Egypt falls on fiscal yr-end selling, Gulf mixed
CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt's bourse fell on Monday as investors locked in gains at the end of a financial year, encouraged by a bearish economic outlook, and Oman's index fell to a…
Admin court dissolves municipal councils
By Agencies CAIRO: A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of municipal councils, whose representatives were elected under the regime of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a judicial official told…
ANALYSIS: Egypt army may pull strings from barracks in future
By Edmund Blair /Reuters CAIRO: Hossam El-Hamalawy is used to being in trouble with the authorities. State security hauled him in three times for his activism when Hosni Mubarak was in…
Large inscribed limestone blocks unearthed
CAIRO: French archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of 3,000-year-old colored limestone blocks believed to have been used to build the sacred lake walls of a temple dedicated to the goddess Mut.…
Telecom tycoon accused of ‘Mickey Mouse’ insult to Islam
By AFP CAIRO: Telecom tycoon and politician Naguib Sawiris has come under fire for posting a picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Islamic dress, sparking a torrent of condemnation…
Top Egyptian officials involved in facilitating Israel gas deal, say leaked documents
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Leaked documents published Monday claimed that top officials, including the former intelligence chief, were involved in facilitating the gas deal between the Egyptian government and Israel through…
Childhood Council to reconcile ‘missing’ Minya girls with families
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: Two girls who had left their Upper Egypt homes and said they converted to Islam are to take part in “reconciliation sessions” with their families, a lawyer…
Hague court issues arrest warrant for Qaddafi
TRIPOLI: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80…
Steve Grove on optimizing video sharing features
CAIRO: Google recently hosted a series of workshops in Cairo on how to use YouTube for news and politics, conducted by Steve Grove, head of news and politics for YouTube…
NGO starts fight against pneumonia among Egypt’s children
CAIRO: Alashanek Ya Balady (AYB) Association for Sustainable Development, an Egyptian non-governmental organization, launched a project to fight pneumonia among children. UNICEF and the World Health Organization have called pneumonia…
