Mubarak's comments still making headlines
CAIRO: Since the week was void of any news guaranteed to make the front pages of local newspapers, editorials focused on the various aspects of corruption, the ongoing struggle of…
Nour files petition against writing ban Egypt's
CAIRO: Jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour filed a petition Wednesday accusing prison authorities of banning him from writing articles for his party newspaper, his wife said Gamila Ismail added that…
Egypt wants diplomatic solution to Iran crisis
CAIRO: Egypt said on Thursday it wanted a diplomatic solution to the dispute over Iran s nuclear program and could not accept the emergence of a new nuclear-armed power in…
Public sector to sell 50 percent of AMOC
CAIRO: Public sector shareholders in Egypt s Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC) plan to sell shares worth half the firm s capital, the firm told the Egyptian bourse in a…
Naeem joins consortium for mobile license
CAIRO: Egypt s Naeem Holding has joined Qatar Telecom and Singapore s ST Telemedia in a consortium to bid for Egypt s third mobile license, Naeem and Qtel said in…
Median o/n interbank rises to 8.25 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound rose to 8.25 percent on Thursday from 8.194 percent on Wednesday, as a central bank auction drew liquidity from the…
Egypt freezes assets of sunken ferry owner
CAIRO: An Egyptian prosecutor on Thursday froze the assets of the businessman who owned the ferry which sank in the Red Sea in February that killed more than 1,000 people,…
2 Egyptians and Polish tourist killed, 19 hurt in Egypt bus crash
A Polish woman was killed and 19 other Poles injured when a tourist bus collided with a truck in Egypt s Sinai peninsula, police said.Two Egyptians were also killed. The…
Cornerstone laid for education campus in El-Marg
EL MARG, Egypt: In this shanty northern Cairo town, children can be seen at all hours of the day running barefoot through the dusty streets playing football. Alongside one match,…
Bargain plastic surgery flourishes in Egypt, but at a price
CAIRO: Had Cleopatra s nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed, French philosopher Blaise Pascal famously said three and half centuries ago. Today, it would…
