UN announces $85 mln for under-funded emergencies
NAIROBI: A United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has allocated about $85 million for under-funded…
Six suspected cases of human bird flu reported in Fayoum
CAIRO: Six people were hospitalized Saturday after showing symptoms of bird flu amid fears of a global surge in infections by the deadly virus, the official MENA news agency said.…
Three Egyptian sarcophagi unearthed
CAIRO: Archeologists have uncovered three wooden pharaonic sarcophagi, dating back to the 20th century BC, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement on Saturday. The three sarcophagi were…
Al-Futtaim Group reveals expansion plans
CAIRO: Al Futtaim Group of the United Arab Emirates has revealed its expansions plan that will turn the group s City Center Maadi into a department store chain of forty…
Ten companies control 61 pct of Egyptian manufacturing exports
CAIRO: Ten large companies accounted for 61 percent of total Egyptian manufacturing exports in 2006 with a total value of LE 5.1 billion out of LE 8.34 billion, representing the…
NTRA threatens legal action against Mobinil over Edge use
CAIRO: National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Chairman Amr Badawy said Sunday the authority is considering suing the country s largest mobile operator Mobinil if the company resumes offering Enhanced Data…
Egyptian named to senior UN post
Associated PresUNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed officials from Egypt, the United States, China, and Japan to top UN posts Friday and accepted the resignation of 17 senior staff…
Competitiveness report urges government to improve market efficiency
CAIRO: Egyptian Competitiveness Report has ranked Egypt at 71 among 117 countries on its Business Competitiveness Index (BCI), pointing to a number of obstacles that prevent the country from achieving…
The domino art effect has spread: could it now be the Arab's turn?
Egyptian art fetches record auction price at Christie s For a while it looked as if the Middle East had found a place on the international art map as a…
Demise of Valentine's Day?
The greeting card industry has the world by the short and curlies with the genius of February 14th. Products packaged directly for romantic love, with the killer guilt add-on, if…