Arab League steps up efforts to promote reconciliation in Iraq, help U.S. troops leave
CAIRO: In a new bid to help stabilize Iraq, the Arab League has stepped up pressure on the country s feuding factions to hold a reconciliation conference and discuss a…
Resort bombings death toll rises to 20
CAIRO: The death toll from the recent bombings in the Red Sea resort of Dahab has risen to 20 after an Egyptian died of his injuries, a security official told…
Median overnight interbank rate rises to 8.350 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound rose to 8.350 percent on Wednesday from 8.275 percent on Tuesday but few banks traded because they were awaiting result of…
Vodafone executives discuss their plans and outlook for the mobile market
CAIRO: Executives from Vodafone Egypt discussed their plans and outlook for the market going forward at a meeting with journalists at their office in the Smart Village. Last year we…
Zamalek invites Palestinian PM to football match
CAIRO: Zamalek football club has invited Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya to attend the upcoming clash with city rivals Ahly and promised to donate part of the proceeds to the…
Celebrity birthday party
ŠΘ###Yehya El Fakharany with his wife Lamis Gabir##Khaled Sarhan, Mohammed Fadel and Menna Fadaly
Human bird-flu deaths prevalent among breeders, says health ministry
CAIRO: Human deaths caused by the potentially pathogenic avian virus H5N1 have resulted mostly from exposure to infected fowl kept domestically, according to a health ministry statement issued following a…
Refugee advocate awarded British honor
CAIRO: After decades of hard work for refugees, the woman who coined the term "forced migration, the highly impressive Barbara Harrell-Bond, was given the title of Officer of the Order…
Kuwait's Aref, KGL sign $1 billion Egypt pier deal
KUWAIT: Aref Investment Group and Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Co. said on Tuesday they signed a deal to build and operate container docks at Egypt s Damietta port. The firms,…
Digitalizing homes
CAIRO: The home entertainment industry is in the throes of its most dynamic period of change, due to today's "digitalization trend in homes of the future.Thanks to the currently heavily…
