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,…
Sunni authority objects to Jesus film in Egypt
CAIRO: A film due to be shot in Egypt on the life of Jesus Christ has stirred protests from the highest authority in Sunni Islam, the Al-Azhar institution in Cairo.…
For the sake of the child
CAIRO: For the children involved, winning a case proving parenthood means the difference between having a birth certificate or going without one. Without a man's name to fill the blank…
Press Round-up
CAIRO: Taking priority on the front pages of all newspapers, both national and independent, is the breaking news of a second human bird flu case discovered in the city of…