CIB emerges as lead candidate for Bank of Alex sale
Bids are due end Sept, with final announcement planned for end NovCAIRO: Of the six finalists announced by the Central Bank (CB) on Friday, Commercial International Bank (CIB) appears to…
Emaar Properties wins bid in prime real estate deal
Site in Sidi Abdel Rahman, North Coast worth over LE 1 blnCAIRO: The Holding Company for Tourism and Cinema (HOTAC) announced that Dubai-based Emaar Properties has won the bid for…
Al-Zawahiri claims Egyptian group's leaders have joined Al-Qaeda
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda second in command Ayman Al-Zawahiri on Saturday announced that a string of key players from Egypt s Jamaa Islamiya militant group were joining the global terror network, in…
UN council considers French-US Mideast resolution
ReutersUNITED NATIONS: UN Security Council envoys attempted on Sunday to put finishing touches on a draft resolution from France and the United States calling for a halt to fighting between…
Jailed politician's artery implants delayed
Imprisoned politician Ayman Nour has returned to jail from hospital without having stent implants inserted in his arteries because of a disagreement over his care, his wife said on Sunday.Gameela…
More than 2,000 protesters in Cairo demand to be allowed to fight with Hezbollah
CAIRO: More than 2,000 people marched in downtown Cairo on Saturday, demanding authorities allow them to fight in Lebanon in support of Hezbollah, police said.The crowd, including activists from several…
Hamas says no prisoner swap imminent, despite Egyptian mediation
Associated PressDAMASCUS, Syria: Six weeks after Hamas militants captured an Israeli soldier near Gaza and Egypt stepped in to mediate, a prisoner swap for Palestinians was still not imminent, a…
Most Egypt Jamaa unlikely to join Qaeda-ex-member
CAIRO: A former official of Egypt s Jamaa Islamiya said on Sunday that even if some members of the Islamist group had joined Al-Qaeda it was unlikely that most would.…
A city under siege
An eyewitness account of Beirut under attackBEIRUT: No one moves in Beirut in the evening. Lately, the bombing has started again and for the last couple of nights (not last…
For squash's sake
Egyptian squash players fare well internationally, but where are the rewards?CAIRO: Egyptian squash has never seen a year quite like this one. In April, Amr Shabana became the world's number…
