Emaar Misr wins bid for Sidi Abdel Rahman Bay
Company hopes to provide a comprehensive community for customersCAIRO: Ever since the government made real estate development a priority on their agenda, all eyes have turned to the North Coast.…
Abbas says reached deal with militants on "calm"
Egyptian shot, injured near borderGAZA: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday armed groups had agreed to stop firing rockets into Israel from Gaza, but militants said such a move…
Lebanese troops begin deploying south of Litani River
Former Egyptian consul to Israel escapes attempt on lifeMARJAYOUN, Lebanon: Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles deployed south of the Litani River on Thursday, a key provision of the UN…
Egypt to help restore Palestinian electricity
CAIRO: Egypt will assist the Palestinian Authority in restoring part of its electrical power supply, an Energy Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Egypt would deliver and install electrical transformers to…
AmCham official predicts postponement of QIZ committee meeting
Possible postponement result of security issues, not political onesCAIRO: The quarter-annual meeting of the joint Egyptian-Israeli Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) committee, scheduled for the end of this month in Jerusalem,…
Arabs predict guns won't be silent long in Lebanon
Reuters BEIRUT: Arab commentators welcomed the fragile calm between Israel and Hezbollah militants on Tuesday but said they feared a UN-brokered truce would not keep the guns silent for long.…
Lebanese blast Arab rulers, praise Iran, Syria
Reuters NABATIYEH, Lebanon: There is little but contempt for Arab rulers among Lebanese Shiites whose homes were destroyed in the war between Hezbollah and Israel, but support for Iran and…
Court reverses move to free senior Islamists
CAIRO: A Cairo court on Wednesday ordered two senior Egyptian Islamists, arrested during anti-government protests in May, to stay in jail for 15 more days, reversing a lower court ruling…
Future history: A glimpse of what U.S. Lebanon policy could spawn
It is very likely that the world will look back at the summer of 2006 as a seminal moment in Middle East history. We may well be seeing, as Secretary…
Golf tourism: the wave of the future?
CAIRO: Over the last decade, the sport of golf has blossomed from a niche pastime into a full-fledged sport, increasing the demand for golf courses, golf tournaments and more golf…
