Mubarak warns U.S. against hitting Iran
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said he had advised the United States against attacking Iran, predicting that Tehran would react through its influence over Shi ite Muslim communities in Arab countries…
Egyptian, Libyan leaders meet in Libya to discuss supporting Iraqis and Palestinians
TRIPOLI, Libya: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday discussed the conflicts in Iraq and Sudan, the Iranian nuclear standoff and the situation in the Palestinian territories,…
Teaching hospitality
CAIRO: The Egypt Tourism Workforce Development Program celebrated the graduation of 119 hotel and restaurant professionals on Tuesday.The program, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development,…
Egypt median o/n interbank rate steady at 8.5 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound was 8.5 percent on Wednesday, little changed from Tuesday s 8.534 percent, as bankers awaited the result of a central…
Journalists rally for freedom of the press
CAIRO: Journalists and political activists gathered at Cairo s Journalists Syndicate to discuss the detainment of Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters one year ago for what the government called irresponsible, false attacks…
Islamist trio, freed in Egypt, due back home in Britain
LONDON: Egypt deported to London three Britons released from jail where they had served almost four years of their five-year sentences for spreading propaganda for an Islamist group, officials said…
Beyond the alphabet
CAIRO: New in the country? Troubled by the fact that you still can't put together an Arabic sentence? Don't be too frustrated; most Egyptians can't do it either."There is no…
Influencing art
CAIRO: I splashed some colors from a tumbler. Smeared the drab world with emotion. I charted on a dish of jelly the jutting cheekbones of the ocean. "In the beginning…
Kuwait's Global eyes Egypt, plans $1 billion fund
DUBAI: Kuwait s Global Investment House will increase its investment and advisory work in Egypt, which had one of the world s best performing stock markets last year, a senior…
For the love a flower
CAIRO: Following frequent visits to a friend's flower shop, Sally El Torgoman decided to take on this friend's offer and combined her interest in art and her background in sales…
