Egyptian killed, 27 German tourists and eight others hurt when cruise boat on Nile hits bridge
CAIRO: An Egyptian was killed and 35 others, including German tourists, were hurt Tuesday when their cruise boat struck a bridge over the Nile as it tried to pass underneath,…
Oldest wooden statues found in Egypt
CAIRO: Archeologists in Egypt have unearthed two 5,000-year-old wooden statues, complete with gold wrapping paper, believed to be the oldest such artifacts ever found, the team said Wednesday. The statues,…
Publication of Afaq Arabiya still on hold
CAIRO: The inner conflicts apparent in party newspaper Afaq Arabiya have heightened as journalists continue to protest the halt of the papers publication, endorsed by Managing Director and Editor Mahmoud…
Demonstrations on the rise
CAIRO: Holding banners high, chanting slogans protesting local or regional matters and getting attacked on the street is a lifestyle that many Egyptians now gladly adopt.Throughout the past six years,…
Popular Islamic preacher draws fire as he tries to bridge Islam and West
CAIRO: Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled is young, smiling, teaches love and mercy and is so popular he s credited with inspiring thousands of women, turned off by the dour and…
Turning Egypt around
CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, will take place this year on April 2, 2006.An intensely…
Charles blasts cartoon violence in appeal for tolerance
CAIRO: Britain s Prince Charles on Tuesday condemned the violence sparked by the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and appealed to religious leaders to foster common values in a speech at a…
Egypt reports fourth human bird flu case
CAIRO: Egypt reported a fourth suspected case of bird flu in humans on Tuesday, in a 17-year-old boy whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm…
Nazif defends economic policy, plays down threat from Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif played down the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood to his government s economic reform agenda at a gathering of politicians, diplomats, businesspeople and civil society…
Centurion Energy signs deal with Shell Egypt
LONDON: Canada-based oil and gas explorer Centurion Energy International Inc said on Monday Shell was to take a 50 percent interest in two Centurion-operated exploration concessions in the Nile Delta.Centurion,…
