Median o/n interbank rate unchanged at 8.125 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound was unchanged at 8.125 percent on Tuesday compared to Monday s close, as the market awaited the result of an auction.…
Orascom Hotels & Development sign agreements for Oman development
CAIRO: Orascom Hotels & Development (OHD) signed a series of agreements with the Omani government for the construction of tourism destinations in four locations in Oman, one in Muscat, another…
Radical cleric faked fatherhood claim to stay in Britain
Head: LONDON: Abu Hamza Al-Masri, the radical Egyptian Muslim cleric who was jailed here for seven years in February, falsely claimed to have fathered a child after moving to Britain,…
The mutants return for one last stand
CAIRO: Back in 1999, comic book fans from around the world were startled to learn that 20th Century Fox were producing the first screen adaptation of the massively popular X-Men…
Avian flu biosecurity
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, held a one-day conference yesterday with the Egyptian Public and Private Sector to discuss response strategies…
U.S. denies envoy's 'interfering' remarks on Egypt aid
CAIRO: The U.S. embassy in Cairo denied on Sunday its ambassador had made comments about Washington s aid to the Arab world s most populous nation that had Egyptian MPs…
Conference discusses torture of activists
CAIRO: In the wake of reports of torture of political activists while in custody, the Bar Association, along with opposition and political forces, held a joint press conference Sunday to…
Police detain Muslim Brotherhood members in Alexandria
CAIRO: Egyptian police detained approximately 30 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group in Alexandria as they were preparing to vote in chamber of commerce elections, a spokesman for…
Gap growing in coverage of events between independent and state-owned papers
CAIRO: As opposition and independent newspapers concentrated on Muslim Brotherhood electoral candidates and the Kefaya (Enough) movement's reaction to the arrest and torture of two of its young members, national…
