Inquiry blames ferry captain for shipwreck

CAIRO: Initial results of an inquiry into the February shipwreck of the Al-Salaam 98 ferry in which 1,000 people died indicated that the captain was to blame, Transport Minister Mohammed…

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Group plants olive tree on Mt. Sinai to end month-long peace mission

CAIRO: After almost a month of trekking through the desert, the Breaking the Ice expedition is heading home. Despite the bumps experienced along the way, the team members say the…

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Islam recruited to help Egyptians fight HIV

CAIRO: In Egypt, HIV and AIDS happen to other people: foreigners, the sexually promiscuous, drug addicts and the morally corrupt. Which is why Ahmed Turky s Friday sermon at a…

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The end of an era

Saad Zaghloul must be threshing around in his grave.One of Egypt's best-known and loved nationalist figures, Zaghloul led a delegation, or 'Wafd' to demand the immediate evacuation of British troops…

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Pouncing on the competition

CAIRO: Go ahead and watch Syriana. Munich? Better you than me. I see enough aggression and violence on a daily basis in the news, and I'd rather enter a movie…

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Turning Egypt around

CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, took place yesterday. An intensely interactive day of discussions and…

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Egypt, Italy hold Textile, Leather and Agro-business Forum

CAIRO: In order to attract Italian investments in Egypt, the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones (GAFI), in partnership with the United Nations industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will hold…

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Draft law on economic courts will go to parliament in two weeks

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced yesterday that a long-anticipated law for special economic courts will be sent to parliament in two weeks.Speaking at the fourth annual Economist Conference, Nazif…

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Al-Wafd party infighting turns violent

CAIRO: Infighting between different factions within the Al-Wafd party turned violent Saturday, following each side's failed attempts to reclaim the Dokki headquarters ended in bloodshed; at least 21 (according to…

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Egypt urges restraint after Mideast flare-up

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak urged Palestinians and Israelis to exercise restraint after the latest wave of violence and called for a rapid return to peace talks, in an interview published…

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