FDI soars, investment authority under new stewardship
CAIRO: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has soared to $9.45 billion and is expected to amount to $10 billion by the end of this year, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin said…
Is Doping Wrong?
There is now a regular season for discussing drugs in sports, one that arrives every year with the Tour de France. This year, the overall leader, two other riders, and…
Talking tough: How Obama can fight extremism in Pakistan
For those of us who believe in diplomacy, Senator Barack Obama's recent pledge to dialogue with Cuba, North Korea and Iran offered a much-needed ray of hope. Amidst the security…
A time for reflection, a call for action
On the first anniversary commemorating the end of the July 2006 Israeli-Lebanese war, Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, wrote an Op-Ed article entitled A time for reflection,…
Smuggled crocodiles overwhelm Cairo zoo
CAIRO: A sudden influx of hundreds of baby crocodiles seized while being smuggled out of Cairo airport has left a zoo in the Egyptian capital struggling to deal with the…
Arafat's widow stripped of Tunisian citizenship
TUNIS: Tunisia has stripped the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of Tunisian citizenship, officials said Tuesday.A formal decree published Aug. 2 in Tunisia s official register indicated that…
State denies child died of torture, rights groups see a cover-up
CAIRO: The Interior Ministry has denied allegations that 12-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh Abdel Aziz was tortured to death in a Mansoura police station after his arrest for petty theft, and asserted…
EFA give Zamalek one week to resolve El-Abdi case
CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has set a one-week deadline for Zamalek in order to resolve their row with Tunisian side Sfaxien over the transfer of defender Wissem El-Abdi.Zamalek…