being held responsible for the kidnapping of 19-year-old Corporal Gilad Shalit on Sunday, as Israel's first incursion into the Gaza Strip since last…
Strangers among us
Rached's latest documentary highlights the trials of girls living on the streetsCAIRO: A young girl stuffs a shirt up her blouse pretending to be pregnant. She and her friends playfully…
