Poor Egyptians refuse to sign up to bird flu cull
NAWA, Egypt: Mohsen Rizq insists there is no poultry left in his village after a local died of bird flu two weeks ago, but the cacophony of squawking coming from…
Australian education comes to Egypt
CAIRO: Studying for a bachelor s degree doesn t have to take four years and receiving quality international-level higher education shouldn t be limited to the rich. This is what…
UN launches program seeking to aid human development
CAIRO: In keeping with this year s United Nations Human Development Report and the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations network launched the UN Development Assistant Framework (UNDAF) in partnership…
True authenticity in Aswan
CAIRO: "The city of radiance and luminosity, history, nature, purity and beauty, says Farghali Abdel Hafiz, his eyes lighting up as he describes the ancient city of Aswan, in the…
Laying the technological base for development
CAIRO: Egypt's national plan to build and develop the petrochemical industry in the country recently registered a hit with the start of a $1 billion investment for two large petrochemical…
Kefaya sees continued stifling of freedoms under anti-terrorism law
CAIRO: As the 25 year-old emergency laws are planning to be lifted by the government, opposition groups, especially Kefaya, have expressed their hesitancy in support such an action. They argue…
Gamal Mubarak strides more into the public's eye
CAIRO: Gamal Mubarak, son of Egypt s president and one of the country's most influential politicians, took a stride further into the public eye this week, presenting himself as a…
Smuggling illegal migrants in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Two men from Ukraine have been arrested in Slovakia after they helped to smuggle a group of 25 illegal migrants, believed to be Egyptians, over the Slovak border,…
Egypt threatens to sue U.S. museum over ancient mask
CAIRO: Egypt threatened Tuesday to take legal action against a U.S. museum unless it returns an ancient mask in its collection that the authorities claim was stolen from a warehouse,…
Second Egyptian dies of bird flu
CAIRO: A second Egyptian has died from the bird flu virus, Health Minister Hatem El-Gabali said on Monday. An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters the latest…
