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Oil falls over 3 pct to $91, crisis may dampen demand

SINGAPORE: Oil prices tumbled more than 3 percent amid a commodities-wide rout…

Daily News Egypt

Ibrahim Eissa receives presidential pardon

CAIRO: In an official decree, President Hosni Mubarak pardoned Al-Dostour Editor Ibrahim…

Daily News Egypt Authors

Egyptian police arrest 15 Muslim Brothers

CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the…

AFP
AFP

MP questions Egyptian commandoes' role in rescuing desert hostages

CAIRO: MP Hamdy Hassan filed a memo at the People s Assembly…

Yasmine Saleh

Egypt police block aid convoy to Gaza, arrest 30

CAIRO: Egyptian police blocked an opposition convoy carrying medical supplies to the…

AFP
AFP

30 held in investigation of Minya sectarian clashes

CAIRO/MINYA: The Sammallout Prosecution Office in Minya detained 18 Copts and 12…

Essam Fadl

It's the right time for Egypt-Iraq relations, says Aboul Gheit

BAGHDAD: Egypt sent its foreign minister to Iraq for the first time…

Agencies

Al Ahly hold Enyimba in CAF Champions League semi-final

LAGOS: Nigeria's Enyimba and Al Ahly of Egypt played out a goalless…

AFP
AFP

At an old frontier, old scars fade, but frustration is fresh

PORT SAID: On the eve of the October War s 35th anniversary,…

Alex Dziadosz

Microfinance in Aswan: A little goes a long way

ASWAN: In the dusty sundrenched roads of Seil, Ikhlas, a middle-aged mother…

Theodore May