Thirteen killed in latest transportation catastrophe
ASSIUT: A four-vehicle collision in southern Egypt Saturday killed 13 Egyptians and injured 10 others, police said.A truck and a minibus crashed on a single-lane highway, a police official said…
9/11: Savage birth of a new world order
Once upon a time a disgruntled millionaire troglodyte plotted with his ideological cohorts in his Afghan mountain fastness to teach the superpower a lesson. As a result, 19 volunteers, including…
Wars of civilization
The Egyptian Museum came up with a wonderful idea some years ago. They launched a summer art class for children on the museum's premises. The children would be taken on…
Series celebrates great film director
Ingmar Bergman film tribute opens at AUC I shall remember this moment: the silence, the twilight, the bowl of strawberries, the bowl of milk. Your faces in the evening light,…
Business competition first step in creating an innovative culture, EBF chairman says
CAIRO: Amr El-Abd, the young chairman of the Alexandria-based Entrepreneurs Business Forum, has big plans. Only a year old, EBF is organizing an ambitious nation-wide business plan competition which wraps…
Renovating an old favorite Renovating an old favorite
Privatization of Biscomisr has led to product improvementCAIRO: The Egyptian company for foods, Biscomisr, which has recently undergone full privatization, is ready to launch new products and expand on its…
Minister sees China overtaking U.S. as Egypt's largest trading partner
BEIJING: Egypt is reaching out to China to help develop a range of heavy industries as part of a rapid blossoming of trade and investment ties, Trade and Industry Minister…
Euromoney Conference kicks off tonight
CAIRO: The consortium of who s who in Egypt s financial affairs will all be found at the 11th annual Euromoney Egypt Conference opening tonight at the Semiramis InterContinental in…
9/11 Footnote: Egyptian, security guard and a false accusation
Associated PressCAIRO: They were different men going in different directions - one a visiting Egyptian student on scholarship, the other an ex-cop in a dead-end job as a hotel security…
Egypt and Jordan back renewed Arab peace drive
AMMAN: President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan s King Abdullah on Sunday urged the international community to work for a speedy resumption of Middle East peace talks, officials said. They said…