Cairo ICT celebrates 10 years of success

ICT 2006, scheduled for February 5-8, is set to attract many of the region's top players and the world's leaders in telecommunications, information technology, networking, computing and broadcast technology, as…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

Calyon, HSBC bid for Egypt's EAB, says executive

CAIRO: France's Calyon and Britain's HSBC have submitted bids for Egyptian American Bank (EAB), which has been put up for sale by its main shareholders, an EAB executive said on…

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Black gold

CAIRO: With oil prices skyrocketing across the world, and with the Middle East region hosting an abundance of the product, many are growing interested in learning more about the oil…

Farah El Alfy Farah El Alfy

Egypt's Brotherhood open to dialogue with U.S. Congress

CAIRO: Newly elected Islamist members of the Egyptian parliament are open to dialogue with members of the U.S. Congress without involving the Cairo government, leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood…

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Judge storms out as Nour trial heats up

CAIRO: The judge in the trial of Ayman Nour, runner-up in this year's presidential elections, stormed out of Monday's court session after lawyers of both Nour and other co-defendants exchanged…

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Kefaya looks ahead at the long road to change

CAIRO: Kefaya demonstrators carried a makeshift coffin, draped in black, with an image of the Maglis El Shaab (People's Assembly) building on one side and a picture of President Hosni…

Vivian Salama Vivian Salama

Remarkable films, no awards

CAIRO: Two films featuring Baghdad as their main topic of choice received no awards during the Cairo International Film Festival: The Night Baghdad Felland Ahlam.The first is a black comedy…

Sarah El Sirgany Sarah El Sirgany

Many honored at film festival

CAIRO: While at work in London, Finnish producer Ilkaa Y. L. Matila received a call from the Cairo International Film Festival saying "he wouldn't be disappointed if he attended the…

Sarah El Sirgany Sarah El Sirgany

Direct link to Asia

CAIRO: Raya Telecom signed an agreement, Saturday, with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) to launch a new service, AsiaConnect. With the outsourced International Virtual Private Network (VPN) using the latest telecommunications…

Aida Nassar Aida Nassar

Authorities mull recommendations on airline deregulation

CAIRO: With the government aiming to increase the annual number of tourists from 8 million to 15 million by 2011,Minister of Tourism Ahmed El- Maghrabi met with experts and EgyptAir…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani Waleed Khalil Rasromani