Islamic scholars say its time for dialogue with the West about offensive cartoons
CAIRO: Islamic scholars at a conference on the continuing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed said it is time to stop protests and boycotts and instead enter a dialogue…
Rights group asks president to reverse decision to strip four judges of immunity
CAIRO: A local human rights group on Saturday called on President Hosni Mubarak to reverse a decision to strip four judges of their immunity ahead of interrogation by state security…
Three Muslim Brotherhood members ordered to emergency trial on weapons charges
CAIRO: Three members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were ordered Saturday to stand trial before the Emergency State Security Court on charges of possessing weapons and provoking violence during parliamentary…
CEBA forms division in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA: The Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEBA) formed a division in Alexandria at an inauguration ceremony there on Saturday.CEBA was formed in 2004 by the British, French, German…
Sunken ferry's data recorders to be raised
CAIRO: Egyptian and foreign salvage experts are preparing to lift the data recorders of a ferry that sunk in the Red Sea earlier this month after locating the ship s…
Deadly bird flu strain found in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has found its first cases of H5N1 bird flu and is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent the deadly virus spreading, the government said on…
U.S. faces dilemma in its regional push for democracy
CAIRO: Democracy activists are accusing the United States government of being too yielding in their response to the People's Assembly vote to delay Egypt's municipal elections for two years. In…
OPIC establishing $225 million regional private equity fund
CAIRO: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the United States government that supports American private sector investment in the developing world, is in the process of establishing…
Abused women reluctant to come forward
CAIRO: Despite the opening of the first safe-house for women in Cairo, few are choosing to leave their abusive marriages. Oum Mohammed was married when she was 16. From the…
National organs failed to respond to ship disaster, says rights group
CAIRO: Failures within both the private sector and government agencies were to blame for the deaths of some 1,000 people in the Feb. 3 sinking of a passenger ship in…
