Supreme Court denies women's right to join prosecution after initial approval

CAIRO: The Supreme Court Council rejected several female applicants who wished to join the judiciary through a position in prosecution, despite the primary approval of the court to appoint female…

Daily News Egypt

Man beats wife for losing job

Cairo: A family court in Maadi ruled that a wife could be divorced from her husband in one of the oddest cases judged by such courts. Madiha. M.A., 37, had…

Ahmed Maged

Blair, Merkel to focus on Mideast

GENEVA: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who holds the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized countries, will head the line-up at the World Economic…

AFP
AFP

Investors fear losing government incentives

CAIRO: Fourteen international companies have expressed interest in operating new industrial zones and renovating others according to new government policy, General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (Gafi) Chairman Ziad…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Brotherhood finances targeted in latest crackdown

Government acts as Brotherhood attempts to create new political partyCAIRO: The latest crackdown on members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) aims to deal a blow to the outlawed organization's financial…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

The mole. Or, was Saddam really hanged?

Cairo: "Saddam Was Not Hanged; Neither Were Uday and Qusai Killed: American Lies and Secrets Relating to the Game of Saddam's Body Doubles. This is not a news headline or…

Ahmed Maged

Egyptian satellite not for spying

Cairo: The satellite Israeli intelligence officials said Egypt is launching to "spy on the region is not for that purpose, analysts have told The Daily Star Egypt.Israeli intelligence officials had…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Saudi to host Arab summit to 'heal Arab rifts'

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia s ambassador to the Arab League announced Tuesday that Riyadh will host the organization's next summit on March 28 and 29 in a bid to heal divisions…

AFP
AFP

Egyptian investors attack GAID land allocation policies

Cairo: Investors Committee at the Federation of Industries launched sharp attacks on the General Authority for Industrial Development for allocating large plots of industrial land to international developers at the…

Noozz

Mediterranean Smart Cards Company expands reach with new deal

CAIRO: Mediterranean Smart Cards Company (MSCC) announced that they have signed an agreement to handle smart card processing for the 11-country banking institution BSIC Group.The Bank, formally known as Banque…

Daily Star Egypt Staff