Environmentally friendly power plant on agenda
CAIRO: Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes announced that seven international companies have just bid to manufacture local components for the solar energy stations of the Kuraymat Integrated Solar…
U.S. says time 'not right' for free trade talks with Egypt
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed new concern Friday over democracy in Egypt and said the timing was not right to pursue free-trade talks with this key Middle East…
Opposition leader appeals forgery conviction
CAIRO: The lawyer for imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour submitted his challenge on Saturday to Nour s December conviction on forgery charges, for which the young liberal is serving a…
Islamic scholars say its time for dialogue with the West about offensive cartoons
CAIRO: Islamic scholars at a conference on the continuing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed said it is time to stop protests and boycotts and instead enter a dialogue…
Rights group asks president to reverse decision to strip four judges of immunity
CAIRO: A local human rights group on Saturday called on President Hosni Mubarak to reverse a decision to strip four judges of their immunity ahead of interrogation by state security…
Three Muslim Brotherhood members ordered to emergency trial on weapons charges
CAIRO: Three members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were ordered Saturday to stand trial before the Emergency State Security Court on charges of possessing weapons and provoking violence during parliamentary…
CEBA forms division in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA: The Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEBA) formed a division in Alexandria at an inauguration ceremony there on Saturday.CEBA was formed in 2004 by the British, French, German…
Sunken ferry's data recorders to be raised
CAIRO: Egyptian and foreign salvage experts are preparing to lift the data recorders of a ferry that sunk in the Red Sea earlier this month after locating the ship s…
Deadly bird flu strain found in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has found its first cases of H5N1 bird flu and is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent the deadly virus spreading, the government said on…
U.S. faces dilemma in its regional push for democracy
CAIRO: Democracy activists are accusing the United States government of being too yielding in their response to the People's Assembly vote to delay Egypt's municipal elections for two years. In…
