Egypt hits back at United States over human rights
CAIRO: Egypt said on Saturday that the United States had no right to set itself up as a global guardian of human rights and rejected Washington s criticism of Cairo…
Bin Laden's 50th birthday? Taliban pray for his long life
ReutersSPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden, if he s alive, celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday, and his friends in the Taliban prayed for his long life. The Al-Qaeda leader…
Parliament slams Aboul Gheit for POW remarks
CAIRO: Members of the People's Assembly are furious over Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit's statement that Egypt won't cut relations with Israel over a film. The Israeli documentary…
State-owned insurers warn of growing losses in mandatory auto insurance
CAIRO: State-owned insurance companies have urged the Ministry of Investment and industry regulators to increase premiums on the mandatory automotive insurance and to put a cap on claims' value. The…
Rachid expects stock of US investments in Egypt to increase by 12.5 percent
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid expects the US investment stock in Egypt to hit $18 billion by the end of 1H2007, growing 12.5 percent from the…
Insurance operators join in fierce price wars
CAIRO: The national insurance market has entered into a new phase of price wars between companies amid charges launched against regulators of neglecting the perilous impacts of price competition on…
Fantasies on wheels
A colleague of mine, who is obviously looking for a cheap form of transport and not going through a mid-life crisis, I strenuously point out, has been harping on about…
The European Union is ailing? If you think so, look again
As the European Union prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome later this month, the EU is widely perceived to be on its knees. European integration…
Use the Arab peace plan to tackle final-status issues
An Israeli-Palestinian discussion of the broad territorial, security and legal outlines of a Palestinian state is a good idea that has resurfaced for all the wrong reasons. US Secretary of…