New coins still rare in Cairo
LE 1 and 50 piaster coins are interesting novelties but still a hassleCAIRO: When Yehia Mohamed showed a cab driver the newly introduced LE 1 and 50 piaster coins, the…
Activists continue to push for change
CAIRO: On Tuesday evening, a few hundred activists demonstrated in front of the press syndicate, calling for the release of fellow pro-democracy activists currently detained. Among the demonstrators were several…
French court rules Egyptian crash case must be heard in France
PARIS: A French court Tuesday rejected an appeal by families of victims of a plane crash at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh for the civil case to be…
An accumulation of errors
CAIRO: A committee appointed by Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour to investigate the cause of the Al Salam Boccaccio 98 ferry disaster concluded its report yesterday, having found that a…
A cast of unknowns delivers an outstanding performance in "Awqat Faragh"
"Awqat Faragh (Leisure Time) Director: Mohamed MostafaStory and Script: Mohamed Moqbel and Amr GamalActors: Randa El Beheiry, Ahmed Hatem, Safa, Karim Qassem, Ahmed Haddad, Amr Abed CAIRO: After buying a…
Egypt's tourist industry continues to grow despite recent bombings
CAIRO: In the last year, Sinai's largest resorts, Sharm El Sheikh and the beach resort of Dahab were targeted by suicide bombers seeking to de-rail Egypt's economy by targeting the…
Egypt beefs up Gaza border, remains quiet on mediation for kidnapped soldier
CAIRO: Egypt has beefed up security along its border with the Gaza Strip as Israel was poised for an assault against the territory to free one of its kidnapped soldiers,…
European secret services colluded in CIA terror transfers: report
STRASBOURG: European secret services colluded in the detention and secret transfer of terrorist suspects in or across the continent, the author of a key report on the CIA rendition flights…
Islamists forecast harsher crackdown
Reuters CAIRO: Egypt s Muslim Brotherhood expects the government to intensify a crackdown on the opposition movement to prepare a power transfer to President Hosni Mubarak s son, the group…
Heated debate in parliament over judicial bill
CAIRO: Egypt s parliament was the scene of heated debate on Monday after Speaker Fathi Sorour had accused opposition MPs of polluting the ideas of the judiciary , the official…
