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Farouk Hosni loses, Bulgarian wins top UNESCO job after anti-Semitism row

PARIS: Bulgarian career diplomat Irina Bokova won the top job at the…

AFP
AFP

Islamic banks need benchmark profit rate-economist

Islamic banks should shun conventional benchmark interest rates in favor of a…

Reuters

Egypt press cries foul after UNESCO vote

CAIRO: The day after the UNESCO director general vote, the Egyptian press…

Sarah Carr

BUSINESS BEAT: Egypt consumers set to save less

According to the latest Mastercard Worldwide Index Survey, Egyptian consumers look set…

Daily News Egypt

H1N1 vaccine to be available in October for LE 35

CAIRO: The H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in Egypt by…

Yasmine Saleh

Is stimulus still necessary?

LONDON: Have stimulus packages brought the world's traumatized economies back to life?…

Robert Skidelsky

A crash course in global economics for the G20

G20 leaders are convening in Pittsburgh this week during a sticky time…

Daily News Egypt

UN Sec-Gen warns of impending climate doom

CAIRO: In his opening remarks to the United Nations Climate Change Summit…

Daily News Egypt