WORD ON THE STREET: Outings and innings for the Eid holiday
CAIRO: With only a few days left until the end of Ramadan, it is common to see families scurrying through the shops purchasing holiday sweets ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr…
Brotherhood secretary general released from jail
CAIRO: Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 14 other members of the opposition group were released Wednesday after being arrested in August, the organisation s deputy head…
Celluloid memorial to Brotherhood founder
Group member to shoot movie on founder Hassan Al-Banna BENHA: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood who plans to make a movie about the Islamist movement s founder says he…
Microsoft expands cooperation with government
CEO opens company s second training academy in two yearsCAIRO: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer praised Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif s government yesterday for developing clear social and economic reform plans…
Brokerage firm to offer 20 pct of shares to public investors in 2007
CAIRO: The Egyptian American Company for Brokerage is poised to list its shares on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges with a target offering of 20 percent of the company…
Egypt shares mixed in quiet trade before holiday
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks ended mixed in low volume on Thursday in advance of the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Fitr, which will disrupt trading most of next week. Out of the…
Abul-Gheit fears 'all-out civil war' in Iraq
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit warned Thursday of the looming risk of an all-out civil war in Iraq, and urged its religious leaders gathered in Mecca to start mending fences.…
Reason for Israeli minister's meeting with Mubarak disputed
CAIRO: An Israeli official denied that President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Eliezer met yesterday to discuss the fate of a soldier captured by Palestinian forces four months…
Egypt president to visit Moscow next month
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a key US ally in the Middle East, is to visit Moscow next month for talks with one of the sponsors of the region s…
Egypt Muslim leader condemns 'ferocious war' on Islam
CAIRO: The head of the banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday condemned what he described as the West s ferocious war against Islam. We observe with open eyes and…
