Mobinil in dispute over EDGE technology
CAIRO: Egyptian telecoms regulators have told mobile operator Mobinil it must either stop using EDGE technology that allows users to see streaming video or apply for a 3G license, Mobinil…
EFG-Hermes H1 net income soars 289 percent
CAIRO: Investment bank EFG-Hermes said on Tuesday its net income for the first half of 2006 soared 289 percent to LE 358 million, but the results were at the low…
Peace holds in Lebanon as international force prepares to take control of border zone
Arab foreign ministers to meet in Egypt on SundayBEIRUT: Foreign ministers arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to help plan the assembly of a 15,000-strong international force to oversee peacekeeping efforts…
Israeli missile strike kills two in south Gaza
GAZA: An Israeli aircraft fired a missile into a house in the southern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian militant and his father, witnesses and medics said. The…
Golf tourism: the wave of the future?
CAIRO: Over the last decade, the sport of golf has blossomed from a niche pastime into a full-fledged sport, increasing the demand for golf courses, golf tournaments and more golf…
Future history: A glimpse of what U.S. Lebanon policy could spawn
It is very likely that the world will look back at the summer of 2006 as a seminal moment in Middle East history. We may well be seeing, as Secretary…
Court reverses move to free senior Islamists
CAIRO: A Cairo court on Wednesday ordered two senior Egyptian Islamists, arrested during anti-government protests in May, to stay in jail for 15 more days, reversing a lower court ruling…
Lebanese blast Arab rulers, praise Iran, Syria
Reuters NABATIYEH, Lebanon: There is little but contempt for Arab rulers among Lebanese Shiites whose homes were destroyed in the war between Hezbollah and Israel, but support for Iran and…
Arabs predict guns won't be silent long in Lebanon
Reuters BEIRUT: Arab commentators welcomed the fragile calm between Israel and Hezbollah militants on Tuesday but said they feared a UN-brokered truce would not keep the guns silent for long.…