Egyptian boy becomes 24th bird flu case
CAIRO: A four-year-old boy has become the 24th case of bird flu in Egypt, the health ministry announced late Saturday. Mohammed Mahmoud Ibrahim from the Nile Delta region north of…
Egypt shares up, Al Watany Bank soars 14 percent on merger talks
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks made slight gains on Sunday led by Al Watany Bank, whose shares surged 14.4 percent on reports that regional banks were seeking to acquire a majority stake,…
Lebanese and Briton tried in Cairo for money laundering
CAIRO: Egypt s state security prosecutor on Saturday referred a Lebanese man and British woman to court on charges of fraud and money laundering of $ 2.5 million, a judicial…
Construction begins to upgrade output of Kremat 3 power station
Younis: El Kremat Plant output to surpass High Dam by 150 percentCAIRO: Civil works are set to begin this month to prepare El Kremat Power Plant for the upgrading of…
Egypt hits back at United States over human rights
CAIRO: Egypt said on Saturday that the United States had no right to set itself up as a global guardian of human rights and rejected Washington s criticism of Cairo…
Bin Laden's 50th birthday? Taliban pray for his long life
ReutersSPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden, if he s alive, celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday, and his friends in the Taliban prayed for his long life. The Al-Qaeda leader…
Parliament slams Aboul Gheit for POW remarks
CAIRO: Members of the People's Assembly are furious over Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit's statement that Egypt won't cut relations with Israel over a film. The Israeli documentary…
State-owned insurers warn of growing losses in mandatory auto insurance
CAIRO: State-owned insurance companies have urged the Ministry of Investment and industry regulators to increase premiums on the mandatory automotive insurance and to put a cap on claims' value. The…
Rachid expects stock of US investments in Egypt to increase by 12.5 percent
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid expects the US investment stock in Egypt to hit $18 billion by the end of 1H2007, growing 12.5 percent from the…