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US eyes 25 pct of Mideast wheat market in 2008/9

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The US expects to capture 25 percent of the wheat…

Daily News Egypt

Pope hails courage of Mideast Christians

AMMAN: Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians at an open-air mass in Jordan…

Daily News Egypt

Egyptian inflation falls to 11.7 pct in April

CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt fell to 11.7 percent in the…

Daily News Egypt

Efforts continue to slaughter Egypt's pigs

CAIRO: Despite resistance from pig farmers and criticism from the World Health…

Yasmine Saleh

Israeli PM to Egypt for tenuous talks

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Egypt on Monday to…

Daily News Egypt

Shikabala in hot water with Zamalek

CAIRO: Winger Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel-Razeq has been left out of Zamalek s…

Hatem Maher

Uranium traces discovered in Egypt not unusual, says diplomat

CAIRO: The traces of uranium discovered in Egypt were not an unusual…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Assaulted State Council protestors lodge legal complaint

CAIRO: Protestors and members of the press assaulted by the police during…

Sarah Carr

Broader Arab peace initiative not adopted at AL meeting

CAIRO: The Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo Thursday rejected making any…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

11,591 pigs slaughtered in Egypt

CAIRO: Over 11,000 pigs have been slaughtered as part of the government's…

Yasmine Saleh