Radio Cairo, Unicef launch initiative to support street children
CAIRO: The plight of Egypt s growing numbers of street children is the subject of an initiative being launched this week by Radio Cairo and Unicef Egypt. "Sizzling Sounds -…
Kharafi Group takes on petrochemicals project in Egypt
CAIRO: An official source in Kuwait-based Kharafi Group in Cairo announced the group was scheduled to launch works to build its chemicals and petrochemicals complex in Fayoum within six months,…
Artoc Group to sell stake in Emaar Misr by March 27
Moheiddin: Government to take necessary measures to protect interests of state, investment in EgyptCAIRO: Artoc Group has agreed to sell its 60 percent stake in Emaar Misr to Emaar Properties,…
Israel recalls ambassador for conduct unbecoming
JERUSALEM: Israel has recalled its ambassador in El Salvador after he was found drunk and naked with sex toys lying nearby in the yard of his official residence, Israeli media…
Egyptian opposition rejects constitutional amendments
Associated Press CAIRO: Egypt s largest Islamist opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other opposition lawmakers on Monday rejected controversial constitutional amendments demanded by the president.The lawmakers said they do…
US set to help Libya build nuclear power plant
TRIPOLI: The United States is to help Libya to build a first nuclear power plant under an agreement to be signed soon, the official JANA news agency reported on Monday.…
Judge fines Mubarak, minister $5,000
CAIRO: An Egyptian court has ordered President Hosni Mubarak and his interior minister to pay more than $5,000 in compensation to a man jailed for seven years without charge, security…
Peace process at turning point, UN envoy says
CAIRO: The Palestinian-Israeli peace process is at a crossroads due to changing dynamics in the region and abroad, Alvaro de Soto, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process…
THE REEL ESTATE: Death of a female "Vagabond"
Film history has always credited French Maverick Jean-Luc Godard for heralding in the French New Wave when he went down the streets of Paris to shoot À bout de soufflé…
Ending the Iraq strife
For a US representative to actually sit at the same table with the Iranian and Syrian delegates during the regional conference held in Bagdad on March 10, is in itself,…