Mentoring as a way of life
Valerie Morris stresses the importance of mentoringCAIRO: You must reach back in order to move forward, is advice Valerie Morris first heard from her mother at an early age. In…
Bank offers 82 percent stake in steel firm
CAIRO: Egypt s state-owned Banque du Caire will sell by auction the state s 82 percent stake in Suez Steel, the Investment Ministry said in an announcement in Al Ahram…
A flowering gallery
CAIRO: Under the patronage of Philippe Coste, French ambassador to Egypt, the Contemporary Flowers exhibition opened on June 12 at the Opera Music Library in the Cairo Opera House. Still…
Foreign companies looking at the Egyptian tourism sector
CAIRO: The Egyptian Company for Touristic Resorts has struck a deal with Al Shahin Group for Investments, a Jordanian company, to sell 1.5 million square meters of Sahl Hashish on…
Popular support swells for journalists on trial
CAIRO: The press syndicate continues to vehemently protest two parliament-proposed press laws and the prosecution of three prominent opposition journalists.At their trial Sunday, independent Sawt Al-Umma journalists Wael El-Ebrashi and…
Identity of Zarqawi's successor remains enigma
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: The true identity of Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, the man said to have succeeded the slain Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi as leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, remains an enigma in…
Abbas says EU funding mechanism 'not adequate' during visit to Egypt
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said Saturday an EU funding mechanism for the cash-strapped Palestinians was not adequate after a meeting with President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. The…
Palestinian foreign minister says he'll keep funneling cash through crossing
GAZA CITY: The Palestinian foreign minister who returned from a seven-nation trip with $20 million in his luggage says he will continue to funnel money across the Egyptian border despite…
Trial opens for 14 implicated in Cairo terror attacks
CAIRO: Fourteen people went on trial Saturday for assisting in three terrorist attacks last year in Cairo that killed two French tourists and an American.All 14 defendants, two of whom…
