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Mubarak to visit US in August

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak will head to Washington around the middle of…

AFP
AFP

34 typhoid cases reported in Qaliubiya

CAIRO: Thirty-four typhoid cases were diagnosed in two villages in Qaliubiya since…

Yasmine Saleh

Military Supreme Court to review former editor's 2-year sentence Tuesday

CAIRO: The Military Supreme Court will review Tuesday the verdict of a…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Amnesty calls for release of prisoners of conscience

CAIRO: Human rights group Amnesty International is calling for the release of…

Daily News Egypt

IN DEPTH: A closer look at Egypt's car boom

In 1982, Nisma Mohamed Hassan was the 10-year-old daughter of a lower-middle…

Sabah Hamamou

Arab health ministers to ban elderly, young from Mecca pilgrimage

CAIRO: Arab health ministers agreed on Wednesday to ban certain people including…

AFP
AFP

BUSINESS BEAT: JP Morgan deal to offer GB Auto cash infusion

Ghabbour Auto (GB) announced earlier this month that it closed with US…

Theodore May

SUVs taking over Cairo streets

With drivers making use of every inch of space available to navigate…

Kate Dannies

Comic Con promises 'Avatar,' 'New Moon,' 'IM2'

A life-sized Iron Man toy and larger-than-life Transformers - in both car…

AP
AP

THE REEL ESTATE: A darker, hackneyed Egyptian 'Groundhog Day'

As the curtain closes on the current summer film season, all bets…

Joseph Fahim