Egypt sets cement price ceiling below market level
CAIRO: Egypt has set the domestic price ceiling for bagged cement bought from the factory at LE 290 ($50.50) per ton, the trade and industry minister said, a level below…
Ministry of Social Solidarity launches effort to control subsidized bread production
Bakers, millers protesting new contractsCAIRO: The ongoing conflict between government-subsidized bread bakeries and the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has reached a new height this week with bread producers now…
Human rights abuses in Egypt and Jordan
DUBAI: In the Middle East last week, senior Muslim Brotherhood officials suffered a setback in Egypt and poor prison conditions were highlighted in Jordan. In Egypt, an Aug. 14 court…
Star-studded wedding
ŠΘ###Many celebrities attended the wedding, including the grooms sister famous actress Somia El Khashab, here are Magda Nour El Din, Samy El Adl and Somaia El Kashab##Photography by Hassan IbrahimSinging…
National rail head fired over train tragedy
Train collides with tractor: two injuredCAIRO: The national rail chief has been sacked over a train crash that left 58 people dead, officials said Tuesday, as the press lashed out…
"Get rid of Israel" says leading opposition figure
CAIRO: A leading Egyptian opposition figure on Monday called on Arabs to take up the noble cause of eliminating Israel, while praising Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese Shiite group…
1,300 Egyptian police beef up Gaza-Egypt border
ISMAILIA: Egypt has deployed 1,300 civilian police officers to beef up security along the Gaza-Egypt border over fears Palestinian militants might attempt to breach the frontier, Egyptian officials said on…
Iraqis turn to technology for freedom of speech
Bloggers provide a different take on events within IraqCAIRO: Mohammed, an Iraqi blogger, came to Egypt to participate in a seminar and talk about his blog and his success in…
The boomerang effect
The Bush Administration's policies in the Middle East were originally sold as a means of encouraging democracy. What they're actually doing is fostering a growing pan-IslamicismThe Bush administration calls it…
Puppet play dramatizes life on the street
"El-Masoura El-Kabeera focuses on society's reaction to street childrenCAIRO: Seven little children, who consider the street their home, are the lead characters in "El-Masoura El-Kabeera, a puppet play produced by…
