COMMENTARY: Egypt threatened by full-blown economic crisis
By Una Galani / Reuters Breakingviews CAIRO: Egypt finds itself without a government at the worst possible economic time. Amid deadly clashes, and with elections likely to be delayed, its financial…
GM to assemble China-made autos in Egypt
SHANGHAI: SAIC-GM-Wuling, a General Motors Co. joint venture, plans to assemble autos in Egypt from kits made in China, competing in the same markets targeted by Chinese domestic car exporters.…
Talaat Mostafa land contract valid: Egypt court
CAIRO: Developer Talaat Mostafa Group's land contract for its Madinaty project is valid, an Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, signaling an end to a long-running legal battle over the $3…
Protests weigh on Egypt’s stock market, pound at six-year low
CAIRO: Egypt’s stock market lost LE 12 billion of its total market cap on Tuesday as democracy protests once again rocked the nation with Tahrir Square as the epicenter. Total…
Arab states should not fear peoples’ aspirations, says Juppe
KUWAIT CITY: Arab regimes should not fear their peoples' aspirations for democracy and reform, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told a pro-democracy forum in Kuwait on Tuesday. "A year after…
28 dead in Egypt clashes: health ministry
CAIRO: The death toll from confrontations between protesters and police around Egypt has reached 28, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as the violence raged into a fourth straight day.…
Abbas, Meshaal to meet in Cairo despite Egypt unrest
GAZA CITY: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal will meet in Cairo this week despite the unrest rocking Egypt, Hamas and Fatah officials said on Tuesday. Egypt…
As crowds swell in Cairo, military in crisis talks
By Ben Hubbard /AP CAIRO: A crowd of tens of thousands swelled in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday, demanding that Egypt's military leaders quickly hand over power to a civilian government.…
Egypt military rulers in crisis ahead of vote
CAIRO: Faced by angry street protests, Egypt's military rulers are under fire from all political sides and are locked in their worst crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, ahead…
Egypt military has ‘crushed’ revolution: Amnesty
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers have failed to live up to their promises and have even committed worse rights abuses than the regime of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Amnesty…